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Del Amitri's easy blend of Beatlesque pop and country-rock has made them a worldwide road and radio staple since the mid-'80s. Formed in Scotland in 1982 by bassist/vocalist/songwriter Justin Currie and longtime guitarist and collaborator Ian Harvie, the duo released Sense Sickness on a small Glasgow indie label the following year. Through heavy touring and positive word of mouth, the band - which now included drummer Paul Tyagi and guitar player Bryan Tolland - managed to impress the suits at Chrysalis Records enough to offer the fledgling group a recording contract. Their Hugh Jones-produced self-titled major-label debut was released in 1985 amidst a tidal wave of hype, but their signature blend of new wave and country-folk isolated audiences and critics alike, resulting in their inevitable departure from the Chrysalis family.Del Amitri rebounded with a self-financed U.S. Tour that broadened their network of fans and landed them a deal with A&M. In 1987 the quartet expanded by one, adding keyboardist Andy Alston and replacing Tolland with David Cummings and Tyagi with Brian McDermott, and began work on Waking Hours.
Released in 1989, the Gil Norton/Hugh Jones-produced LP yielded the band's first British hit, 'Kiss This Thing Goodbye,' a song that also found success in the U.S. In 1992 the group charted with 'Always the Last to Know' from the Change Everything album, but it wasn't until the release of 1995's Twisted and its infectious hit 'Roll to Me' that Del Amitri could declare global victory.Their follow-up, Some Other Sucker's Parade, relied heavily on the adult alternative jangle pop that made Twisted such a success, but failed to generate any lasting hits. Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri, a much-needed career-spanning anthology that collected the prolific yet spotty group's best tunes, was released in 1998 along with a companion CD, B-Sides Lousy With Love. Del Amitri released the soulful and melodic Can You Do Me Good? James Christopher Monger.
The 1997–2002 Del Amitri line-up on stage at the Guildhall in on 16 May 2002Background informationOrigin,GenresYears active1980–2002, 2013–presentLabels,WebsiteMembersAndy AlstonKris DollimorePast membersDonald BentleyJames M ScobbiePaul TyagiBryan TollandBrian McDermottJon McLoughinDel Amitri are a Scottish band formed in in 1980. Between 1985 and 2002, the band released six studio albums.
Their 1995 single ' reached number 10 on the. Five Del Amitri albums have reached the in the. Globally, Del Amitri have sold six million albums.
Contents.History Band name Del Amitri's founding member and main songwriter, explained in 2010 that the band's name 'was invented to be meaningless – basically a corruption of the Greek name 'Dimitri'.' In 2018, Currie clarified that 'Del Amitri' is a bastardisation of the name of a film producer who appeared in the of a film he saw in 1979 – 'probably Dimitri-something, but we couldn't remember. So eventually through osmosis or maybe 'Dimitri' became 'Del Amitri'.' Many sources have repeated a claim that the name was chosen because it is for 'from the womb', but this is untrue. Formation and early years (1980-1984) Del Amitri grew out of Justin Currie's band. The band was formed with the original line-up of Currie (bass and vocals), James Scobbie (guitars), Donald Bentley (guitars) and Paul Tyagi (drums). Scobbie and Bentley left the band in 1982 to study at university.
A new line-up came together after Currie placed an advertisement in the window of a music store. Scobbie and Bentley were replaced by (guitar) and Bryan Tolland (drums). From then on, Currie and Harvie have remained the only constant members of the band. del Amitri (1985) In 1984, Del Amitri were signed by, which released their in 1985. Waking Hours (1989) As recording started for what would become Del Amitri's, the line-up changed.
Currie and Harvie invited keyboard player Andy Alston to join the band and fired both guitarist Bryan Tolland and drummer Paul Tyagi. Tolland was replaced in the studio by and Tyagi by ' Stephen Irvine. However, Slaven and Irvine chose not to join the band full-time and were replaced by and Brian McDermott, respectively.Released in 1989, Waking Hours reached No.6 in the and gave the band their most successful UK single, ', which peaked at No 11.
They also gained some mainstream exposure abroad for the first time, as Waking Hours was a success in several territories with the single 'Kiss This Thing Goodbye' flirting with the lower reaches of the US 's. In between Waking Hours and their next album, the band released the single 'Spit In the Rain', which reached No. 21 in the UK. Change Everything (1992) The line-up of Currie, Harvie, Alston, Cummings and McDermott proved to be stable and successful.
They stayed together to record the follow-up album, which was released in 1992 and became the band's biggest chart success, reaching No. 2 in the UK, being held off top spot only by Lionel Ritchie's best-of collection,. The single 'Always the Last to Know' peaked at No. 13 in the UK, and again provided them with an entry into Top 40 in the US.
The video for the song was directed by Oil Factory's Pedro Romhanyi. Their increasing success in the USA led to appearances on the television show and the anniversary festival. Twisted (1995) was released in 1995 and peaked at No. Soan joined the band as a permanent member.
The single ', only a moderate hit in the UK where it reached No. 22, reached the Top 10 in the US charts; this was a noteworthy achievement during an era when British acts were finding success in the US difficult. Some Other Sucker's Parade (1997) Del Amitri's fifth album, was released in 1997 and reached No. 6 in the UK chart.The band found it harder to capitalise on their previous successes in the US, however, and lost out on more airplay at home when their record company took the decision to withdraw the album's planned third single 'Medicine' in September 1997, putting out a false press story that the lyrics could be interpreted as a critique of the then recently deceased.
Don't Come Home Too Soon and Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri (1998) Five years passed before Del Amitri released another album. In 1998, however, they recorded the official anthem for the squad, '. It reached No. 15 on the charts, becoming their third biggest UK hit and their last Top 20 entry to date. They also released a best of album, which was a No. 5 success in the UK Albums Chart and was accompanied by a new track, 'Cry to Be Found', which reached No. Can You Do Me Good?
The 2014 tour line-up of Del Amitri performing at in.The album was released in the spring of 2002. Both the album and the single 'Just Before You Leave', reached the Top 40. The band then went on hiatus. Reunion tours (2014, 2018) On 18 August 2013, during an interview with on his programme, Currie hinted at a Del Amitri reunion. A UK tour was subsequently announced. As part of the tour, the band played to 8,000 people in the, Glasgow on 24 January 2014.
A live album, called Into The Mirror, was released following the tour.Del Amitri reformed again in July 2018, playing eight dates in seven UK cities. Their live set included a new song, 'You Can't Go Back', and a cover of ' hit song, '. In July 2018, Currie said that a new group album and further activity was possible. Discography. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited.
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