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''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 and selling over 600,000 copies in the UK as of 14 March 2008, with a certification of 2× Platinum. ==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. 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 * "Poison Prince" (7 May 2007) * "Mr Rock & Roll" (16 July 2007) * "L.A." (15 October 2007) * "This Is the Life" (10 December 2007) * "Run" (3 March 2008) * "Poison Prince" (19 May 2008 – re-release) ;Europe * "Mr Rock & Roll" (5 August 2008) * "This Is the Life" * "Run" (20 February 2009) * "Poison Prince" (19 June 2009) ;Poland * "Poison Prince" * "This Is the Life" * "Mr Rock & Roll" ;Canada and US * "Mr Rock & Roll" (5 August 2008) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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