This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album)

This Is the Life is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 30 July 2007 via Melodramatic and Vertigo Records. Produced by Pete Wilkinson, it spawned a total of six singles to accompany its release – "Poison Prince", "Mr Rock & Roll", "L.A.", "This Is the Life", "Run" and a re–release of "Poison Prince" in 2008. The later four singles achieved considerable commercial success across continental Europe. "Mr Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life" were particularly successful, with the latter reaching number one in Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria.

This is the Life reached number one in the United Kingdom and in her native Scotland on 13 January 2008. It sold over 900,000 copies in the UK as of February 2017, awarding the album a certification of 3× Platinum. In the United States, it became her first, and only, studio album to date to debut within the Billboard 200; it peaked at number 92 in the chart.