"I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose" is the debut album by the London indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club, released on July 3, 2009. The band announced the album's title on March 31, 2009, via MySpace and their official website. Recorded in October and November 2008, the album was produced by long-term collaborator Jim Abbiss. The title is derived from a line in the song "After Hours" by A Tribe Called Quest, from their 1990 album "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm."
 
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it holds a normalized rating of 60, indicating "mixed or average reviews," although the overall professional reception was largely favorable.