''We Thrive on Big Cities'' is the debut

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by the Irish

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quartet,

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. It was released on October 6, 2006 in the

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. It peaked at #2 on the

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, and since its release, the album has gone multi-platinum in Ireland. It was nominated for the 2006

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Irish Album of the Year. ''We Thrive on Big Cities'' had sold 22,000 copies in Ireland, as of 2007. The song "Big Cities" was used in an internet trailer for ''

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Track listing

# "Easy to Me" – 3:03 # "Standing in My Way" – 2:52 # " Reconnect" – 4:32 # "I Only Realise" – 3:57 # " She's Saying Things" – 4:25 # "

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" – 4:15 # "

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" – 3:34 # "Big Cities" – 2:18 # "Can You Take It" – 3:23 # "Never Know" – 4:00

References

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