A Curious Thing

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A Curious Thing
Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 March 2010 (2010-03-08)
StudioWeller's BlackBarn Studios (Surrey, England)
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length50:19
Label Melodramatic, Mercury
Producer Pete Wilkinson
Amy Macdonald chronology
Live from Glasgow
(2007)
A Curious Thing
(2010)
iTunes Festival: London 2010
(2010)
Amy Macdonald studio album chronology
This Is the Life
(2007)
A Curious Thing
(2010)
Life in a Beautiful Light
(2012)
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Tell Me That It's Over"3:15
2."Spark"3:07
3."No Roots"4:30
4."Love Love"3:17
5."An Ordinary Life"3:36
6."Give It All Up"2:55
7."My Only One"3:32
8."This Pretty Face"3:57
9."Troubled Soul"4:47
10."Next Big Thing"3:31
11."Your Time Will Come"4:32
12."What Happiness Means to Me / Dancing in the Dark" (hidden track)9:21
Total length:50:19

Deluxe edition

The deluxe two-disc set includes the standard version of the album and the full live recording from Amy's homecoming show at Glasgow Barrowlands in December 2007.

CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."Poison Prince"3:40
2."Youth of Today"4:03
3."L.A."3:47
4."Footballer's Wife"5:12
5."Mr Rock & Roll"3:37
6."Mr Brightside" (written by The Killers)4:12
7."The Road to Home"2:27
8."This Is the Life"3:14
9."Run"3:48
10."Rock 'n' Roll Star"5:07
11."Let's Start a Band"5:31
12."Caledonia"2:32
13."Fairytale of New York"5:48
14."Barrowland Ballroom"4:40

Special orchestral edition

The special orchestral two-disc set includes the standard version of the album and plus a bonus disc containing live orchestral versions recorded on 17 October 2010. It was recorded live for Universal Music and SR1 in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), performed with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Orchestra, conducted by Gast Waltzing.

CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."An Ordinary Life" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:50
2."Spark" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:04
3."Footballer's Wife" (live philharmonic orchestral version)5:02
4."Mr. Rock & Roll" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:27
5."Your Time Will Come" (live philharmonic orchestral version)5:34
6."Youth of Today" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:23
7."This Pretty Face" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:35
8."Don't Tell Me That It's Over" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:38
9."No Roots" (live philharmonic orchestral version)5:48
10."This Is the Life" (live philharmonic orchestral version)4:46
11."What Happiness Means to Me" (live philharmonic orchestral version)5:44
12."Let's Start a Band" (live philharmonic orchestral version)5:20

Personnel

Charts and certifications

The album entered the UK Albums Chart on 14 March 2010 at number 4. It entered the Swiss Albums Chart at number 1 on 21 March 2010, making it her second album to get to number 1 in Switzerland. It also peaked at number 1 in Germany and Austria. The album has sold 1,000,000 copies. Spending 65 weeks on the German Albums Chart, A Curious Thing is MacDonald's second album to stay on that chart for more than a year (her debut album spent 101 weeks on that chart, with 36 weeks in the top 10). [23] [24]

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