2011 studio album by Bombay Bicycle Club
A Different Kind of Fix Released 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26 ) (UK) 17 January 2012 (2012-01-17 ) (US) Recorded May 2010 - May 2011 Genre Length 54 :34 Label Island (UK), A&M/Octone (US)Producer Jack Steadman, Jim Abbiss, Ben Allen
"Shuffle " Released: 23 June 2011
"Lights Out, Words Gone " Released: 14 October 2011
"Leave It" Released: 1 January 2012[2]
"How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" Released: 5 March 2012
"Beg" Released: 9 July 2012
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.
Singles
"Shuffle " was the first single released from the album, on 23 June 2011. It peaked at number 69 on the UK Singles Chart .
"Lights Out, Words Gone " was the second single, released on 14 October 2011.
"Leave It" was the third single, released on 2 January 2012.
"How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" was the fourth single, released on 5 March 2012. Directed by Anna Ginsburg , the video for "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" is an 'epic' journey of a little boy who one night dreams of going to the Moon. The video was inspired by a story in the Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino.[14] [15]
The non-album single "Beg" was released on 9 July 2012.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jack Steadman
Title 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
Jack Steadman - lead vocals, guitar, piano
Jamie MacColl - guitar
Ed Nash - bass guitar
Suren de Saram - drums
Lucy Rose - backing vocals
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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
Region
Date
Format
Label
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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^ Making-of Blog for "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep"
^ "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" on YouTube
^ "Austriancharts.at – Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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^ "End of Year 2011" (PDF) . UKChartsPlus . Retrieved 17 March 2021 .
^ "Indie rock's slow and painful death". TheGuardian.com . 16 January 2012.
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Suren de Saram
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