Release
As Since I Left You was being recorded, The Avalanches had trouble choosing songs to be released as singles, finding them not sounding as good outside the context of the album. On 13 September 1999 they issued "Electricity" as a four-track 12" vinyl single in Australia (on Modular Recordings) and as a two-track 7" vinyl single in the United Kingdom (on Rex Records). Chater felt that Modular was very patient with the group releasing the record. On 21 August 2000, the next single for the album was "Frontier Psychiatrist" which was issued by Modular in Australia in both a four-track and two-track version. The initial release date for Since I Left You was going to be 11 September, however it was delayed due to issues with sample clearance. On 27 November the album was issued in Australia with plans to have a world release in early 2001. The later release date outside Australia was due to additional sample clearances needed for international markets. To celebrate the album's release in Melbourne, the group had a boat cruise party through Port Phillip Bay. In February 2001 they released the album's title track in Australia and followed in July 2001 with "Radio".
In April Since I Left You was released in the UK through XL Records with the album selling far more copies than the label's original target amount. On 28 April, it entered the UK Album Charts, which peaked at number eight and remained in the chart for 25 weeks. In late March, the single "Since I Left You" was issued in the UK and entered the charts at number 16 on 7 April 2001. On 6 November Since I Left You was issued in the United States and Canada through Sire Records. The album charted in the US on the Top Electronic Albums chart, peaking at number ten, and on the Top Heatseekers chart, peaking at number 31.
In July 2011, a deluxe re-issue of Since I Left You was announced that would include the original album as well as a bonus disc containing b-sides, demo tracks and remixes of songs from the original album by artists including El Guincho, MF Doom, Black Dice and The Avalanches themselves.
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