Amore (The Hooters album)

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Amore
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Studio album by
the Hooters
ReleasedDecember 1983 [1]
Recorded1983
StudioStudio 4 Recording, Philadelphia
Genre Rock
Length25:04
Label Antenna [2]
Producer
The Hooters chronology
Amore
(1983)		 Nervous Night
(1985)
Singles from Amore
  1. "Hanging on a Heartbeat"
    Released: 1984 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Amore is the debut studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in 1983. [6] [7]

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Background

The Hooters got their start with their independently released album Amore. It cost $12,000 to record. The album sold over 100,000 copies, mostly in the Philadelphia area, and led to their major label record deal with Columbia Records in 1984. [8]

Amore introduced the original versions of four songs: "All You Zombies," "Hanging on a Heartbeat," "Fightin' on the Same Side," and "Blood from a Stone," which would reappear in different versions on later albums.

An early studio recording of "Fightin' on the Same Side" and a live recording of "All You Zombies" had previously been released as singles in 1981 and 1982, respectively, on the small indie label Eighty Percent Records. [9] [10] [11]

In 2001, 18 years after its original release on LP album and cassette, Amore was made available on compact disc and included two cover versions as bonus tracks: the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from June 15, 1986, at A Conspiracy of Hope, a benefit concert on behalf of Amnesty International at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Skatalites' "Man in the Street," a live demo from the first Hooters recording session in 1980, which was also the band's first song to be played on the radio.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "The Hooters’ easy facility in many stylistic genres (reggae, the main impulse on Amore, remains in the repertoire, along with glossed-up heartland rock versed in folk traditionalism) matches an inability to pin down any clear-cut personality." [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, except where noted.

  1. "Amore" - 3:31
  2. "Blood from a Stone" - 3:19
  3. "Hanging on a Heartbeat" (Hyman, Bazilian, Glenn Goss, Jeff Ziv) - 3:01
  4. "All You Zombies" - 3:47
  5. "Birdman" - 3:17
  6. "Don't Wanna Fight" - 2:50
  7. "Fightin' on the Same Side" - 2:53
  8. "Concubine" - 2:22

2001 CD bonus tracks

  1. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (live, 1986) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:59
  2. "Man in the Street" (demo, 1980) (Don Drummond) - 3:58

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [13]

The Hooters
Technical

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References

  1. ↑ "December 1983 The Hooters share AMORE Plastic Fantastic Records". Plastic Fantastic Records. October 18, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2022– via Facebook.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Hanging On A Heartbeat". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Amore - The Hooters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 556.
  6. ↑ "The Hooters | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ Beviglia, Jim (November 15, 2018). Playing Back the 80s: A Decade of Unstoppable Hits. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781538116401 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "THE HOOTERS ARE ON THEIR OWN TIME NOW". Los Angeles Times. March 30, 1986.
  9. ↑ "The History". hootersmusic.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Fightin' On The Same Side". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  11. ↑ "All You Zombies (Live)". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Hooters". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Amore (Media notes). The Hooters. Antenna. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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