Some Other Sucker's Parade
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Some Other Sucker's Parade is the fifth studio album
by Del Amitri
, released on 24 June 1997. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart
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(1995), and following their 1995 US tour the group parted company with guitarist David Cummings, who left to become a television scriptwriter. Jon McLoughlin was drafted in to replace him, and would co-write Some Other Sucker's Parades title track with Justin Currie
. Both Soan and McLoughlin left soon after the album's recording.
Intended to communicate the band's live sound, the album deliberately used few studio effects in favour of a "raw" feel. "Absolutely as few overdubs as possible," confirmed Iain Harvie
in an October 1997 interview with Guitarist magazine. "Probably about 80 per cent of the songs on this record don't have overdubs, apart from the vocals obviously, with all the harmonies, and maybe the guitar solo if there was a really dreadful mistake in the middle that we just couldn't live with. Wherever possible, we recorded with our live format of bass, drums, two guitars and keyboards for most of the songs."
Bonus tracks:
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Del Amitri
Del Amitri
Del Amitri were a Scottish pop-rock guitar band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1983. The band grew out of Justin Currie's Jordanhill College School band and came together after teenager Currie placed an advertisement in the window of a music store asking for people who could play to contact him...
, released on 24 June 1997. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
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History
The album's recording was characterised by changes in personnel. Drummer Ashley Soan had joined the band soon after the release of TwistedTwisted (Del Amitri album)
Twisted is the fourth studio album by Del Amitri, released on 28 February 1995. It reached number three in the UK Albums Chart and was nominated by Q Magazine for best album of 1995....
(1995), and following their 1995 US tour the group parted company with guitarist David Cummings, who left to become a television scriptwriter. Jon McLoughlin was drafted in to replace him, and would co-write Some Other Sucker's Parades title track with Justin Currie
Justin Currie
Justin Robert Currie is a Scottish singer and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the band Del Amitri and, along with Iain Harvie, is one of only two members of the group to be present throughout its entire existence.-Del Amitri:Justin Currie established the band Del Amitri while...
. Both Soan and McLoughlin left soon after the album's recording.
Intended to communicate the band's live sound, the album deliberately used few studio effects in favour of a "raw" feel. "Absolutely as few overdubs as possible," confirmed Iain Harvie
Iain Harvie
Iain Wallace Harvie is the guitarist with the Scottish rock band called Del Amitri. Along with lead singer and bassist Justin Currie, Harvie is one of only two members to be present throughout Del Amitri's history from its 1982 inception...
in an October 1997 interview with Guitarist magazine. "Probably about 80 per cent of the songs on this record don't have overdubs, apart from the vocals obviously, with all the harmonies, and maybe the guitar solo if there was a really dreadful mistake in the middle that we just couldn't live with. Wherever possible, we recorded with our live format of bass, drums, two guitars and keyboards for most of the songs."
Track listing
- "Not Where It's At" (Justin CurrieJustin CurrieJustin Robert Currie is a Scottish singer and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the band Del Amitri and, along with Iain Harvie, is one of only two members of the group to be present throughout its entire existence.-Del Amitri:Justin Currie established the band Del Amitri while...
) – 3:39 - "Some Other Sucker's Parade" (Currie, Jon McLoughlin) – 3:08
- "Won't Make It Better" (Currie, Iain HarvieIain HarvieIain Wallace Harvie is the guitarist with the Scottish rock band called Del Amitri. Along with lead singer and bassist Justin Currie, Harvie is one of only two members to be present throughout Del Amitri's history from its 1982 inception...
) – 3:59 - "What I Think She Sees" (Currie) – 2:59
- "Medicine" (Currie) – 2:50
- "High Times" (Currie, Harvie) – 4:26
- "Mother Nature's Writing" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:50
- "No Family Man" (Currie) – 2:54
- "Cruel Light Of Day" (Currie) – 3:13
- "Funny Way To Win" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:36
- "Through All That Nothing" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:55
- "Life Is Full" (Currie) – 3:22
- "Lucky Guy" (Currie, Harvie) – 4:54
- "Make It Always Be Too Late" (Currie) – 3:22
Bonus tracks:
- "Paper Thin" (Currie) – 3:30 (Australian and Japanese releases)
- "Sleep Instead Of Teardrops" (Currie) – 4:31 (Australian and Japanese releases)
Credits
- Justin Currie – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Iain Harvie – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
on "Medicine" and "Life Is Full" - Jon McLoughlin – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Andy Alston – keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Ashley Soan – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - The London Session Orchestra – stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
on "Some Other Sucker's Parade" and "What I Think She Sees" - Jamie Seyberth – whistleWhistleA whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means...
on "Funny Way To Win" - Will MaloneWill MaloneWill Malone is a British music producer, who has worked with artists including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Todd Rundgren, The Verve, Massive Attack and Italian rocker Gianna Nannini. In 1976, Malone & Lou Reizner covered a Beatles song, "You Never Give Me Your Money", for the evanescent musical...
– stringString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
arrangements on "Some Other Sucker's Parade" and "What I Think She Sees", brassBrass instrumentA brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
arrangement on "Make It Always Be Too Late"
Singles
| Not Where It's At Released: June 1997 (in two versions) B-sides: Version One:
Version Two:
Chart positions: # 21 (UK) |
| Medicine Scheduled for release: 8 September 1997 (in three versions). Withdrawn – reportedly at the band's request – for fear that the song's lyrics were seen as insensitive in light of the recent death of Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century... . B-sides: Version One:
Version Two:
Version Three:
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| Some Other Sucker's Parade
Released: November 1997 (in three versions) B-sides: Version One:
Version Two:
Version Three:
Chart positions: # 46 (UK) |
| Sleep Instead Of Teardrops Released: November 1997 (in Australia only) B-sides:
Chart positions: unknown |
- All singles released on A&M RecordsA&M RecordsA&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. - All B-sides written by Justin Currie unless specified.