A Curious Thing

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Curious Thing

| type = studio

| artist = Amy Macdonald

| cover = Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2010|3|8|df=y}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Weller's BlackBarn Studios (Surrey, England)

| genre = Pop rock, soft rock

| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=19}}

| label = Melodramatic, Mercury

| producer = Pete Wilkinson

| prev_title = Live from Glasgow

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = iTunes Festival: London 2010

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Amy Macdonald studio album

| type = studio

| prev_title = This Is the Life

| prev_year = 2007

| title = A Curious Thing

| year = 2010

| next_title = Life in a Beautiful Light

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Singles

| name = A Curious Thing

| type = studio

| single1 = Don't Tell Me That It's Over

| single1date = 1 March 2010

| single2 = Spark

| single2date = 10 May 2010

| single3 = This Pretty Face

| single3date = 19 July 2010

| single4 = Love Love

| single4date = 4 October 2010

| single5 = Your Time Will Come

| single5date = 17 December 2010

}}

}}

A Curious Thing is the second album by Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald, released on 8 March 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/02/05/amy-macdonald-i-m-not-thinking-about-marriage-yet-because-it-would-mean-taking-break-from-my-career-86908-22020062/ |title=Amy Macdonald: I'm not thinking about marriage yet because it would mean taking break from my career |publisher=The Daily Record |accessdate=2010-03-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212040025/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-interviews/2010/02/05/amy-macdonald-i-m-not-thinking-about-marriage-yet-because-it-would-mean-taking-break-from-my-career-86908-22020062/ |archivedate=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead }} The album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me That It's Over" (containing "Young lovers" as b-side), was released on 1 March 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarscape.com/tags/music/456209/amy-macdonald-hit-or-miss |title=Amy Macdonald: Hit or Miss? |publisher=Sugarscape |date=2010-01-26 |accessdate=2010-03-04}} The album was confirmed for release in late 2009, and the album's title and track listing was confirmed in January 2010.

Five singles have been released from A Curious Thing. The album's lead single, "Don't Tell Me That It's Over" was released worldwide on 1 March 2010 and this was followed by the release of a second single "Spark" on 10 May 2010. Further singles were released, with the third being "This Pretty Face" which was a minor success in European countries such as Germany, where Macdonald holds a strong fanbase. Two additional singles, "Love Love" and "Your Time Will Come", were both released in late 2010. The album has sold 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

Background

Macdonald began writing songs for her second album in spring 2009, in a brief break from her touring commitments. For the first time she began poring through her old notebooks, looking at song ideas, unlike her debut which consists mainly of songs that she wrote straight away.{{cite web|url=http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/biography/ |title=Amy Macdonald – Biography |publisher=Amymacdonald.co.uk |accessdate=2010-03-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221005047/http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/biography/ |archivedate=21 February 2010 |url-status=dead }} Many of the tracks were inspired by real-life personalities or events from her everyday life. Contrary to some reports, she did not write "Spark" for murdered toddler James Bulger after watching a TV programme on his murder.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a244513/amy-macdonald.html |title=Music Interview Amy MacDonald |publisher=Digital Spy |date=2010-07-16}} "What Happiness Means to Me" is dedicated to her footballer fiancé Steve Lovell, while "An Ordinary Life" is inspired by the "Z-list celebs" she saw flocking around Scots-born Hollywood actor Gerard Butler at a party he held in Glasgow late 2009 to mark the opening of his film Law Abiding Citizen. "My Only One" is partly about her late grandparents and partly about Michael Jackson. The tracks were recorded at Weller's BlackBarn Studios in Surrey.

Reception

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| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = (5/10)

