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Release Date
3 September 2007
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Length
11 tracks
Once Upon a Time in the West is the second studio album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi. It was released on 3 September 2007 on Necessary/Atlantic and Warner Music UK. It reached #1 in the UK Album Chart in the first week of its release, unlike its predecessor Stars of CCTV, which took around five months to do so. It also reached #5 in the European Top Albums.
The first single from the album, "Suburban Knights", was released on 20 August 2007, reaching #7 in UK charts and a download only release on August 13, 2007. This was followed by "Can't Get Along (Without You)" on November 12, 2007 charting at #45. It reached #1 in Peru, one week after being released and staying there for two weeks. On the March 10, 2008. 'I Shall Overcome' became the third single to be released from Once Upon a Time in the West, again the single showed to be a success. Reaching #4 in South America and hitting #35 in the UK singles chart
The album's cover artwork has received some mixed publicity for being different. The band's frontman, Richard Archer, stated the band wanted "to break the rules". and it was labelled as "The white album of the digital culture" by Peter Saville.
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