This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)

This Is the Life
Studio album by
Amy Macdonald
Released30 July 2007
Recorded2006–2007
StudioBrookland Road Studio
Soho Recording Studios (London)
Genre
Length44:15
Label
ProducerPete Wilkinson
Amy Macdonald chronology
This Is the Life
(2007) 		Live from Glasgow
(2007)
Amy Macdonald studio album 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"
    Released: 19 May 2008 (re-release)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favourable)[2]
Blender[3]
Insiders' Guides8/10[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Independent[7]
TimesOnline[8]
Yahoo! Music[9]

This Is the Life is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 30 July 2007. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 13 January 2008[10] and sold over 900,000 copies in the UK as of February 2017,[11] awarding the album a certification of 3× Platinum.

  1. ^ This Is the Life at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Music - Review of Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ [2] Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "New CDs: Staind, Amy Macdonald". Los Angeles Times. 19 August 2008.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (27 July 2007). "CD: Amy Macdonald, This Is the Life". The Guardian. London.
  7. ^ [3] Archived 1 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Bremner, Charles. "Amy Macdonald : This Is The Life". The Times. London.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ Britten, Anna (1 August 2007). "Amy Macdonald: This Is The Life". Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Macdonald tops the UK album chart". bbc.co.uk. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  11. ^ Gumble, Daniel (24 February 2017). "Official Charts Analysis: Rag'N'Bone Man holds top spot on albums chart". Music Week. Retrieved 25 February 2017.