The Trick to Life

The Trick to Life
Studio album by The Hoosiers
Released 22 October 2007
Genre Pop rock, indie pop, alternative rock, indie rock
Length 39:25
Label RCA
Producer Toby Smith
The Hoosiers chronology

The Trick to Life
(2007)		 The Illusion of Safety
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Digital Spy [1]
stv.tv [2]
Allmusic [3]

The Trick to Life is the debut album by London indie pop band The Hoosiers. It was released in the UK on 22 October 2007. Four singles were released from the album - "Worried About Ray", "Goodbye Mr A", "Worst Case Scenario" and "Cops and Robbers".[4] The album was released with four different colours to the front cover. A special version of the album including two bonus tracks was released on the iTunes Store with a purple cover and the 2008 Japanese release contained two bonus tracks and had a multicoloured cover.[5] 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.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Worried About Ray" – 2:46
  2. "Worst Case Scenario" – 2:35
  3. "Run Rabbit Run" – 3:13
  4. "Goodbye Mr A" – 4:27
  5. "A Sadness Runs Through Him" – 3:13
  6. "Clinging on for Life" – 2:39
  7. "Cops and Robbers" – 4:00
  8. "Everything Goes Dark" – 3:37
  9. "Killer" – 3:49
  10. "The Trick to Life" – 2:49
  11. "Money to Be Made" – 2:01
  12. "The Feeling You Get When" (Hidden track) – 4:17

iTunes bonus tracks

  1. "Rules" - 4:29
  2. "Worried About Ray (Stripped Live 06-03-07)" - 2:45

2008 Japanese Issue bonus tracks

  1. "Ruby Blue" - 2:38
  2. "Rules" - 4:29

Charts

Charts (2007) Peak
position[7]
Irish Albums Chart 43
Swiss Albums Chart 65
French Albums Chart 82
UK Albums Chart 1
Japan Oricon Weekly Chart 64[8]

References

  1. ↑ Digital Spy review
  2. ↑ stv.tv review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ "Hoosiers Interview, Digital Spy" Retrieved January 09, 2008
  5. ↑ eli.com. Retrieved 02 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Hoosiers - The Trick To Life worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
  7. ↑ acharts album charts
  8. ↑ "Ｔｈｅ　Ｈｏｏｓｉｅｒｓ-ORICON STYLE ミュージック" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-01-01.
Preceded by
Pull the Pin by Stereophonics		 UK Albums Chart Number-one album
28 October 2007 		Succeeded by
Long Road Out of Eden by Eagles