A Different Kind of Fix | ||||
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Released | 26 August 2011 (UK) 17 January 2012 (US) | |||
Recorded | May 2010 – May 2011 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 54:34 | |||
Label | Island (UK), A&M/Octone (US) | |||
Producer | Jack Steadman, Jim Abbiss, Ben Allen | |||
Bombay Bicycle Club chronology | ||||
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Singles from A Different Kind of Fix | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Blare | [4] |
The Daily Telegraph | [5] |
Financial Times | [6] |
BBC | Positive [7] |
Rockfreaks.net | [8] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10 [9] |
Paste Magazine | 7.1/10 [10] |
Rokoed | [11] |
The Guardian | [12] |
Allmusic | [13] |
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.
All tracks are written by Jack Steadman
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Chart (2011–12) | Peak position |
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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 |
Chart (2011) | Position |
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UK Albums (OCC) [25] | 172 |
As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 80,000 copies, according to The Guardian. [26]
Region | Date | Format | Label |
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Australia [27] | 26 August 2011 | Digital download | Island Records |
France [28] | |||
Germany [29] | |||
Ireland [30] | |||
New Zealand [31] | |||
Spain [32] | |||
United Kingdom | Digital download [33] | ||
29 August 2011 | CD [34] |
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