This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)

This Is the Life
Studio album by
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
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AllMusic
BBC(favourable)
Blender
Insiders' Guides8/10
Los Angeles Times
The Guardian
The Independent
TimesOnline
Yahoo! Music

This Is the Life is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 30 July 2007 via Melodramatic and Vertigo Records. Produced by Pete Wilkinson, it spawned a total of six singles to accompany its release – "Poison Prince", "Mr Rock & Roll", "L.A.", "This Is the Life", "Run" and a re–release of "Poison Prince" in 2008. The later four singles achieved considerable commercial success across continental Europe, particularly "Mr Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life", the later reaching number one in Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria.

It reached number one in the United Kingdom and in her native Scotland on 13 January 2008 and sold over 900,000 copies in the UK as of February 2017, awarding the album a certification of 3× Platinum. In the United States, it became her first, and only, studio album to date to debut within the Billboard 200, peaking at number 92.