''Fractured Life'' is the debut album by

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. It was released on 2 July 2007 on the Tiny Consumer label, an imprint of

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. The album contains

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" as well as other singles "

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Never Even Told Me Her Name ''Never Even Told Me Her Name'' is a song by Bournemouth-based band Air Traffic taken from their debut album, ''Fractured Life'', released on 2 July 2007. It was the first song from the band to be added to the influential BBC Radio 1 playlist, wh ...

", " Shooting Star" and, most recently, "

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". The album was released in America on 5 February 2008. In the first week of its release, ''Fractured Life'' attained a #42 on the

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. James Cannon, of

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, named the album "Album of the Week" for 2–9 July 2007. On 30 July 2007, the band re-released the album in a limited pressing 12 inch vinyl form. The album was nominated for the 2008 XFM New Music Award, where the band played a special one-off performance at the ceremony at

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's KOKO. The band was nominated for "Best International Newcomer" and "Best International Artist" at the 2007 and 2008

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, respectively. The track "Empty Space" was released as the iTunes free single of the week in the UK.

Chart performance

Track listing

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" - 2:33 # "

" - 2:24 # " Shooting Star" - 4:08 # "

" - 4:23 # "Empty Space" - 3:37 # "Time Goes By" - 4:06 # "I Like That" - 2:26 # "

" - 2:45 # "Get In Line" - 2:07 # "I Can't Understand" - 4:25 # "Your Fractured Life" - 22:55 *Includes hidden track "Pee Wee Martini" The Japanese release of ''Fractured Life'' includes bonus tracks "An End To All Our Problems" and "Left Out In The Rain", which are b-sides to former singles "Charlotte" and "Shooting Star" respectively. The US and German releases also included an extra track, "Come On." The track was released in the US and made available free to download from the band's website in the

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