Del Amitri (album)

Del Amitri
Studio album by Del Amitri
Released	1985, 2003 (Re-issue)
Genre	Post-punk
Length	33:15
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Hugh Jones
Del Amitri chronology
Del Amitri (1985) Waking Hours (1989)Waking Hours1989

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Del Amitri is the eponymous debut album by the Scottish rock band Del Amitri, released in 1985 by Chrysalis Records. A CD reissue in 2003 included 4 bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Iain Harvie, Paul Tyagi, Justin Currie, and Bryan Tolland, except where noted

1. "Heard Through a Wall" – 3:01
2. "Hammering Heart" – 2:58
3. "Former Owner" – 3:04
4. "Sticks and Stones, Girl" – 3:10
5. "Deceive Yourself (In Ignorant Heaven)" – 4:02
6. "I Was Here" – 2:53
7. "Crows in the Wheatfield" – 2:51
8. "Keepers" – 4:39
9. "Ceasefire" – 2:59
10. "Breaking Bread" – 3:29

2003 CD bonus tracks

11. "This King Is Poor" – 3:37
12. "The Difference Is" – 3:42
13. "Lines Running North" – 2:54
14. "Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:53 (Van Morrison)
    • Originally recorded by Van Morrison, 1967

Personnel

The band

• Iain Harvie
• Paul Tyagi
• Justin Currie
• Bryan Tolland

Additional musicians

• Peter Griffiths — Organ ("Deceive Yourself")
• Preston Heyman — Additional percussion

Production

• Hugh Jones — Producer

Additional credits

• Recorded entirely in Glasgow's Park Lane Studio
• Mixed at The Garden, London
• All songs published by Chrysalis Music Ltd.
• Original etchings 'Flying Ducks' for sleeve by Chris Orr, courtesy Thumb Gallery, London

Sources

• Liner notes from the cassette insert