''The Trick to Life'' is the debut

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by English

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. It was released in the

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on 22 October 2007 by

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. Four singles were released from the album.

Album cover

The album was released with multiple different colours to the front cover. The 2008 Japanese release and the 2017 10th Anniversary re-release has a multi-coloured cover.

Commercial performance

The album reached #1 on the UK Charts. The album charted at #98 in the UK end of year album chart, selling around 95,900 copies in 2007. The album has sold 658,056 copies in the UK as of April 2014.

Track listing

All tracks were written by

and produced by

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(except "Worried About Ray", which is also credited to Alan Gordon and Garry Bonner)

Album cover

Commercial performance

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References