A Different Kind of Fix

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A Different Kind of Fix
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Studio album by
Released26 August 2011 (2011-08-26) (UK)
17 January 2012 (2012-01-17) (US)
RecordedMay 2010 – May 2011
Genre
Length54:34
Label Island (UK), A&M/Octone (US)
Producer Jack Steadman, Jim Abbiss, Ben Allen
Bombay Bicycle Club chronology
iTunes Festival: London 2010
(2010)
A Different Kind of Fix
(2011)
So Long, See You Tomorrow
(2014)
Singles from A Different Kind of Fix
  1. "Shuffle"
    Released: 23 June 2011
  2. "Lights Out, Words Gone"
    Released: 14 October 2011
  3. "Leave It"
    Released: 1 January 2012 [2]
  4. "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep"
    Released: 5 March 2012
  5. "Beg"
    Released: 9 July 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
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BBC Positive [7]
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Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [9]
Paste Magazine 7.1/10 [10]
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A Different Kind of Fix is the third studio album by the English indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club. It was released on 26 August 2011 by Island Records in the United Kingdom and 17 January 2012 on A&M/Octone Records in the United States.

Contents

Singles

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jack Steadman

No.TitleLength
1."How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep"3:30
2."Bad Timing"3:34
3."Your Eyes"5:21
4."Lights Out, Words Gone"5:01
5."Take the Right One"3:36
6."Shuffle"3:54
7."Beggars"4:12
8."Leave It"3:54
9."Fracture"4:04
10."What You Want"4:20
11."Favourite Day"4:57
12."Still"4:25
13."Beg" (Bonus track)3:52

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–12)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [16] 65
Belgian Heatseekers Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 97
Dutch Alternative Albums (MegaCharts) [19] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 84
Irish Albums (IRMA) [21] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 6
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [24] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 172

As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 80,000 copies, according to The Guardian. [26]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia [27] 26 August 2011Digital download Island Records
France [28]
Germany [29]
Ireland [30]
New Zealand [31]
Spain [32]
United KingdomDigital download [33]
29 August 2011CD [34]

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