This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)
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This Is the Life
This Is the Life cover
Studio album by Amy Macdonald
Released Flag of the United Kingdom July 30, 2007
Flag of Europe May 9, 2008
Flag of the United States August 19, 2008
Length 44:15
Label Vertigo Records
Professional reviews
Amy Macdonald chronology
N/A This is the Life
(2007)
Singles from This Is the Life
  1. "Poison Prince"
    Released: 7 May 2007
  2. "Mr. Rock and Roll"
    Released: 16 July 2007
  3. "L.A."
    Released: 15 October 2007
  4. "This Is the Life"
    Released: 10 December 2007
  5. "Run"
    Released: 3 March 2008
  6. "Poison Prince (Re-Release)"
    Released: 19 May 2008

This Is the Life is the debut album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on July 30, 2007. It was highly successful, knocking Radiohead off the number one slot in the UK albums chart on January 13, 2008,[1] and as of 14 March 2008, over 600,000 copies have been sold in the UK, certifying it 2x Platinum.[2]
The album has already spent more than 23 weeks in the German Top 20 Albums Chart and has been certified Gold for over 100,000 copies sold! [3]
The album has been released in the U.S. on August 19, 2008. [4] It has now sold over 1,200,000 copies worldwide.[5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Amy Macdonald except where shown.

  1. "Mr. Rock and Roll" – 3:35
  2. "This Is the Life" – 3:05
  3. "Poison Prince" – 3:28
  4. "Youth of Today" – 4:00
  5. "Run" – 3:50
  6. "Let's Start a Band" – 4:05
  7. "Barrowland Ballroom" – 3:58
  8. "L.A." – 4:06 (Amy Macdonald and Pete Wilkinson)
  9. "A Wish for Something More" – 3:46
  10. "Footballer's Wife" – 5:06

International Bonus Tracks

  1. "The Road to Home" – 2:20
  2. "Caledonia" (hidden track) – 2:00 (Dougie MacLean)

Additional Bonus Tracks (on French and Japanese releases)

  1. "Mr. Brightside" (Live From King Tuts) - 4:14
  2. "Mr. Rock & Roll" (Live From King Tuts) - 3:28
  3. "Rock Bottom" - 3:45

Singles

The first single from the album was Poison Prince, a limited online release, while the debut first full single was the successful Mr. Rock and Roll which debuted at position #12. Following singles L.A. and This Is the Life have all charted reasonably well in the UK, although This Is the Life is considered her most successful song, where it peaked #1 on the Belgium Top 50 and Dutch Top 40, it's also reached #6 on the Norway Top 20 Singles, #3 on the Swiss Top 100 and #8 on the Denmark Top 40. It peaked #28 in the UK spending 17 weeks in the UK's Top 75 Singles. After fifth single Run, the sixth release from the album was a re-release of Poison Prince on May 19th 2008.[6]

Singles Chronology

United Kingdom
Europe
Poland
Canada and USA

Cover Versions

Caledonia is a Cover of a 1979 Song by Dougie MacLean

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Album Chart[7] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 92
Danish Album Chart 1
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 1
Belgium Album Chart[10] 2
German Albums Chart[11] 3
Irish Albums Chart[12] 16
Polish Albums Chart[13] 17
Austrian Albums Chart[14] 3
Swedish Albums Chart 5
French Albums Chart[15] 7
United World Chart[16] 21

References

  1. ^ "MacDonald tops the UK album chart" (in English). bbc.co.uk (2008-1-13). Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
  2. ^ "Why Amy Macdonald's a reluctant Wag" (in English). dailymail.co.uk (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "This Is The Life" (in English). amazon.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
  5. ^ Macdonald's myspace blog and IFPI
  6. ^ "Footballer's wife? Not me says Amy Macdonald" (in English). edinburghnews.scotsman.com (09 May 2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  7. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Albums
  8. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  9. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  10. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a Radio 1 -The ultratop Album 50
  11. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  12. ^ >> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>
  13. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  14. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  15. ^ Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life - Music Charts
  16. ^ "United world chart June 14 2008" (in English). mediatraffic.de. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.

External links

Preceded by
In Rainbows by Radiohead		 UK Album Chart number-one album
January 13, 2008 -		 Succeeded by
Scouting for Girls by Scouting for Girls
Preceded by
Everything You Want by Kane		 Dutch Album Chart number-one album
May 31, 2008 - June 14, 2008		 Succeeded by
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay
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