Some Other Sucker's Parade is the fifth studio album by Del Amitri, released on 24 June 1997 by A&M Records. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart.
Background The album's recording was characterised by changes in personnel. Drummer Ashley Soan had joined the band soon after the release of Twisted (1995), and following their 1995 US tour the group parted company with guitarist David Cummings, who left to become a television scriptwriter. Jon McLoughlin was drafted in to replace him, and would co-write Some Other Sucker's Parade'''s title track with singer/bassist Justin Currie. Both Soan and McLoughlin left soon after the album's recording.
Intended to communicate the band's live sound, the album deliberately used few studio effects in favour of a "raw" feel. "Absolutely as few overdubs as possible," confirmed guitarist Iain Harvie in an October 1997 interview with Guitarist'' magazine.Official Del Amitri website , which cites interview with Iain Harvie and Justin Currie (title unknown) (October, 1997), Guitarist magazine. "Probably about 80 per cent of the songs on this record don't have overdubs, apart from the vocals obviously, with all the harmonies, and maybe the guitar solo if there was a really dreadful mistake in the middle that we just couldn't live with. Wherever possible, we recorded with our live format of bass, drums, two guitars and keyboards for most of the songs."
"Medicine" was slated for a release as the album's second single in September 1997, but was canceled following the death of Princess Diana, due to the lyrics' fleeting mention of a "wreckage".
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from the album liner notes.
Del Amitri Justin Currie – vocals, bass Iain Harvie – guitar, bass on "Medicine" and "Life Is Full" Jon McLoughlin – guitar Andy Alston – keyboard Ash Soan – drums, percussion Additional musicians The London Session Orchestra – strings on "Some Other Sucker's Parade" and "What I Think She Sees" Jamie Seyberth – whistle on "Funny Way To Win" Will Malone – string arrangements on "Some Other Sucker's Parade" and "What I Think She Sees", brass arrangement on "Make It Always Be Too Late" Technical Mark Freegard – producer, engineer David Bianco – mixing (at Larrabee Sound Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles) Michael Nash Associates – design Mario Sorrenti – photography
Charts +Chart performance for Some Other Sucker's Parade Chart (1997) Peakposition European Top 100 Albums 51 German Albums 81 Scottish Albums 5 Swedish Albums 51 Swiss Albums 46 UK Albums Chart 6 US Billboard 200 160
References
External links Official Del Amitri homepage