Change Everything

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Change Everything
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Studio album by
Del Amitri
Released1 June 1992 (1992-06-01) [1]
RecordedLate summer–autumn 1991 [2]
StudioMaster Rock, London; Park Lane, Glasgow
Genre Alternative rock
Length50:57
Label A&M
Producer Gil Norton
Del Amitri chronology
Waking Hours
(1989)		Change Everything
(1992)		 Twisted
(1995)
Singles from Change Everything
  1. "Always the Last to Know"
    Released: 27 April 1992 [3]
  2. "Be My Downfall"
    Released: 29 June 1992 [4]
  3. "Just Like a Man"
    Released: 31 August 1992 [5]
  4. "When You Were Young"
    Released: 11 January 1993 [6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [9]
The Great Rock Discography 7/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Change Everything is the third studio album by Del Amitri, released on 1 June 1992 in the UK. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart [13] – the band's biggest hit LP – and was nominated by Q Magazine as one of the top 50 albums of 1992. [14] It included the single "Always the Last to Know", which reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart [15] and entered the top 40 of the US Hot 100. [16]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Currie, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Be My Downfall" 3:29
2."Just Like a Man"Currie, Iain Harvie 5:03
3."When You Were Young" 3:59
4."Surface of the Moon" 5:14
5."I Won't Take the Blame" 3:54
6."The First Rule of Love" 4:00
7."The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere" 3:11
8."Always the Last to Know" 4:21
9."To Last a Lifetime" 4:08
10."As Soon as the Tide Comes In" 4:23
11."Behind the Fool" 3:18
12."Sometimes I Just Have to Say Your Name"Currie, Harvie5:52

2014 expanded edition

Disc 1
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Learn to Cry" (B-side to "Always the Last to Know")  Gil Norton 3:45
2."Angel on the Roof" (B-side to "Always the Last to Know")  The Groovey Tubes 4:52
3."The Whole World Is Quiet" (B-side to "Always the Last to Know") The Groovey Tubes2:34
4."Whiskey Remorse" (B-side to "Be My Downfall") The Groovey Tubes3:15
5."Lighten Up the Load" (B-side to "Be My Downfall") The Groovey Tubes4:09
6."The Heart Is a Bad Design" (B-side to "Be My Downfall") The Groovey Tubes2:06
7."Don't Cry No Tears" (B-side to "Just Like a Man") Neil Young The Groovey Tubes3:55
8."Bye Bye Pride" (B-side to "Just Like a Man") Grant McLennan, Robert Forster The Groovey Tubes4:33
9."Cindy Incidentally" (B-side to "Just Like a Man") Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan The Groovey Tubes2:47
10."Spit in the Rain" (remix) (B-side to "Just Like a Man") Norton3:54
11."I Won't Take the Blame" (acoustic version) (B-side to "Just Like a Man") The Groovey Tubes3:40
12."Scared to Live" (B-side to "Just Like a Man")Currie, HarvieThe Groovey Tubes4:48
13."Long Journey Home" (B-side to "When You Were Young") The Groovey Tubes4:25
14."The Verb to Do" (B-side to "When You Were Young") The Groovey Tubes2:42
15."Kestrel Road" (B-side to "When You Were Young")Currie, HarvieThe Groovey Tubes4:12
16."The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere" (live) (B-side to "When You Were Young") 
  • none credited
  • mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Kenny Patterson
4:09
17."Kiss This Thing Goodbye" (live) (B-side to "When You Were Young")Currie, Harvie, Mick Slaven
  • none credited
  • mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Patterson
4:17
18."Hatful of Rain" (live) (B-side to "When You Were Young")Currie, Harvie, Slaven
  • none credited
  • mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Patterson
4:36
Note

Personnel

Del Amitri
Additional musicians
Technical

Charts

Change Everything
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums [17] 24
European Top 100 Albums [18] 17
German Albums [19] 86
Swedish Albums [20] 34
Swiss Albums [21] 37
UK Albums Chart [13] 2
US Billboard 200 [22] 178

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases". Music Week . 30 May 1992. p. 12.
  2. ↑ Rawlings-Way, Charles (2018). These Are Such Perfect Days: The Del Amitri Story. Urbane Publications. pp. 170–174. ISBN   978-1911331414.
  3. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 25 April 1992. p. 21.
  4. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 June 1992. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 29 August 1992. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 9 January 1993. p. 6.
  7. ↑ Allmusic review
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Del Amitri". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  9. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  10. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 275. ISBN   1-84195-312-1.
  11. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  12. ↑ Cavanagh, David. "Del Amitri: Change Everything > Review".
  13. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Q magazine Recordings Of The Year - 1992". rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Always the Last to Know". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Australian Del Amitri discography". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "Change Everything" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Change Everything". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Change Everything". Billboard . Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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