Spark (Marit Larsen album)

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Spark
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Studio album by
Released18 November 2011
RecordedAugust/September 2011
Genre Pop, folk
Length43:53
Label EMI
Producer Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim
Marit Larsen chronology
If a Song Could Get Me You
(2009)
Spark
(2011)
When the Morning Comes
(2014)
Singles from Spark
  1. "Coming Home"
    Released: 14 October 2011
  2. "Don't Move"
    Released: 30 January 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Spark is the third album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Marit Larsen, and was released on 18 November 2011. The information was made available via Marit Larsen's Tumblr page. On 31 July 2011 Marit Larsen began to post information about her third album on her Tumblr. On 7 October 2011 she announced the name of the album and track list. The first single, "Coming Home" had premiered on NRK P3 and on her Facebook page on 15 October. The album produced two singles; "Coming Home" and "Don't Move". The album spawned 2 number one songs in the Philippine Top 100 Songs Chart where in "Coming Home" stayed atop for 4 consecutive weeks, which gave Marit her first number one song in the Philippines as a solo artist and her non-single song "Last Night" stayed for 2 consecutive weeks in the early 2012, serving as her second number one song.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keeper of the Keys" Marit Larsen 04:01
2."Don't Move"Larsen, Peter Zizzo 03:45
3."What If"Larsen04:57
4."I Can't Love You Anymore"Larsen, Teitur Lassen 04:21
5."Coming Home"Larsen03:59
6."Me and the Highway"Larsen05:01
7."Last Night"Larsen04:20
8."Have You Ever"Larsen, Zizzo04:04
9."Fine Line"Larsen04:25
10."That Day"Larsen04:45
Total length:43:53

Chart

Chart (2011–2012)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums Chart 2
Swiss Albums Chart 36
German Albums Chart 57

Singles

YearSingleNorwegian Singles ChartNorwegian Radio ChartGerman Singles Chart Philippines Top 100 Songs
2011"Vår Beste Dag"11
2011"Coming Home"185751
2012"Don't Move"
2012"Last Night"1

Technical credits

Certifications

CountryCertificationsSales/Shipments
NorwayGold25,000+

Trivia

In her Tumblr page, Marit Larsen talked about a track entitled "Blue Print", but it didn't make the final track list.

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