Justin Currie was in some kinda zone when it came to writing songs for Del Amitri Mk. II's second album, Change Everything
. So much so that just as many great songs appeared only as single b-sides as made it on to the album. Such was the high quality of these songs that several of them were tapped for the band's must-have official b-sides compilation, Lousy With Love
, which explains why several classics among these -- e.g. "Whiskey Remorse", "Long Journey Home", "The Verb To Do" -- are not present here. What is here are three covers (Neil Young's "Don't Cry No Tears", The Faces' "Cindy Incidentally", and The Go-Betweens' "By Bye Pride" [sic]); one instrumental ("Kestrel Road"); and the period's remaining four still-pretty-darn-great, otherwise-unreleased sides. "The Heart Is A Bad Design" is a particular fave.
. So much so that just as many great songs appeared only as single b-sides as made it on to the album. Such was the high quality of these songs that several of them were tapped for the band's must-have official b-sides compilation, Lousy With Love, which explains why several classics among these -- e.g. "Whiskey Remorse", "Long Journey Home", "The Verb To Do" -- are not present here. What is here are three covers (Neil Young's "Don't Cry No Tears", The Faces' "Cindy Incidentally", and The Go-Betweens' "By Bye Pride" [sic]); one instrumental ("Kestrel Road"); and the period's remaining four still-pretty-darn-great, otherwise-unreleased sides. "The Heart Is A Bad Design" is a particular fave. Thanks for the comments on the posts thus far, but keep 'em coming please -- it sure helps inspire me to keep a'postin' all this Del-icious Rare Stuff!
And don't forget to check out Justin Currie's newest album, The Great War
-- he's on a (sadly very short) tour through the States as I write, and there are supposedly still tickets for the late show at NYC's Joe's Pub this weekend!
-- he's on a (sadly very short) tour through the States as I write, and there are supposedly still tickets for the late show at NYC's Joe's Pub this weekend!Contents (Title/Source):
Learn To Cry/Always The Last To Know
Angel On The Roof/Always The Last To Know
Lighten Up The Load/Be My Downfall
The Heart Is A Bad Design/Be My Downfall
Don't Cry No Tears/Just Like A Man
Bye Bye Pride/Just Like A Man
Cindy Incidentally/Just Like A Man
Kestrel Road /When You Were Young [Disc 2]
Awesome as usual! Thanks a lot!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, thanks.... ridicules how under rated this guy is...not only as a songwriter, but he has one of the best voices ever.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it! Yesterday I commented on your incredible work with these rarities of the Dels and today there is more material.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
Do I have to say I can not wait for more material? =)
Thank you for this great gift!
ReplyDeleteLighten up the Load is the best Dels song they ever recorded, shame it's hidden away.
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a great stuff of course. But immediately accidentaly chosen a track "Cindy Incidentally" to check its quality showed a gap in the middle of the song. So I'm disappointed pretty hard 'cos I will not be able to fix such gaps in these already encoded songs.
ReplyDeleteOh... Thanks anyway.
Would love to see a repost!
ReplyDeletePlease can you re-upload so we can enjoy again
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