“You can tell that we were very into Neil Young at the time.”
Justin Currie, 1998
LONDON: Proper Records, in collaboration with Universal Music Recordings, are delighted to make again available Change Everything, the much-loved third album from respected Glasgow group, Del Amitri. Originally released on A&M Records in June 1992, the album reached No 2 in the UK charts and spawned four Top 30 singles.
Change Everything is an apposite title for this album, the first since Waking Hours, their breakthrough record which had appeared in 1989. Starting off as a jangle-some Scottish indie group, Del Amitri had developed into a west-coast influenced leftfield pop act, and now with the wind of success in their hair (after the protracted build of Waking Hours), the group – Justin Currie, Iain Harvie, David Cummings, Andy Alston and Brian McDermott – paired up with producer Gil Norton and crafted a handsome rock album to capitalise on their success.
It’s a varied, expansive selection. Ballads are represented by the delightful ‘First Rule Of Love and Be My Downfall,’ but it is the uptempo numbers that shine, typified by Change Everything’s lead single, ‘Always The Last To Know’, a No. 11 hit in the UK and a No. 30 stateside. All 12 tracks emphasise just how important Del Amitri were to ‘the other 90s’: straightforward, intelligent music, away from the headline fads.
Change Everything is presented with scrupulous attention to the detail of the original UK first pressing and available in audiophile 180gm vinyl. Whether replacing a much-loved original, or adding to a collection afresh, this is a superior way to enjoy such enduring and influential music.
Pre-order here: https://del-amitri.lnk.to/changeeverything
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Side One
1. Be My Downfall
2. Just Like A Man
3. When You Were Young
4. Surface Of The Moon
5. I Won’t Take The Blame
6. The First Rule Of Love
Side Two
1. The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
2. Always The Last To Know
3. To Last A Lifetime
4. As Soon As The Tide Comes In
5. Behind The Fool
6. Sometimes I Just Have To Say Your Name
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Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