| rev8=Sputnikmusic

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The album garnered mixed reviews. At aggregator website AnyDecentMusic? the album scored 5.4/10.{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/1613/Amy-MacDonald-A-Curious-Thing-.aspx|title=Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=24 July 2013}} Paul Lester of BBC Music gave the album a positive review, calling it "a triumphant return" and went on to add that "it is a bold, grand statement of intent, full of songs of epic sweep that build to undeniable choruses, to be enjoyed by the largest possible audiences". He also praised Macdonald's vocal performance comparing it to the likes of Dolores O'Riordan and Sinéad O'Connor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g4zb |title=Music - Review of Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2010-03-22}} MusicOMH's Jenni Cole complimented Macdonald's songwriting ability, stating that her lyrics "display a maturity way beyond her years, which she marries to a wistfulness the most hardened bluesman would envy". She continued by saying that "her songwriting (in both style and substance) recalls the early days of Kirsty MacColl, while her deeper vocals have more in common with Alison Moyet. It's a match made in heaven."{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/amy-macdonald-2_0310.htm |title=Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing | album reviews |publisher=musicOMH |accessdate=2010-03-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323014942/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/amy-macdonald-2_0310.htm| archivedate= 23 March 2010 | url-status= live}} Ian Sime of The Press noticed that the record "is very similar in feel and approach to its predecessor and should appeal to those who enjoyed This Is The Life" and that it has "an earthy rock edge comparable to Travis, Keane and The Killers."{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/lifestyle/cdreviews/5058998.Ellie_Goulding__Lights__Polydor________Amy_MacDonald__A_Curious_Thing__Melodramatic_____/ |title=Ellie Goulding, Lights (Polydor) ****; Amy MacDonald, A Curious Thing (Melodramatic) *** (From York Press) |publisher=Yorkpress.co.uk |date=2010-03-12 |accessdate=2010-03-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205023517/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/lifestyle/cdreviews/5058998.Ellie_Goulding__Lights__Polydor________Amy_MacDonald__A_Curious_Thing__Melodramatic_____/ |archivedate=5 February 2015 }} Simon Gage from Daily Express hailed the album's lead single "Don't Tell Me That It's Over", saying that it "sets a furious pace with guitars and drums that frame her strong, slightly Irish-sounding voice" and concluded by stating that "the rest of the album follows suit with songs that stand up on their own, even without Amy's obvious talent as a singer."{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/161840 |title=Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Music :: Amy Macdonald: A Curious Thing (Melodramatic) album review |publisher=Express.co.uk |date=2010-03-05 |accessdate=2010-03-22}}

Caroline Sullivan and Neil McCormick of The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph respectively, both gave the album favourable reviews, however they agreed that it doesn't really manage to stand out. Sullivan spotted that the "heartfelt, songwriterly tunes ... burrow into your consciousness but somehow fail to register on a deeper level"{{cite news|author=Caroline Sullivan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/mar/04/amy-macdonald-curious-thing-review |title=Amy Macdonald: A Curious Thing | CD review | Music |work=The Guardian|date= 2010-03-04|accessdate=2010-03-22 | location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100307135340/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/04/amy-macdonald-curious-thing-review| archivedate= 7 March 2010 | url-status= live}} and McCormick felt that it is lacking "anything truly distinctive or original to lift her above the massed ranks of young singer-songwriters."{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7377788/Amy-MacDonald-A-Curious-Thing-CD-review.html |title=Amy MacDonald: A Curious Thing, CD review |work=The Telegraph|date=2010-03-05 |accessdate=2010-03-22 | location=London | first=Neil | last=McCormick| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100310095433/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7377788/Amy-MacDonald-A-Curious-Thing-CD-review.html| archivedate= 10 March 2010 | url-status= live}} The Times's Kaya Burgess did not share the other reviewers' excitement about the lyrics, saying that they "don't quite match the striking power of Macdonald's vocals", however he observed that "when the melodrama and crashing drums fade away on the piano-led What Happiness Means to Me we glimpse the soul behind the big voice."{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7055409.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615063633/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7055409.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 June 2011 | work=The Times | location=London | title=Amy Macdonald A Curious Thing | date=2010-03-13 | accessdate=2010-04-23 | first=Kaya | last=Burgess}}

