Del Amitri discography

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Del Amitri discography
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Studio albums7
Live albums1
Compilation albums3
Singles24

The discography of Del Amitri, a Scottish pop rock band formed in 1983, includes seven studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums and 24 singles. Five of their studio albums reached the top 10 in the UK Albums Chart. Their first album, which is a self-title album released in May 1985 did not enter the UK Albums Chart at all, and their final studio album Fatal Mistakes , released in May 2021, peaked at number 5. The band's most successful studio album was their third Change Everything , which reached second place in the UK Albums Chart. Also the band's compilation album, Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri , got to fifth place in the UK Albums Chart. The band broke up in 2002. They played a reunion gig at The Hydro Glasgow on 24 January 2014. A live album, Into the Mirror, recorded on the reunion tour in January and February 2014 was released on 20 October 2014.

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The band reunited in 2020 and recorded their seventh studio album, Fatal Mistakes , which was released in May 2021. [1]

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
EUR
[5]
GER
[6]
SWE
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Del Amitri
  • Released: 6 May 1985
  • Label: Chrysalis (#CHR1499)
Waking Hours
  • Released: 10 July 1989
  • Label: A&M (#AMA9006)
8665940695
Change Everything
  • Released: 9 June 1992
  • Label: A&M (#3953852)
24178634372178
Twisted
  • Released: 28 February 1995
  • Label: A&M (#5403112)
244156941363170
Some Other Sucker's Parade
  • Released: 24 June 1997
  • Label: A&M (#5407052)
5518151466160
Can You Do Me Good?
  • Released: 8 April 2002
  • Label: Mercury (#4932162)
12897430
Fatal Mistakes
  • Released: 14 May 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
2345
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
SCO
[13]
UK
[9]
UK
Indie

[14]
UK
Phys.

[15]
UK
Update

[16]
Into the Mirror
  • Released: 20 October 2014
  • Label: HTAW (#HTAW001)
2875155129

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[17]
EUR
[18]
IRE
[19]
UK
[9]
Hatful of Rain: The Best of
  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: A&M (#540940-2)
156715
Lousy with Love: The B-Sides
  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: A&M (#540941-2)
15
The Collection
  • Released: 16 October 2007
  • Label: Spectrum (#530 2790)
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
SCO
[20]
AUS
[3] [21]
CAN
[22]
EUR
[23]
GER
[24]
IRE
[25]
NED
[26]
POR
[27]
UK
[9]
US
[28]
1985"Sticks and Stones Girl"Del Amitri
"Hammering Heart"
1989"Kiss This Thing Goodbye"2859Waking Hours
"Stone Cold Sober"5090
1990"Nothing Ever Happens"462945811
"Kiss This Thing Goodbye" (re-release)304335
"Move Away Jimmy Blue"8836
"Spit in the Rain"118721021Non-album single
1992"Always the Last to Know"39224856211330Change Everything
"Be My Downfall"8643836230
"Just Like a Man"736425
1993"When You Were Young"5420
1995"Here and Now"89821Twisted
"Driving with the Brakes On"68818
"Roll to Me"1052210
"Tell Her This"1632
1997"Not Where It's At"61721Some Other Sucker's Parade
"What I Think She Sees"29
"Some Other Sucker's Parade"2646
1998"Don't Come Home Too Soon"18215Hatful of Rain
"Cry to Be Found"2240
2002"Just Before You Leave"2837Can You Do Me Good?
2020"Close Your Eyes and Think of England"Fatal Mistakes
2021"It's Feelings"
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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References

  1. "Del Amitri Announce New Album 'Fatal Mistakes'". Del Amitri. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
  3. 1 2 Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "Australian Del Amitri discography". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
    • Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 78.
  4. Canadian studio albums chart peaks:
  5. European studio albums chart peaks:
  6. German studio albums chart peaks:
  7. "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 UK chart peaks:
  10. US studio album chart peaks
  11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 4 November 2020. Note: User needs to enter Del Amitri in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
  13. Scottish live albums chart peaks:
  14. UK independent live albums chart peaks:
  15. UK physical live albums chart peaks:
  16. UK update live albums chart peaks:
  17. Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
  18. European studio albums chart peaks:
  19. "Irish compilation albums chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  20. Scottish singles chart peaks:
  21. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 8 April 1991" . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  22. Canadian singles chart peaks:
  23. European singles chart peaks:
  24. German studio albums chart peaks:
  25. Irish singles chart peaks:
    • Note: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter Del Amitri into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". "Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  26. "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  27. Portuguese singles chart peaks:
  28. US singles chart peaks