Waking Hours

Description

Originally released on A&M Records in July 1989, reaching 6th place on the UK charts and spawning four Top 60 singles, Waking Hours was Del Amitri's commercial breakthrough - This reissue faithfully reproduces the original 1989 cover on a blue background and is pressed on high-quality blue vinyl. After starting in the mid-80s as a left-leaning indie-jangle band, Del Amitri was becoming a classic pop group influenced by the West Coast. The band, led by bassist-singer-songwriter Justin Currie and songwriter-guitarist Iain Harvie, worked with producer Gil Norton on demos in 1987 that led them to sign with A&M Records. Working further with Hugh Jones and Mark Freegard, they created an album that resonated with its time, offering an antidote to Madchester with its enticing selection of adult pop. The opening track and first single Kiss This Thing Goodbye perfectly set the scene, a record that sounded like it should be played loud on a sunny highway, but it was the album's third single, the moving ballad Nothing Ever Happens, released as a single in early 1990, that established the band in the UK while making significant breakthroughs in the United States.