Background
Del Amitri had released their debut single "Sense Sickness" in 1983 on the Glasgow indie label NoStrings Records. They recorded their first Peel session in March 1984, [7] which led to a deal with Chrysalis Records later in the year. After an unsuccessful session at Britannia Row Studios in London with former frontman of Television, Tom Verlaine, producing, the band recorded their first album with producer Hugh Jones at Park Lane Studio in Glasgow. [8]
Before the release of the album's first single, Melody Maker magazine heard a cassette tape of work in progress [8] and put the band on the cover of their February 1985 issue, dubbing them "the hottest new twang of '85". [9] No single was released at the time to capitalise on this, and the album failed to chart when released in May 1985. [10] In the Del Amitri biography on AllMusic, James Christopher Monger wrote that the album was released "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." [2]
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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 listed by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 best albums of 1995.
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Fatal Mistakes is the seventh studio album by the Scottish band Del Amitri, released on 28 May 2021. It is the band's first studio album since 2002's Can You Do Me Good. It debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart in the first week following its release.
