Del Amitri - Some Other Suckers Parade

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

Label: A&M Records
Year: 1997
Producer: Mark Freegard

Total Playing Time: 50:05 m:s

Del Amitri's brand of radio friendly guitar driven pop rock has always been the type of stuff I like to hear on the radio. However, this is the first time I've actually bought any of their albums. With their frequent excursions into the charts, I'm sure most readers will already be familiar with what Del Amitri sound like. Del Amitri play mid-western pop, so think Jayhawks, Brett Walker, Jude Cole etc , but with a poppier feel.

The song writing is of fairly consistent quality throughout. The highlights are Not Where It's At, Some Other Sucker's Parade and the mellow Lucky Guy. I don't know about you, but I don't think Not Where It's At and Some Other Sucker's Parade are best singles that Del Amitri have ever written. Therefore, I think the album is filled with competent, but relatively unexciting and anonymous songs. Low points are High Times with it's absurdly high-pitched chorus and the discordant Cruel Light Of Day. Funny Way To Win, with it's Southern Rock approach, could have been one of the best songs on the album, but is totally ruined by the reappearance of those high-pitched vocals.

I can't help but think that there are better examples of Del Amitri's work out there. I'll have to check out some of the earlier albums.

Rating: 6