This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)

This Is the Life
Studio album by Amy Macdonald
Released 30 July 2007
Genre Soft rock, indie rock, indie folk
Length 44:15
Label Melodramatic, Vertigo
Producer Pete Wilkinson
Amy Macdonald chronology
This Is the Life
(2007)		 A Curious Thing
(2010)
Singles from This Is the Life
  1. "Poison Prince"
    Released: 7 May 2007
  2. "Mr Rock & 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
Blender[3]
Insiders' Guides(8/10)[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The Epoch Times(positive)[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Independent[8]
TimesOnline[9]
Yahoo! Music[10]

This Is the Life is the debut album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 30 July 2007. It was highly successful, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 January 2008[11] and selling over 600,000 copies in the UK as of 14 March 2008, with a certification of 2× Platinum.[12]

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 number 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 number 1 in Belgium and the Netherlands, number 2 in Switzerland, number 3 in Spain, number 6 in Norway and number 8 in Denmark. It peaked at number 28 in the UK, spending 17 weeks in the top 75. After fifth single "Run", the sixth release from the album was a re-release of "Poison Prince" on 19 May 2008.[13]

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 US

Chart performances

The album was particularly successful in Germany, spending 57 weeks in the top 20 of the German Albums Chart, 36 weeks in the top 10 of the German albums chart and a total of 100 weeks on the entire chart;[14] it has been certified 9× Gold (February 2011) for over 900,000 copies sold in the country.[15] It also spent 57 weeks in the Dutch albums chart and 53 weeks in the Swiss albums chart.

It has also been certified Gold in Sweden. It has been certified Platinum in France for over 220,000 copies sold.[16] The album was released in the US on 19 August 2008.[17]

Track listings

All tracks were written by Amy Macdonald except where shown.

Standard edition

No. Title Length
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

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

CD 1
No. Title Length
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
CD 2
No. Title Length
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, originally performed by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl) 5:50
6. "Mr. Brightside" (live from Glasgow Barrowlands, originally performed 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

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2007–09) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[19] 3
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart[20] 2
Belgium (Wallonia) Albums Chart[20] 5
Danish Albums Chart[20] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 1
European Albums Chart 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[19] 6
German Albums Chart[19] 3
Greek Albums Chart 2
Irish Albums Chart[19] 16
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[20] 6
Mexican Albums Chart[19] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[20] 5
Polish Albums Chart[21] 14
Portuguese Albums Chart[20] 19
Scottish Albums Chart[22] 1
Spanish Albums Chart[20] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[20] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[20] 1
UK Albums Chart[19] 1
US Billboard 200[19] 92

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] 2× Platinum 40,000x
Belgium (BEA)[24] Platinum 30,000*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[25] Platinum 30,000^
France (SNEP)[26] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[27] 5× Platinum 1,000,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[28] Gold 7,500^
Italy (FIMI)[29] Gold 35,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[30] Platinum 60,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[31] Gold 10,000*
Russia (NFPF)[32] Gold 10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[33] Gold 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[34] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35] 4× Platinum 120,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] 2× Platinum 600,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[37] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[38] 13
German Albums Chart[39] 8
Chart (2009) Position
German Albums Chart[40] 10
Swiss Albums Chart[41] 18

Chart processions and successions

Preceded by
In Rainbows by Radiohead		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
13 January 2008 – 20 January 2008 		Succeeded by
Scouting for Girls by Scouting for Girls
Preceded by
Melankolia / XXXCouture by L.O.C.		 Danish Albums Chart number-one album
25 April 2008 – 2 May 2008 		Succeeded by
Hard Candy by Madonna
Preceded by
Rockferry by Duffy
Tättoo - Best Of Bärndütsch / So Damn Sexy by Gölä
Flavors of Entanglement by Alanis Morissette
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay		 Swiss Albums Chart number-one album
27 April 2008 – 4 May 2008 (2 weeks)
8 June 2008 (1 week)
22 June 2008 (1 week)
3 August 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
31 May 2008 – 14 June 2008 		Succeeded by
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay

References

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  3. ↑ Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "New CDs: Staind, Amy Macdonald". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 2008.
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  8. ↑ Archived 1 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Bremner, Charles. "Amy Macdonald : This Is The Life". The Times (London).
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  16. ↑ "Les Tops" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
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