Some Other Sucker's Parade
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| Studio album by Del Amitri | ||||
| Released | 24 June 1997 | |||
| Recorded | The Chapel; Parkgate Studios, November 1996–January 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 50:13 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Mark Freegard | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Some Other Sucker's Parade is the fifth studio album by Del Amitri, released on 24 June 1997. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart.
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 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 Iain Harvie in an October 1997 interview with Guitarist magazine. "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."
Bonus tracks:
"Life is Full" is played over the end credits of the 1998 film Sweet Revenge.
Released: June 1997 (in two versions)
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Chart positions: # 21 (UK)
Scheduled for release: 8 September 1997 (in three versions). Withdrawn –
reportedly at the band's request – for fear that the song's lyrics were seen as
insensitive in light of the recent death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Version Three:
Released: November 1997 (in three versions)
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Version Two:
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