This Is Alphabeat - Alphabeat

This is not the album it could have been. After hearing an early preview version I was left excited and enthused about one of the bounciest, catchiest albums I'd heard in a long time, and this turned out to be the original Danish release. The version available in UK shops is not that album, having had three of its tracks replaced and the order of tracks rearranged, and it suffers for it. Opening with Fantastic Six is a good idea, this song setting out Alphabeat's stall early - bouncy, fun pop with catchy soar-away choruses, and it's a template that serves well through the early tracks. First single Fascination is an utterly joyous pop song that could set coma ...  Read the complete review

This is Alphabeat is the first debut album released by Danish Pop Group Alphabeat in the UK in June 2008. The album itself consists of 10 full length music tracks which gives the CD a total running time of approximately 39 minutes. This particular album in my opinion is slightly different from the usual pop albums which have been released recently because Alphabeat have their own unique style and each and every song on the album is slightly unique and original as well. Like some albums there are a few weak links on this album, but this is to be expected simply because it is Alphabeat's first ever album to be released. Even although there are a few weak links on the ...  Read the complete review

Alphabeat burst onto the music scene earlier this year with their smash hit single 'Fascination', their second single '10,000 nights' has not had the same success. Alphabeat are a 6 piece Danish band fronted by Anders (the male) and Stine (the girl). A strange piece of information about the band, half of their members are called Anders, must get pretty confusing. Track List: "Fantastic 6" "Fascination" "10.000 Nights of Thunder" "Boyfriend" "What Is Happening" "Go-Go" "Touch Me Touching You" "Rubber Boots" ...  Read the complete review

I first heard Alphabeat going back to around March this year when they released their single Fascination, in which I thought was quite a catchy tune, I found myself singing it all the time and started to begin to quite like it. I think it helped a little with my local having it played on the juke box all the time and it is one of those songs that actually stick in your head. Alphabeat are from Denmark, one of a couple of bands that we have seen in the charts from that part of Europe within the last six to 12 months, and since hearing the album I have got to say that they all follow in the same footsteps and produce musci in which I now think is rubbish to say ...  Read the complete review

If ever an album was needed to break up the gloom over the past year - this is it. Pop newcomers Alphabeat, already with single of the year in hand (Fascination) produced this glowing ray of sunshine to lighten up our lives. Meshing together funky basslines with sweet male and female vocal harmonies, This is Alphabeat is an almost relentless wave of 80's style pop with modern production. Following up classic first single Fascination with '10,000 Nights' firmly planted them as mainstays in the british charts. Third single 'What is Happening' drops the pace a little, before bouncing into action midway through. There are occasional flaws in the ...  Read the complete review