Smile... It Confuses People

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Smile... It Confuses People
Studio album by Sandi Thom
Released	June 5, 2006 (UK) July 15, 2006 (Australia) September 12, 2006 (U.S.)
Genre	Soul
Length	32:05
Label	RCA Records
Producer(s)	Ian Brown Jake Field Mighty Vibrations Rick Parkhouse Duncan Thompson
Professional reviews
Thom Jurek, All Music Guide link The Independent 9 June 2006 The Guardian 2 June 2006 Metro June 5 2006 Still Remains the Same 1 July 2006

Smile…It Confuses People is the debut album of Sandi Thom. It was released on June 5, 2006, in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

The album went straight to number one in its week of release in the UK (on the chart issued June 11, 2006), and entered the Irish chart on June 8, 2006, at number three, but subsequently reached number one the following week.

The first single released from the album was "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" which reached #1 in both the UK and Ireland and was at #1 for 10 consecutive weeks in Australia. The second single to be taken from the album is "What If I'm Right" and was released August 28, 2006 and in November in Australia. The third single is Lonely Girl, which will be released on November 20.

Critics have been hesitant to celebrate Thom, some calling her album a diluted product of KT Tunstall. Q Magazine described her as "Christina Aguilera meets Joni Mitchell for the iPod." ^{[citation needed]}

The album was released on September 12, 2006, in the United States.

[edit] Track listing

1. "When Horsepower Meant What It Said" (Gilbert, Thom) – 3:05
2. "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair)" (Gilbert, Thom) – 2:31
3. "Lonely Girl" (Thom) – 3:10
4. "Sunset Borderline" (Field, Thom, Thompson) – 3:36
5. "Little Remedy" (Field, Thom, Thompson) – 2:53
6. "Castles" (Field, Gilbert, Thom) – 4:25
7. "What If I'm Right" (Gilbert, Thom) – 2:58
8. "Superman" (Gilbert, Thom) – 2:43
9. "Human Jukebox" (Gilbert, Thom) – 3:19
10. "Time" (Perry, Thom) – 3:20
11. "Soul Mining" (Thom)- 3: 25 (only available on the site www.sandithom.com)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1
Ireland Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	5
Australian Albums Chart	11

UK Albums Chart Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position 1 2 5 9 13 18 19 20 26 24 27 New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 Position 6 5 10 15 12 12 17 17 22 22 32 40 38 Australian ARIA Album Chart Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Position 60 46 44 46 40 28 23 11 15 25 24 25 37 49 49^ 46

Chart Certification Sales Australia ARIA Gold 35,000+ New Zealand RIANZ Gold 7,500+ United Kingdom BPI Platinum 300,000+