This article is about the album. For other uses, see Teen Spirit.
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.
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 one 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 Sonic.net, 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]
Commercial performanceEdit
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.
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This article is about the album For other uses see Teen Spirit 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 Teen SpiritStudio album by A TeensReleased26 February 2001RecordedAugust December 2000 1 GenrePopLength43 29LabelStockholmProducerGrizzlyTysperRedOneJ BoogieFlameFredrick ThomanderAnders WikstromTobias LindellPeter BjorklundThomas amp HugoThomas JanssonJan KaskPeter MansonSir MartinHumaD PapalexisTaysirA Teens chronologyThe ABBA Generation Remix 2001 Teen Spirit 2001 Pop til You Drop 2002 Teen Spirit US edition Cover of the US edition Teen Spirit Thailand edition Cover of the Thailand edition Singles from Teen Spirit Upside Down Released 20 November 2000 Halfway Around the World Released 12 March 2001 Sugar Rush Released 18 June 2001Three 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 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Commercial performance 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications and sales 6 Release history 7 References 8 External linksCritical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Billboard Mixed 3 Laut nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Robert Christgau nbsp 5 Rolling Stone Negative 6 Sonic net nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 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 one 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 Sonic net 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 Commercial performance EditThe album peaked at No 2 in Sweden on the Sverigetopplistan Albums Top 60 chart No 18 in Austria on the O3 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 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Upside Down Gustav Jonsson Markus Reza Sepehrmanesh Tommy Tysper3 142 To the Music Flame David Clewett Rebecca Hortlund J Boogie Calanit Ledani Nadir Khayat3 223 Halfway Around the World Jonsson Sepehrmanesh Tysper3 414 Firefly Fredrik Thomander Anders Wikstrom3 075 Sugar Rush Thomander Wikstrom3 036 Rockin Sigurd Rosnes3 277 Around the Corner of Your Eye Thomander Wikstrom4 128 Slammin Kinda Love Jan Kask Peter Mansson3 049 All My Love Leif Sundin Thomas Jansson3 1710 For All That I Am Andreas Claeson John Hjalmarsson Johan Folke Norberg3 1911 That s What It s All About Stefan Nee Tysper3 1712 Morning Light Martin Eriksson Kristian Lundin Johan Ekdahl3 1013 Back for More Thomander Wikstrom3 13 Europe and UK edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length14 Mamma Mia Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus3 4715 Super Trouper Andersson Ulvaeus Stig Anderson3 52 Japan edition bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length14 Can t Stop the Pop LaMuerte Sepehrmanesh Degiorgio3 00 North America Target and Walmart edition bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Length14 Don t Even Know Your Name Thomander Wikstrom3 46 Thailand edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length14 Upside Down Grzzly Tysper Radio Remix Jonsson Sepehrmanesh Tysper3 5015 Halfway Around the World M12 Massive Club Mix Jonsson Sepehrmanesh Tysper6 5616 Sugar Rush M12 Remix Thomander Wikstrom6 2517 Give It Up RedOne Nanna3 42 Teen Spirit New Version bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length14 Heartbreak Lullaby Ray Hedges 7 Mix Jan Kask Peter Mansson Cathy Dennis4 0615 Don t Even Know Your Name Thomander Wikstrom3 4616 Can t Stop the Pop LaMuerte Sepehrmanesh Degiorgio3 0017 Give It Up RedOne Nanna3 42 The track Upside Down was renamed Bouncing Off the Ceiling Upside Down on North American pressings of the album The track Morning Light is a cover of a song by E Type from the album Last Man Standing 9 Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2001 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 10 18Danish Albums Hitlisten 11 30Dutch Albums Album Top 100 12 42European Top 100 Albums 13 13Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 14 33German Albums Offizielle Top 100 15 5Norwegian Albums VG lista 16 37Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 17 2Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 18 13US Billboard 200 19 50 Year end charts Edit Chart 2001 PositionSwedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 20 68Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesArgentina 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 Release history EditDate Region Format Label Ref 21 February 2001 Japan CD Stockholm26 February 2001 Sweden27 February 2001 North America CDcassette StockholmMCA29 October 2001 United Kingdom StockholmReferences Edit Post Gazette com Nl newsbank com 2000 08 24 Retrieved 2012 01 12 a b Teen Spirit at AllMusic a b Billboard review Archived from the original on 21 April 2001 Retrieved 2013 01 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link a b Zumindest die frohliche Stimmung erinnert noch an ABBA Zumindest die frohliche Stimmung erinnert noch an ABBA Laut in German Robert Christgau A Teens a b J R Griffin A Teens Teen Spirit Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 30 June 2003 Retrieved 2013 01 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link a b Gaita Paul 14 March 2001 Teen Spirit A Teens The Name Of The Game Sonic net Archived from the original on 17 April 2001 Retrieved 26 June 2014 a b A Teens Teen Spirit Wall of Sound Archived from the original on 29 May 2001 Retrieved 2013 01 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link A Teens Morning Light Austriancharts at A Teens Teen Spirit in German Hung Medien Danishcharts dk A Teens Teen Spirit Hung Medien Dutchcharts nl A Teens Teen Spirit in Dutch Hung Medien European Top 100 Albums PDF Music amp Media 2001 03 17 p 16 Retrieved 6 October 2019 A Teens Teen Spirit in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Offiziellecharts de A Teens Teen Spirit in German GfK Entertainment Charts Norwegiancharts com A Teens Teen Spirit Hung Medien Swedishcharts com A Teens Teen Spirit Hung Medien Swisscharts com A Teens Teen Spirit Hung Medien A Teens Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Arslista Album Ar 2001 in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 12 July 2020 Gold amp Platinum Certifications CAPIF in Spanish Archived from the original on August 20 2011 Retrieved July 14 2022 a b Los Discos de Oro y Platino Ahora Pesan Menos El Mercurio in Spanish 9 June 2001 Archived from the original on 24 July 2017 Retrieved 15 March 2017 Guld och Platinacertifikat Ar 2001 PDF in Swedish IFPI Sweden Archived from the original PDF on 2011 05 17 American album certifications A Teens Teen Spirit Recording Industry Association of America External links EditRate Your Music Review Teen Spirit at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teen 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