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Released | 26 February 2001 | |||
Recorded | August–December 2000 [1] | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 43:29 | |||
Label | Stockholm | |||
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Teen Spirit is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group A-Teens. It was released on 26 February 2001 by Stockholm Records. It was the group's first album of original material.
Three singles were released from the album,"Upside Down","Halfway Around the World" and "Sugar Rush". A new version of the album including bonus tracks was released on 21 January 2002 in Scandinavia,Germany and Mexico. While not repeating the same level of success as their first album,the album went on to sell over 1.5 million copies,despite receiving poor reviews from critics.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Billboard | (Mixed) [3] |
Laut | [4] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
Rolling Stone | (Negative) [6] |
Sonicnet | [7] |
Wall of Sound | (40/100) [8] |
In a mixed review of the album, Billboard said that the album's tracks "range in quality from guilty pleasures to already-dated clunkers". The review was positive towards the tracks "Bouncing Off the Ceiling (Upside Down)" and "…To the Music" but overall described the album "a collection of more misses than hits". [3] Writing for AllMusic ,Jon Azpiri gave the album two out of five stars,and wrote:"instead of blatantly ripping off ABBA,they choose to imitate the trademark sound of ubiquitous Swedish pop super-producer Max Martin". [2] Laut gave the album two out of five stars,criticizing the music’s similarities to recent hits by 'NSync,the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears,but said,"At least the happy mood is still reminiscent of ABBA." [4]
In a negative review,J.R. Griffin of Rolling Stone said that "without the nostalgic ABBA tunes on their side,the A-Teens have demoted themselves to the level of S Club 7,a younger Ace of Base and god-forbid,Aqua." He wrote that the music would only appeal to very young listeners. [6] Writing for Sonicnet,Paul Gaita gave the album two and a half out of five stars,and said that if the group "intend to make good on the threat of their final track and come "Back for More," they'll need to work twice as hard to dispel both the ghosts of ABBA and this new straight-outta-IKEA personality as well." [7] Writing for Wall of Sound,Gary Graff also criticized the similarities between the album's production and recent Max Martin produced efforts and gave the album a score of 40 out of 100. He praised group members Amit and Dhani for taking a more prominent role on the album. [8]
The album peaked at No. 2 in Sweden on the Sverigetopplistan Albums Top 60 chart,No. 18 in Austria on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Top Albums chart,No. 33 in Finland on the Official Finnish Charts Top 50 Albums chart,No. 5 in Germany on the GfK Entertainment Top 100 Albums chart,No. 5 in the Netherlands on the Dutch Top 40,No. 37 in Norway on the VG-lista Top 40 Albums chart,No. 13 in Switzerland on the Swiss Hitparade Top 100 Albums chart,and No. 50 in the United States on the Billboard 200.
The album was certified Gold in Sweden and the United States.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Upside Down" | Gustav Jonsson, Markus Reza Sepehrmanesh, Tommy Tysper | 3:14 |
2. | "...To the Music" | Flame (David Clewett), Rebecca Hortlund, J. Boogie (Calanit Ledani), Nadir Khayat | 3:22 |
3. | "Halfway Around the World" | Jonsson, Sepehrmanesh, Tysper | 3:41 |
4. | "Firefly" | Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström | 3:07 |
5. | "Sugar Rush" | Thomander, Wikström | 3:03 |
6. | "Rockin'" | Sigurd Rosnes | 3:27 |
7. | "Around the Corner of Your Eye" | Thomander, Wikström | 4:12 |
8. | "Slammin' Kinda Love" | Jan Kask, Peter Mansson | 3:04 |
9. | "All My Love" | Leif Sundin, Thomas Jansson | 3:17 |
10. | "For All That I Am" | Andreas Claeson, John Hjalmarsson, Johan Folke Norberg | 3:19 |
11. | "That's What (It's All About)" | Stefan Nee, Tysper | 3:17 |
12. | "Morning Light" | Martin Eriksson, Kristian Lundin, Johan Ekdahl | 3:10 |
13. | "Back for More" | Thomander, Wikström | 3:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Mamma Mia" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | 3:47 |
15. | "Super Trouper" | Andersson, Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson | 3:52 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Can't Stop the Pop" | LaMuerte, Sepehrmanesh, Degiorgio | 3:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Don't Even Know Your Name" | Thomander, Wikström | 3:46 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Upside Down" (Grzzly/Tysper Radio Remix) | Jonsson, Sepehrmanesh, Tysper | 3:50 |
15. | "Halfway Around the World" (M12 Massive Club Mix) | Jonsson, Sepehrmanesh, Tysper | 6:56 |
16. | "Sugar Rush" (M12 Remix) | Thomander, Wikström | 6:25 |
17. | "Give It Up" | RedOne, Nanna | 3:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Heartbreak Lullaby" (Ray Hedges 7" Mix) | Jan Kask, Peter Mansson, Cathy Dennis | 4:06 |
15. | "Don't Even Know Your Name" | Thomander, Wikström | 3:46 |
16. | "Can't Stop the Pop" | LaMuerte, Sepehrmanesh, Degiorgio | 3:00 |
17. | "Give It Up" | RedOne, Nanna | 3:42 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [21] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Chile [22] | Gold | 15,000 [22] |
Sweden (GLF) [23] | Gold | 40,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [24] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Date | Region | Format | Label | Ref. |
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21 February 2001 | Japan | CD | Stockholm | |
26 February 2001 | Sweden | |||
27 February 2001 | North America |
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29 October 2001 | United Kingdom | Stockholm | ||
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