Some Other Sucker's Parade

Some Other Sucker's Parade Artist: Del Amitri
Label: Universal/Polygram
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988005202628
ASIN: B000007VYS


Release Date: 1997-11-20

Some Other Sucker's Parade


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Tracks:

  1. Not Where It's At
  2. Some Other Sucker's Parad
  3. Won't Make It Better
  4. What I Think She Sees
  5. Medicine
  6. High Times
  7. Mother Nature's Writing
  8. No Family Man
  9. Cruel Light of Day
  10. Funny Way to Win
  11. Through All That Nothing
  12. Life Is Full
  13. Lucky Guy
  14. Make It Always Be Too Late
  15. Sleep Instead of Teardrop
  16. Paper Thin [Ambient Mix]

Album Details

Japanese Release Including Two Bonus Tracks: Sleep Instead of Teardrops, Paper (Ambient Mix).

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Unoriginal And Repetitive.......2001-03-11

I bought 'Some Other Suckers Parade' because I had heard a handful of Del Amitri songs on MTV during the years, which I all found pretty alright.

But the album is boring. It's poppish rock with tiny aspects of folk. The singer is good, the musicians are OK - but the music itself is so uninspired and unoriginal.

Why didn't they just release a single? 'Some Other Suckers Parade' contains 2 or 3 melodies, with 14 different (and banal!) lyrics. Only exception is the closing 'Make It Always Be Too Late' which has something, without being superb.

If you like this style, I will recommend you The Rembrandts instead of Del Amitri. I find it difficult to write that this album is bad, it's just uninspired and boring.

2 out of 5 stars Whoa, what happened?.......2000-07-07

I have been enamored with Del Amitri since their 1990 release "Waking Hours". Justin Currie is a terrific songwriter and lyricist, putting together the type of songs that transport you from your chair/sofa and deposit you in a smokey pub somewhere outside of Glasgow where the rain never stops, the bar never closes, and people wander the streets forever in a haze of broken-hearted pain.

Then this song called "Roll to me" came along. I understand the need for a hit to keep selling records, so I waited while all the other Del fans I know where crying sellout.

Next thing I know I'm hearing "not where it's at" on the radio. The title could not be more appropriate. Currie has been listening to a little too much Oasis, and it shows. The tradional Del Amitri sound is almost gone here, only to be replaced by a kind of electrified-Beatle-fication. There are a couple of bright spots ("What I think She Sees" and "No Family Man"), and this import version is nice to have for the bonus tracks, but really, this is not their best work. The production is not clean, either, unlike Twisted, which has immpecciable sound quality.

I'm anxiously awaiting the return of the brooding scotsman. Hope they leave the nods to the Beatles in Liverpool.

4 out of 5 stars American Version Review!.......2000-02-27

I am a huge Del Amitri fan. So my review is off a big fan who at this point is knit-picking. The album, as are all Del Amitri albums, is great. Again, as before the music and the lyrics are awesome. If you have not heard a Dels song before, not only listen but check out the lyrics and picture a story. My one problem with the album is that many of the songs seem a bit too short. Check out: Medicine, No Family Man, What I Think She Sees, and Some other Suckers Parade.

4 out of 5 stars

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  4. Ballroomkiller/The Blitzkrieg Mixes ~ Testify
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  6. Readymade Records Remixes
  7. Elixir
  8. Evig Eies
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  10. Mother of Pearl - Live ~ Wishbone Ash

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