Noel Gardner of the NME gave the album a mixed review, saying that it is "predictable" and too "Scottish", in the sense that its "folkish Ford Mondeo pop upholds the nation’s legacy of pleasantly anthemic drivetime belters."{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/amy-macdonald--2/11126 |title=Amy Macdonald - Album Review: Amy Macdonald - 'A Curious Thing' (Mercury) - Album Reviews |work=Nme|date=2010-03-12 |accessdate=2010-03-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317160937/http://www.nme.com/reviews/amy-macdonald--2/11126 |archivedate=17 March 2010 |url-status=dead}} Fiona Shepherd of The Scotsman gave the album a negative review, stating that the artist "seems to take a step backwards on her second album with an anachronistic 1980s sound and predictable lyrics about the pressures of fame (An Ordinary Life), the perils of hype (Next Big Thing) and the culture of image-over-talent (This Pretty Face)."{{cite news|last=Shepherd |first=Fiona |url=http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Album-review-Amy-MacDonald.6130757.jp |title=Album review: Amy MacDonald - Scotsman.com News |publisher=News.scotsman.com |date= 2010-03-09|accessdate=2010-03-22 |location=Edinburgh| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100312094510/http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Album-review-Amy-MacDonald.6130757.jp| archivedate= 12 March 2010 | url-status= live}}

Release

A Curious Thing was released in the United Kingdom on Monday 8 March 2010. "Don't Tell Me That It's Over" is the lead single from the album, released on 26 February 2010 in Germany and 1 March 2010 in the UK. Although it only managed to peak at number 48 in the UK, it made the top 10 in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. "Spark" is the second single from the album. Macdonald said at a gig she filmed the video on 23 March in Loch Lomond. The official Amy Macdonald website revealed that "Spark" would be released on 10 May 2010,[http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-04-19/watch_amys_video_for_her_next_single_spark/ Watch Amy’s video for her next single ‘Spark’ — News — Amy Macdonald] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425235823/http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-04-19/watch_amys_video_for_her_next_single_spark/ |date=25 April 2010 }} with the video released prior to this date.{{YouTube|HdirB359lJM|}} "This Pretty Face" is the third single from the album, released on 19 July 2010. The music video for the song was filmed and became available to view through Macdonald's official website and YouTube channel.[http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/video/ Videos - Amy MacDonald] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623013725/http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/video/ |date=23 June 2010 }}

"Love Love" is the fourth single from the album. It was released as a digital download EP on 4 October 2010.[http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-10-04/love_love_out_now_soccer_ams_max_records_with_amy/ amymacdonald.co.uk: 'Love Love out now'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010001936/http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-10-04/love_love_out_now_soccer_ams_max_records_with_amy/ |date=10 October 2010 }} The music video was released on 23 September 2010.[http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-09-23/amys_new_video_for_love_love/ amymacdonald.co.uk: 'Amys new video for "Love Love"'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005091744/http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/news/2010-09-23/amys_new_video_for_love_love/ |date=5 October 2010 }} "Your Time Will Come" is the fifth single from the album, which was released on 17 December 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_6496143.html |title=N24.de: New Amy-Macdonald-Single: "Your Time Will Come" |access-date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209155436/http://www.n24.de/news/newsitem_6496143.html |archive-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} The music video for the song was released through Macdonald's official website.

Track listings

All tracks were written by Amy Macdonald except where there are corresponding clarifications in brackets.

=Standard edition=

{{Track listing

| title1 = Don't Tell Me That It's Over

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Spark

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = No Roots

| length3 = 4:30

| title4 = Love Love

| length4 = 3:17

| title5 = An Ordinary Life

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Give It All Up

| length6 = 2:55

| title7 = My Only One

| length7 = 3:32

| title8 = This Pretty Face

| length8 = 3:57

| title9 = Troubled Soul

| length9 = 4:47

| title10 = Next Big Thing

| length10 = 3:31

| title11 = Your Time Will Come

| length11 = 4:32

| title12 = What Happiness Means to Me / Dancing in the Dark

| length12 = 9:21

| note12 = hidden track

| total_length = 50:19

}}

=Deluxe edition=

The deluxe two-disc set includes the standard version of the album and the full live recording from Amy's homecoming show at Glasgow Barrowlands in December 2007.

{{Track listing

| headline = CD 2

| title1 = Poison Prince

| length1 = 3:40

| title2 = Youth of Today

| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = L.A.

| length3 = 3:47

| title4 = Footballer's Wife

| length4 = 5:12

| title5 = Mr Rock & Roll

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Mr Brightside

| note6 = written by The Killers

| length6 = 4:12

| title7 = The Road to Home

| length7 = 2:27

| title8 = This Is the Life

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = Run

| length9 = 3:48

| title10 = Rock 'n' Roll Star

| length10 = 5:07

| title11 = Let's Start a Band

| length11 = 5:31

| title12 = Caledonia

| length12 = 2:32

| title13 = Fairytale of New York

| length13 = 5:48

| title14 = Barrowland Ballroom

| length14 = 4:40

}}

=Special orchestral edition=

The special orchestral two-disc set includes the standard version of the album and plus a bonus disc containing live orchestral versions recorded on 17 October 2010. It was recorded live for Universal Music and SR1 in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), performed with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Orchestra, conducted by Gast Waltzing.

