''Break the Spell'' is the third studio album by American

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band Daughtry, released on November 21, 2011, by

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. It is a follow-up to their platinum selling album ''

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'' in 2009. On December 15, the album was officially certified Gold.

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". Chris Daughtry wrote all of the songs with band guitarists Josh Steely and Brian Craddock, bassist Josh Paul, and in collaboration with

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, Busbee and Brett James. The album was produced by

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, 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

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during some of their programming broadcasts. Daughtry's official website made a listening party for ''Break the Spell''.

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 "Start of Something Good" sold 10,000 singles.

Singles

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" 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

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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.

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.

Band members

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

Additional personnel

– producer, keyboards, programming *Mike Plotnikoff – recording engineer *

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– mixing *Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineer *Nik Karpen – assistant mix engineer *Brad Townsend – additional mix engineering *Andrew Schubert – additional mix engineering *

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– mastering *Hatsukazu Inagaki – additional engineering *Paul DeCarli – digital editing and additional engineering *Marc Vangool – guitar technician *Jon Nicholson – drum technician *

– 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Daughtry (band) albums 2011 albums RCA Records albums 19 Recordings albums Albums produced by Howard Benson