Break the Spell

This article is about the Daughtry album. For the Voodoo Glow Skulls album, see Break the Spell (Voodoo Glow Skulls album). For the Gogol Bordello song, see Trans-Continental Hustle.

Break the Spell is the third studio album by American rock band Daughtry, released on November 21, 2011, by RCA Records.^[12] It is a follow-up to their platinum selling album Leave This Town in 2009. On December 15, the album was officially certified Gold.^[13]

Break the Spell
Studio album by Daughtry
Released	November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21)
Recorded	July–September 2011
Studio	Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, California Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California The Gray Curtain Studio^[1]
Genre	Post-grunge^[1]
Length	43:45
Label	RCA 19
Producer	Howard Benson
Daughtry chronology
Leave This Town: The B-Sides (2010) Break the Spell (2011) Baptized (2013)
Singles from Break the Spell
"Renegade" Released: September 27, 2011 "Crawling Back to You" Released: October 4, 2011 "Outta My Head" Released: March 13, 2012 "Start of Something Good" Released: September 4, 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(62/100)^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
Billboard	71%^[4]
Slant	^[5]
Sputnikmusic	^[6]
Newsday	B−^[7]
Loudwire	^[8]
Celebrity Cafe	^[9]
The Boston Globe	(Mixed)^[10]
Artistdirect	^[11]

Background

According to Chris Daughtry, the album is "more upbeat and positive lyrically" and also stated that the album sounds "nothing like the previous two".^[14] Chris Daughtry wrote all of the songs with band guitarists Josh Steely and Brian Craddock, bassist Josh Paul, and in collaboration with Marti Frederiksen, Busbee and Brett James.^[15] The album was produced by Howard Benson, who also produced their previous two albums.

Prior to the album's release, during the month of November, the tracks "Renegade", "Louder Than Ever" and "Outta My Head" were used by ESPN during some of their programming broadcasts.^[16]

Daughtry's official website made a listening party for Break the Spell.^[17]

Sales

Break the Spell opened at number 67 on the UK charts. On the Billboard 200, Break the Spell opened at #8 with sales of 129,000^[18]

"Start of Something Good" sold 10,000 singles.^[19]

Singles

"Renegade" was released as the album's lead single and first rock single. It was released to rock stations on September 27, 2011, and made available for download on October 18, 2011.

"Crawling Back to You" was released at the first pop single from the album, second overall on October 4, 2011. It reached to number 6 on the US Adult Top 40 chart.

"Outta My Head" and "Start of Something Good" were released as the third and fourth singles off the album, respectively.

Track listing

The track listing was announced on October 6 through Daughtry's official site.^[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Renegade"	Daughtry Josh Paul	3:35
2.	"Crawling Back to You"	Daughtry Marti Frederiksen	3:45
3.	"Outta My Head"	Daughtry Frederiksen	3:31
4.	"Start of Something Good"	Daughtry Brett James	4:24
5.	"Crazy"	Daughtry Elvio Fernandes Greg Wiktorski	3:24
6.	"Break the Spell"	Daughtry Dave Bassett	3:32
7.	"We're Not Gonna Fall"	Daughtry busbee Zac Maloy	3:19
8.	"Gone Too Soon"	Daughtry busbee	3:36
9.	"Losing My Mind"	Daughtry busbee	3:48
10.	"Rescue Me"	Daughtry Josh Steely	3:22
11.	"Louder Than Ever"	Daughtry James	3:37
12.	"Spaceship"	Daughtry Brian Craddock	3:51
Total length:			43:45

Deluxe edition bonus tracks^[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Who's They"	Daughtry	3:11
14.	"Maybe We're Already Gone"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:21
15.	"Everything But Me"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:28
16.	"Lullaby"	Daughtry	2:25
Total length:			55:29

Japan edition bonus tracks^[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Who's They"	Daughtry	3:11
14.	"Maybe We're Already Gone"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:21
15.	"Everything But Me"	Daughtry Steely Craddock Paul	4:28
16.	"Lullaby"	Daughtry	2:25
17.	"Never Die"	Daughtry	3:26
Total length:			58:55

Tour edition bonus DVD^[21][22]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Crawling Back to You" (music video)	3:37
2.	"Outta My Head" (music video)	3:24
3.	"Feels Like Tonight" (Live)	4:47
4.	"Outta My Head" (Live)	4:01
5.	"What About Now" (Live)	5:05
6.	"Home" (Live Acoustic)	6:37
7.	"Start Of Something Good" (Live)	5:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.^[23]

Band members

• Chris Daughtry – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Josh Steely – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Craddock – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Josh Paul – bass, backing vocals
• Robin Diaz – drums

Additional personnel

• Howard Benson – producer, keyboards, programming
• Mike Plotnikoff – recording engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineer
• Nik Karpen – assistant mix engineer
• Brad Townsend – additional mix engineering
• Andrew Schubert – additional mix engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Hatsukazu Inagaki – additional engineering
• Paul DeCarli – digital editing and additional engineering
• Marc Vangool – guitar technician
• Jon Nicholson – drum technician
• Howard Benson – keyboards and programming
• Lenny Skolnik – programming, strings (track 3)
• Jimmy Fahey – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7–9)
• Morgan Stratton – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7–9)
• David Schwerkolt – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 7–9)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2011) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[24] 32 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[25] 39 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[26] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[27] 27 Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[28] 53 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[29] 18 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[30] 57 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[31] 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[32] 57 UK Albums (OCC)^[33] 67 US Billboard 200^[34] 8 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[35] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Billboard 200^[36] 53 US Rock Albums (Billboard)^[37] 11 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)^[38] Gold 40,000^^ United States (RIAA)^[13] Gold 513,000^[39] ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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