{{Track listing

| headline = CD 2

| title1 = An Ordinary Life

| note1 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length1 = 4:50

| title2 = Spark

| note2 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = Footballer's Wife

| note3 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length3 = 5:02

| title4 = Mr. Rock & Roll

| note4 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length4 = 4:27

| title5 = Your Time Will Come

| note5 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length5 = 5:34

| title6 = Youth of Today

| note6 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length6 = 4:23

| title7 = This Pretty Face

| note7 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length7 = 4:35

| title8 = Don't Tell Me That It's Over

| note8 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length8 = 4:38

| title9 = No Roots

| note9 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length9 = 5:48

| title10 = This Is the Life

| note10 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length10 = 4:46

| title11 = What Happiness Means to Me

| note11 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length11 = 5:44

| title12 = Let's Start a Band

| note12 = live philharmonic orchestral version

| length12 = 5:20

}}

Personnel

  • Mixing – Danton Supple
  • Producer, arranging – Pete Wilkinson
  • Writing, vocals, guitar – Amy Macdonald

Charts and certifications

The album entered the UK Albums Chart on 14 March 2010 at number 4. It entered the Swiss Albums Chart at number 1 on 21 March 2010, making it her second album to get to number 1 in Switzerland. It also peaked at number 1 in Germany and Austria. The album has sold 1,000,000 copies.

Spending 65 weeks on the German Albums Chart, A Curious Thing is MacDonald's second album to stay on that chart for more than a year (her debut album spent 101 weeks on that chart, with 36 weeks in the top 10).{{cite web|author=Chartsurfer.de |url=http://chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/7668/this-is-the-life.html |title=This Is The Life von Amy MacDonald |publisher=Chartsurfer.de |accessdate=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207211706/http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/7668/this-is-the-life.html |archivedate=7 December 2010 }}{{cite web|author=Chartsurfer.de |url=http://chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/8853/a-curious-thing.html |title=A Curious Thing von Amy MacDonald |publisher=Chartsurfer.de |accessdate=2012-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118105425/http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/8853/a-curious-thing.html |archivedate=18 November 2011 }}

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=Weekly charts=

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{{album chart|Flanders|2|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Denmark|7|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Finland|18|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|France|16|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Germany4|1|id=125582|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{Cite web |url=http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Amy+Macdonald&titel=A+Curious+Thing&cat=a |title=greekcharts.com - Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing |access-date=29 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711125408/http://greekcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Amy+Macdonald&titel=A+Curious+Thing&cat=a |archive-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

| 2

{{album chart|Ireland2|26|artist=Amy Macdonald|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Italy|25|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|22|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Portugal|24|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20100314|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Spain|13|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Sweden|5|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Amy Macdonald|album=A Curious Thing|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20100314|rowheader=true|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2010|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2010|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 15

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2010&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2010|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 13

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2010&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2010|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 26

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2010&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2010|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 31

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2010|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2010|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 153

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2010|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 6

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2010/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2010|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 2

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20100110/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 61

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2011)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2011|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=25 May 2021}}

| 80

=Certifications=

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=22 November 2011|award=Platinum|type=album}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|certyear=2010|type=album|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=22 November 2011|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|nocert=yes|salesamount=25,000|salesref={{cite web | url = http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-71780.html | publisher = chartsinfrance.net| language = French | access-date = 22 November 2011 | title = Tops & Flops musicaux de l'année 2010 | date = 27 December 2010}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=22 November 2011|award=Platinum|number=2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=22 November 2011|award=Platinum|number=2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|certyear=2025|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=25 January 2025|award=Platinum|id=8598-708-2}}

{{Certification Table Summary}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|relyear=2010|artist=Amy MacDonald|title=A Curious Thing|access-date=8 February 2013|award=Platinum|certyear=2012}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

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References

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