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This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)

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This Is the Life is the debut album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on July 30, 2007. It was highly successful, reaching the number one in the UK albums chart on January 13, 2008,[1] and as of 14 March 2008, over 700,000 copies have been sold in the UK, certifying it 2x Platinum.[2] Later in the year at 15, December 2008, her debut album reached over 2,000,000 copies sold.

Singles and other tracks

The first single from the album was "Poison Prince", a limited online release, while the debut first full single was the successful "Mr Rock & Roll" which debuted at #12. The following singles "L.A." and "This Is the Life" were considerably less successful in the UK, although "This Is the Life" is considered her most successful song in the rest of Europe, where it peaked at #1 in the Belgian Top 50 and Dutch Top 40, #3 in the Spanish Top 50, it's also reached #6 on the Norway Top 20 Singles, #2 on the Swiss Top 100 and #8 in the Danish Top 40. It peaked at a disappointing #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 19, 2008.[3]

Three songs of the album are cover versions: "Caledonia", originally recorded in 1979 by Dougie MacLean, "Fairytale of New York", first performed in 1987 by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and "Mr. Brightside", cover version of a 2004 song by The Killers, written by Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning.

Singles chronology
United Kingdom
Europe
Poland
Canada and U.S.

Chart performances

The album has already spent 57 weeks in the German Top 20 Albums Chart, 36 weeks in the German Top 10 Albums Chart; it has been certified 4x Platinum (June 2009) for over 800,000 copies sold in Germany.[4] It has also spent 57 weeks in the Netherlands album chart and 53 weeks in the Swiss album chart so far.

It has also been certified Gold in Sweden. It has been certified Platinum in France for over 220,000 copies sold.[5] The album was released in the U.S. on August 19, 2008.[6]

It has now sold over three million worldwide.[7]

Track listings

All tracks were written by Amy Macdonald except where shown.

Standard edition

This Is The Life – Standard Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Mr Rock & 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." (written by Amy Macdonald and Pete Wilkinson)4:06
9."A Wish for Something More"3:46
10."Footballer's Wife"5:06
International Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Road to Home"2:20
12."Caledonia" (hidden track, written by Dougie MacLean)2:00
French and Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Road to Home"2:20
12."Caledonia" (hidden track, written by Dougie MacLean)2:00
13."Mr. Brightside" (Live From King Tuts)4:14
14."Mr Rock & Roll" (Live From King Tuts)3:28
15."Rock Bottom"3:45

Deluxe edition

After the major success of "This Is the Life" across Europe, in the end of 2008 a deluxe version of the album was released. The 2-disc-set include the standard version of the album and a bonus-CD with several bonus tracks, live and acoustic versions.

Deluxe Edition CD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Mr Rock & 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." (written by Amy Macdonald and Pete Wilkinson)4:06
9."A Wish for Something More"3:46
10."Footballer's Wife"5:06


Deluxe Edition CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."This Is the Life" (Acoustic live version)3:19
2."This Much Is True"2:44
3."Somebody New"3:29
4."Footballer's Wife" (Live from Glasgow Barrowlands)5:02
5."Fairy Tale Of New York" (Live from Glasgow Barrowlands, written by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl)5:50
6."Mr. Brightside" (Live from Glasgow Barrowlands, written by The Killers)4:05
7."Mr Rock & Roll" (Live from Glasgow Barrowlands)3:28
8."Rock Bottom"3:46
9."The Road to Home"2:21
10."Caledonia" (hidden track)2:06
Digital Release[8]
No.TitleLength
11."What Is Love"3:42

Personnel

  • Amy Macdonald - vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Pete Wilkinson - Producer/ Manager
  • Seton Daunt - guitar
  • Jolyon Dixon - guitar, mixing
  • Johnny Dyke - keyboards
  • Phillip Read Mason - bagpipes
  • Audrey Riley - cello, conductor
  • Richard George - violin
  • Jonathan Hill - violin
  • Laura Melhuish - violin
  • Susan Dench - viola
  • Joe Fields - engineer
  • Paul Adam & His Mayfair Music - executive producer
  • Guy Katsav - assistant engineer
  • Danton Supple and Bob Clearmountain’- Mixing
  • Valerie Phillips - cover design, photography

Charts and certifications

Chart (2007/09) Peak
position 		Certification Date of certification Sales certified[9]
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 3 Platinum[11] October 20, 2008 30,000
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart[12] 2 Platinum[13] October 17, 2008 50,000
Belgium (Wallonia) Albums Chart[12] 5
Danish Albums Chart[12] 1 Platinum[14] August 8, 2008 30,000
Dutch Albums Chart[10] 1 2008 220,000
European Albums Chart 1 2x Platinum[15] July 2008 3,000,000
French SNEP Albums Chart[10] 6 Platinum[16] 2008 320,000
German Albums Chart[10] 3 4 x Platinum[4] June 2009 800,000+
Greek Albums Chart 2 Gold[17] 2008 7,500
Irish Albums Chart[10] 16 2008
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[12] 6 Gold[18] 2009 65,000
Mexican Albums Chart[10] 1 2008
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 5 2008 20,000
Polish Albums Chart[19] 14 Gold[20] February 8, 2009 10,000
Portuguese Albums Chart[12] 19 2009
Spanish Albums Chart[12] 2 2009 50,000
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 5 Gold[21] October 29, 2008 50,000
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 1 4 x Platinum[22] 2009 140,000
UK Album Chart[10] 1 2 x Platinum[23] 2008 800,000
U.S. Billboard 200[10] 92 2008 45,000

Year-end charts

Country Year-end
position (2008)
Germany [24] 8
Country Year-end
position (2009)
Germany[25] 10

Chart processions and successions

Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
January 13, 2008 - January 20, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Melankolia / XXXCouture by L.O.C.
 Danish Albums Chart number-one album
April 25, 2008 - May 2, 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swiss Albums Chart number-one album
April 27, 2008 - May 4, 2008 (2 weeks)
June 8, 2008 (1 week)
June 22, 2008 (1 week)
August 3, 2008 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Hard Candy by Madonna
Flavors of Entanglement by Alanis Morissette
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay
Preceded by
Everything You Want by Kane
 Dutch Albums Chart number-one album
May 31, 2008 - June 14, 2008 		Succeeded by
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay

References

  1. ^ "MacDonald tops the UK album chart". bbc.co.uk. 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  2. ^ Woods, Judith (2008-05-16). "Why Amy Macdonald's a reluctant Wag". London: dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  3. ^ "Footballer's wife? Not me says Amy Macdonald". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
  4. ^ a b Template:Cite gold platin
  5. ^ http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/bilan-2008.php
  6. ^ "This Is The Life". amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  7. ^ Macdonald's myspace blog and IFPI
  8. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=293996515&s=143443
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  13. ^ "2008 Belgian certifications". Ultratop. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Danish charts and certifications (see: Uge 31 — 2008)". Ifpi. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  17. ^ "Greek charts and certifications". Ifpi. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Italian sales & certifications". FIMI. Retrieved 2010-09-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Polish Albums Chart". Olis Onyx. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  20. ^ "Polish Albums charts and certifications, archive (see: chart 02.02.2009 - 08.02.2009)". Olis Onyx. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  21. ^ "Swedish certifications" (PDF). Ifpi. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "2009 Swiss certifications". Swisscharts. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "UK certifications, database". Bpi. Retrieved 2009-07-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2007
  25. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2008
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