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{{Infobox album
| name       = We Thrive On Big Cities
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Director (band)|Director]]
| cover      = We_thrive_on_big_cities_artwork.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 6, 2006 [[Ireland|(ROI)]]
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock (music)|Rock]], [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = 34:59
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   = [[Director (band)|Director]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = I'll Wait for Sound
| next_year  = 2009
}}
'''''We Thrive on Big Cities''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[pop rock]] quartet, [[Director (band)|Director]]. It was released on October 6, 2006 in the [[Republic of Ireland]].
It peaked at #2 on the [[Irish Albums Chart]], and since its release, the album has gone multi-platinum in Ireland. It was nominated for the 2006 [[Choice Music Prize]] Irish Album of the Year.<ref>[http://www.nimusic.com/shownews.asp?ID=376] {{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref> ''We Thrive on Big Cities'' had sold 22,000 copies in Ireland, as of 2007.<ref name="Sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|title=The New U2?|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 12, 2023|page=19|date=August 11, 2007}}</ref>
The song "Big Cities" was used in an internet trailer for ''[[Halo 3]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-IE/music/director.htm|title=Xbox.com &#124; Music - Director & Halo 3 Soundtracks<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Xbox.com|access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Easy to Me" – 3:03
# "Standing in My Way" – 2:52
# "[[Reconnect (song)|Reconnect]]" – 4:32
# "I Only Realise" – 3:57
# "[[Reconnect (song)|She's Saying Things]]" – 4:25
# "[[Leave It to Me (song)|Leave It to Me]]" – 4:15
# "[[Come with a Friend]]" – 3:34
# "Big Cities" – 2:18
# "Can You Take It" – 3:23
# "Never Know" – 4:00
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