Begin (David Archuleta album)

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Begin
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)
Recorded2012
Genre Pop
Length45:01
Label Highway Records
David Archuleta chronology
Forevermore
(2012)
Begin
(2012)
No Matter How Far
(2013)
Singles from Begin
  1. "Broken"
    Released: July 31, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Entertainment Tonight Positive [1]
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Begin (stylized as BEGIN.) is the fifth studio album by American singer David Archuleta. [5] The album is composed of nine cover songs and one original track.

Contents

Album information

The album was released on August 7, 2012, under Deseret Book's label, Highway Records, (formerly known as Lightwave Records), a subsidiary of Shadow Mountain. [6] The album consists of ten tracks, nine of which are cover songs by Archuleta and one of them, titled "Broken" is an entirely new song co-written and sung by Archuleta himself. Archuleta said about the album "I wanted to still be able to give people an idea of what it's like for me and find songs that they can connect with as well." [7] A music video for the song "Everybody Hurts" was released on August 23.[ citation needed ] The video was directed by Jed Wells and features footage from Archuleta recording the song in the studio the day before he left on his mission.[ citation needed ]

The album was released in Malaysia through Sony Music [8] and in Philippines by Ivory Records.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artist(s)Length
1."Beautiful" Linda Perry Christina Aguilera 3:59
2."Somewhere Only We Know" Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes Keane 3:52
3."Everybody Hurts" Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Bill Berry R.E.M. 4:53
4."Don't Give Up" (featuring Libby Linton) Peter Gabriel Gabriel & Kate Bush 5:35
5."Angel" Sarah McLachlan McLachlan4:37
6."Bridge over Troubled Water" Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel 5:06
7."Broken"Jon Hunt, David Archuleta [9] Original composition4:29
8."True Colors" Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg Cyndi Lauper 3:39
9."Pride (In the Name of Love)" Bono U2 3:52
10."Be Still, My Soul" Jean Sibelius Sibelius4:59
Total length:45:01

Reception

The album sold around 11,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 chart. [10]

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 28
US Billboard Independent Albums [12] 5

Release history

RegionDate
United StatesAugust 7, 2012
Canada
PhilippinesAugust 25, 2012 [13]
TaiwanAugust 28, 2012 [14]
MalaysiaSeptember 4, 2012 [15]

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