Dilettantes | ||||
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Released | 13 September 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Producer | Greg Wales | |||
You Am I chronology | ||||
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Dilettantes is the eighth studio album by the Australian rock band You Am I, released on 13 September 2008. [1] It was recorded at Electric Avenue Studios in Sydney and Sing Sing South in Melbourne before being mixed at Studios 301 in Sydney. [2] The first single, "Erasmus", was premiered on Triple J radio on Dools & Linda's show on 6 August, and was released on iTunes along with the album's title track as a downloadable single on 6 September. Video clips were released in November for "Beau Geste" and "Givin' Up And Gettin Fat" to be released as radio/iTunes singles.
The title track, "Dilettantes", was previewed as streaming audio on The Vine from 30 July 2008. [3]
The iTunes Plus release includes a bonus video of live footage from a 1998 gig at the Budokan, supporting Soundgarden, on the #4 Record tour.
Songwriter Tim Rogers said of the album, "I think I'm as proud of that as I am of anything we've ever done." [4]
(all songs written by Tim Rogers)
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 12 |
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