Waking Hours

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All tracks are written by Justin Currie, except as noted

Waking Hours
Delamitriwakinghours.jpg
Cover for the initial 1989 release
Studio album by
Del Amitri
Released10 July 1989
Recorded1987–1989 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length45:49
Label A&M
Producer
Del Amitri chronology
Del Amitri
(1985)		Waking Hours
(1989)		 Change Everything
(1992)
Singles from Waking Hours
  1. "Kiss This Thing Goodbye"
    Released: July 1989
  2. "Stone Cold Sober"
    Released: September 1989
  3. "Nothing Ever Happens"
    Released: December 1989
  4. "Move Away Jimmy Blue"
    Released: May 1990 [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kiss This Thing Goodbye"Currie, Iain Harvie, Mick Slaven 4:35
2."Opposite View" 4:52
3."Move Away Jimmy Blue"Currie, Harvie3:47
4."Stone Cold Sober" 4:57
5."You're Gone"Currie, Harvie5:10
6."When I Want You" 4:32
7."This Side of the Morning" 4:21
8."Empty" 4:38
9."Hatful of Rain"Currie, Harvie, Slaven5:01
10."Nothing Ever Happens" 3:53

2014 expanded edition

Disc 1
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No Holding On" (B-side to "Kiss This Thing Goodbye") Del Amitri3:54
2."Slowly, It's Coming Back" (B-side to "Kiss This Thing Goodbye") Del Amitri4:02
3."Fred Partington's Daughter" (B-side to "Kiss This Thing Goodbye")  The Groovey Tubes 3:40
4."The Return of Maggie Brown" (B-side to "Stone Cold Sober")  David Kershenbaum 3:44
5."Talk It to Death" (B-side to "Stone Cold Sober")Currie, Harvie Gil Norton 4:26
6."So Many Souls to Change" (B-side to "Nothing Ever Happens") The Groovey Tubes3:57
7."Don't I Look Like the Kind of Guy You Used to Hate" (B-side to "Nothing Ever Happens") The Groovey Tubes2:50
8."Evidence" (B-side to "Nothing Ever Happens") The Groovey Tubes3:10
9."Another Letter Home" (B-side to "Move Away Jimmy Blue") The Groovey Tubes4:08
10."April the First" (B-side to "Move Away Jimmy Blue") The Groovey Tubes2:53
11."More Than You'd Ever Know" (B-side to "Move Away Jimmy Blue") The Groovey Tubes2:28
12."This Side of the Morning" (live in the car park at 2 a.m.) (B-side to "Move Away Jimmy Blue") Mark Freegard4:19
13."Spit in the Rain" (non-album single, 1990) Norton3:45
14."The Return of Maggie Brown" (version 2) (B-side to "Spit in the Rain") Kershenbaum3:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [15]

Del Amitri
Additional musicians
Technical

Charts

Waking Hours
Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums [16] 8
Canadian Albums Chart [17] 66
European Top 100 Albums [18] 59
Swedish Albums [19] 40
UK Albums Chart [20] 6
US Billboard 200 [21] 95

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [22] Platinum70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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