Once Upon a Time in the West is the second studio album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi.

It reached #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.

"[8]The first single from the album was "Suburban Knights", released on 20 August, which had its first play on 18 June 2007 at 19:20 (BST) on Radio 1.

The band launched the album on the midnight of release at Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street, London with a performance of a selected number of songs followed by a CD signing.

[9] The following day the band performed at Maida Vale Studios to a small audience who earned their tickets through Radio 1.

The name of the album was chosen as the band had been watching a lot of westerns on their tour bus, being big fans of Ennio Morricone they decided it was perfect as they go on stage to "Man with the Harmonica".

"Tonight" went to #6 in Q's Top 50 Essential Downloads, where they described the song as "Richard Archer's written his first power ballad, all piano, surging chorus and lyrics about "feeling alive".

An example among the positive reviews was Q's, which gave the album four stars and quoted "goodbye Staines, hello big league".

Mixed by Paul PDub Walton, Wolsey White, Spike Stent (Oasis, U2, Björk and Madonna).