Alphabeat is the debut studio album by Danish band Alphabeat. It was first released in Denmark on 5 March 2007 by Copenhagen Records, and eventually in the rest of Europe in 2008 under the title This Is Alphabeat by the revived Charisma Records with an alternative track listing.

In June 2018, This is Alphabeat was re-released exclusively on vinyl, in celebration of the album's 10th anniversary.

Release
Alphabeat was first released in Denmark on 5 March 2007. In 2008, the album was widely released in Europe, retitled This is Alphabeat. The European release features remixes of several of the album's tracks in favor of the originals: "Boyfriend", "Rubber Boots/Mackintosh" (retitled "Rubber Boots"), and "Nothing But My Baby" were all remixed for the release. In addition, the tracks "Into the Jungle", "The Hours", and "Ocean Blue" were removed from the track listing and replaced with new tracks "Go-Go", "Touch Me Touching You", and "Public Image".

Singles
"Fascination" was released as the album's first single in June 2006. It charted at number four on the Danish Singles Chart. In the United Kingdom, it was released as the album's second single in May 2008. It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number seven on the UK Official Download Chart.

"10.000 Nights of Thunder" was the second single from the album in January 2007. It peaked at number 1 in Denmark and at 24 in the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it was released as the album's third single in May 2008 and peaked at number 16.

"Fantastic 6" was released as the third single from the album, released promotionally in Denmark in April 2007 followed by a commercial release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe in November 2007. In the United Kingdom, it was the first single from the album, released as a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl record.

The album's fourth single, "Boyfriend", reached number 11 in Denmark, number 15 in the UK, number 18 in the Netherlands and number 49 in Ireland.

"Go-Go" was released the fifth single from the album. It was only released in Denmark, where it peaked at number fourteen. The album's sixth and final single, "What Is Happening", was not released in Denmark, but was released in the UK and other European countries. It peaked at number 110 in the UK, becoming their lowest-charting single there.

Critical reception

Alphabeat received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on seven reviews.

Track listing
All tracks written by Alphabeat, except where noted.

Notes
  signifies an additional producer
  signifies a remixer
  signifies a main producer and remixer

Personnel

Alphabeat
 Anders B – guitar
 Stine Bramsen – vocals
 Troels Hansen – drums
 Rasmus Nielsen – keyboards
 Anders Reinholdt – bass
 Anders SG – vocals

Additional personnel
Alphabeat
 Ketil Duckert – horns, trumpet 
 Jan Eliasson – mastering
 Morten Jerichau – photography
 Mads Mathias – saxophone 
 Jakob Sørensen – product management
 Spild af Tid ApS – artwork
 Rune Westberg – mixing, recording, production ; recorder ; slide guitar 

This Is Alphabeat

 Alphabeat – production ; additional production 
 Laurence Aldridge – recording assistance 
 Christopher Allan – cello 
 Nell Catchpole – violin 
 Alex Cowper – design
 John Davis – mastering
 Alison Dodds – violin 
 Ketil Duckert – horns, trumpet 
 Richard Edgeler – mixing assistance 
 Finn Eiles – recording ; additional recording 
 Eine – letter art
 Pete Hofmann – additional recording 
 Mads Mathias – saxophone 
 Rachel Robson – viola 
 Mike Spencer – production ; additional production ; mixing 
 Magnus Unnar – photography
 Rune Westberg – mixing ; production, recording ; slide guitar 
 Jeremy Wheatley – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

2007 debut albums
Alphabeat albums
Charisma Records albums
EMI Records albums
Universal Music Group albums
Universal Music Denmark albums
European Border Breakers Award-winning albums