Del Amitri
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
ew wave and country-folk isolated audiences and critics alike, resulting in their inevitable departure from the Chrysalis family.
Del Amitri rebounded with a self-financed U.S. tour that broadened their network of fans and landed them a deal with A&M. In 1987 the quartet expanded by one, adding keyboardist Andy Alston and replacing Tolland with David Cummings and Tyagi with Brian McDermott, and began work on Waking Hours. Released in 1989, the Gil Norton/Hugh Jones-produced LP yielded the bands first British hit, Kiss This Thing Goodbye, a song that also found success in the U.S. In 1992 the group charted with Always the Last to Know from the Change Everything album, but it wasnt until the release of 1995s Twisted and its infectious hit Roll to Me that Del Amitri could declare global victory.
Their follow-up, Some Other Suckers Parade, relied heavily on the adult alternative jangle pop that made Twisted such a success, but failed to generate any lasting hits. Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri, a much-needed career-spanning anthology that collected the prolific yet spotty groups best tunes, was released in 1998 along with a companion CD, B-Sides Lousy With Love. Del Amitri released the soulful and melodic Can You Do Me Good? in 2002.
