A Different Kind of Fix

A Different Kind of Fix is the third studio album by the British 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.

A Different Kind of Fix
Studio album by Bombay Bicycle Club
Released	26 August 2011 (UK) 17 January 2012 (US)
Recorded	May 2010 - May 2011
Genre	Indie rock indie folk[1] indie pop
Length	54:34
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
"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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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]

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.

No.	Title	Length
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

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

As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 80,000 copies, according to The Guardian.[25]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Australia[26]	26 August 2011	Digital download	Island Records
France[27]
Germany[28]
Ireland[29]
New Zealand[30]
Spain[31]
United Kingdom		Digital download[32]
	29 August 2011	CD[33]

References

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2. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2508792
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4. Khan, Joshua (24 August 2011). "REVIEW: Bombay Bicycle Club - "A Different Kind Of Fix"". BLARE magazine. Toronto. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
5. Bowie-Sell, Daisy (25 August 2011). "Bombay Bicycle Club: A Different Kind of Fix, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
6. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/390ef086-cdeb-11e0-a409-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1WWIY8yxa
7. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qnwx
8. http://rockfreaks.net/albums/4246
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11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2012-07-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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13. "A Different Kind of Fix > Review". Allmusic.
14. Making-of Blog for "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep"
15. "How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep" on YouTube
16. "Austriancharts.at – Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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