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. Critical reception 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". 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". 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."