Some Other Sucker's Parade

Artist: Del Amitri
Label: A&M
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731454070522
EAN: 0731454070522
ASIN: B000002GO7

Release Date: 1997-06-24

Some Other Sucker's Parade

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Tracks:

Not Where It's At
Some Other Sucker's Parade
Won't Make It Better
What I Think She Sees
Medicine
High Times
Mother Nature's Writing
No Family Man
Cruel Light Of Day
Funny Way To Win
Through All That Nothing
Life Is Full
Lucky Guy
Make It Always Be Too Late

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"I don't have my finger on the pulse of my generation / I just got my hand on my heart," sings Justin Currie on "Not Where It's At," the opening song from Del Amitri's fourth album. The line and the song adequately sum up this Scottish band's plaintive sound; guitars with a gentle twang and a singer who is not afraid to show off his emotional vulnerability. Derisive lyrics occasionally spoil the melancholy tones of songs like "Mother Nature's Writing" and "High Times." --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

under-rated classic .......2005-11-24

del amitri, some other's suckers parade great title by the way boys...these guys surely did know how to write catchy melodies and lyrics which will swim round your head for weeks and i think this album bombed when it was released which is a damn shame because it's a beautiful well produced masterpiece
features my favorites
"not where it's at! title track "what i think she sees"
"medicine" "lucky guy"
a \classic album after purchasing this buy "twisted" another one of them classics you hear about

GREAT collection of songs that gets a bad rap.......2004-06-12

I have to say that this is my favorite Dels record even though there's a lack of Justin and Iain's trademark acoustic guitar. It gets kind of a bad rap from old Del Amitri fans that's not justified as I think that it's really a solid rock album. Or even the best "power-pop" album ever made! On this record, Justin really refined his incredible talent for writing astounding lyrics of the darker sides of life (the booze, the rain...) and romance and wrapping them in the most gorgeous melodies this side of Lennon and McCartney. I just think that A&M was giving up on them by this point and it's interesting to note that when I saw them at the Fillmore promoting this album, Justin introduced "Not Where It's At" as their new single that the label had just pulled off promoting. Nice thing for the label to do to the band in the middle of a tour, but GREAT song. They were one of the best bands to see at this point with new addition Kris Dollimore, clearly outshining the other touted UK bands that all the music mags covered at the time. What got to me is how road worthy this group of Scottish guys in their early 30s had sounded like they had been playing for years and years. They ROCKED!Anyway, personally I would highly recommend it as I would their whole catalogue.

Definitely in my Top 10..........2003-07-07

OK. I will be the first to say that I am not a true Del Amitri "fan", I have never listen to Twisted (except the song "Roll to Me") and I have not been following them since the early 80's when they started. Having said all that, I have to tell you that this is one of the best albums I've ever heard. The first time I heard anything off this album was on a Launch CD (when they used to be a CD music magazine). I heard three sample tracks from this album. That same day, I went to a record store and they had it in one of those "listen before you buy" set-ups. So, I listened to 1 minute of every song. And every song I came to seemed better than the previous one. Needless to say, I bought it right then and there.

I have worn this CD out many times. And, when I have accidentally lost it myself or from letting someone borrow it, I ALWAYS replace it...even though it is out-of-print. It is that good. I would consider this a good starting point for anyone wanting to get into Del Amitri. Then listen to Twisted...

Severely Overlooked Masterpiece -- I'm Not Kidding.......2001-10-17

Del Amitri's fifth studio album really deserves another listen. And then several others. 'Some Other Sucker's Parade' is not as immediately catchy as 'Twisted' or the unsurpassed 'Change Everything' but patience (this is one of those albums that gets better with repeated listenings) will reveal an album full of poetic lyrics (Justin Currie is one the greatest songwriters of the last 20 years--his songs truly read like poetry) and great instrumentation. The intertwining of guitar and piano is done better on this album than any I have heard and there's not a bad song in the batch. While not particularly uplifting, the songs will make you think and listen in wonder at the poetry of it all--and make you wish these guys would put albums out much more frequently. Del Amitri certainly aren't the most prolific of bands, but the albums they do put out are amongst the most well-written and performed available. If you dig any of there other albums, you will love this one--and track down as many b-sides as you can find; this is one band whose b-sides (and there are many more in addition to those collected on the 'Lousy in Love' cd) are as good as their a-sides (and that is very very good). Very Highly Recommended.

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