The Simple Life is Magnet's fourth album, first released in Norway on March 26, 2007 where it debuted on the album chart at #1, and then in the US on September 18, 2007, and the UK on March 24, 2008. The album follows less than two years after his previous effort The Tourniquet. All songs were written by Magnet except for "She's Gone," written by Bob Marley.