Only with Laughter Can You Win

Only with Laughter Can You Win
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003
GenreAlternative
Length39:03
LabelSub Pop
ProducerRosie Thomas, Eric Fisher, Martin Feveyear
Rosie Thomas chronology
Paper Aeroplane
(2002)
Only with Laughter Can You Win
(2003)
If Songs Could Be Held
(2005)

Only with Laughter Can You Win is the second album by American singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas, released on September 23, 2003 by Sub Pop.

The album's title is taken from the lyric of Joni Mitchell's "Roses Blue". "All My Life" was used in the television series Alias. "Let Myself Fall", recorded in St. John's Church, Detroit, features a duet with Thomas's mother and her father, brothers and sister also feature on "I Play Music". The album also features Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) on "Red Rover".

"I Play Music", "Red Rover", and "Sell all my Things" were included as sample music on Windows XP Media Center Edition in 2005.