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Some Other Sucker's Parade
Studio album by
Released24 June 1997
RecordedNovember 1996–January 1997
Studio
  • Parkgate Studios, Catsfield
  • GenreAlternative rock
    Length50:13
    LabelA&M
    ProducerMark Freegard
    Del Amitri chronology
    Twisted
    (1995)
    Some Other Sucker's Parade
    (1997)
    Hatful of Rain
    (1998)
    Singles from Some Other Sucker's Parade

    1. "Not Where It's At"
      Released: June 1997
    2. "Some Other Sucker's Parade"
      Released: November 1997[1]

    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[2]
    Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
    Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
    The Great Rock Discography5/10[5]

    Some Other Sucker's Parade is the fifth studio albumbyDel Amitri, released on 24 June 1997 by A&M Records.[6] It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart.[7]

    History[edit]

    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.[8] "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".[9][10]

    Track listing[edit]

    All tracks are written by Justin Currie, except where noted.

    1. "Not Where It's At" – 3:39
    2. "Some Other Sucker's Parade" (Currie, Jon McLoughlin) – 3:08
    3. "Won't Make It Better" (Currie, Iain Harvie) – 3:59
    4. "What I Think She Sees" – 2:59
    5. "Medicine" – 2:50
    6. "High Times" (Currie, Harvie) – 4:26
    7. "Mother Nature's Writing" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:50
    8. "No Family Man" – 2:54
    9. "Cruel Light of Day" – 3:13
    10. "Funny Way To Win" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:36
    11. "Through All That Nothing" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:55
    12. "Life Is Full" – 3:22
    13. "Lucky Guy" (Currie, Harvie) – 4:54
    14. "Make It Always Be Too Late" – 3:22

    Australian and Japanese bonus tracks

    1. "Sleep Instead of Teardrops" – 4:31 (B-side of "Not Where It's At")
    2. "Paper Thin (Ambient Mix)" – 3:30 (B-side of "Don't Come Home Too Soon")

    Personnel[edit]

    Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[11]

    Del Amitri
    Additional musicians
    Technical

    Charts[edit]

    Some Other Sucker's Parade
    Chart (1997) Peak
    position
    European Top 100 Albums[12] 51
    German Albums[13] 81
    Scottish Albums[14] 5
    Swedish Albums[15] 51
    Swiss Albums[16] 46
    UK Albums Chart[7] 6
    USBillboard 200[17] 160

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Discography". delamitri.info. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  • ^ Allmusic review
  • ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Del Amitri". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  • ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  • ^ Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Rock Discography (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 275. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
  • ^ Sexton, Paul (24 May 1997). "A&M puts Del Amitri's pop on 'parade'". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ Official Del Amitri website Archived 25 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine, which cites interview with Iain Harvie and Justin Currie (title unknown) (October, 1997), Guitarist magazine.
  • ^ "News update" (PDF). Infidels and Popstars. No. 6. delamitri.info. November 1997. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  • ^ Barber, Nicholas (23 November 1997). "Offensive - as long as it doesn't mean Diana". The Independent. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  • ^ Some Other Sucker's Parade (Media notes). Del Amitri. A&M. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ "Some Other Sucker's Parade" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Some Other Sucker's Parade". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Topplistan". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Del Amitri Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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