Slowly It’s Coming Back: Universal U.K. Plans Del Amitri Reissues

If you’ve been wanting to dive deep into the discography of Scottish rock band Del Amitri, Universal Music is satisfying your needs with a trio of double-disc reissues of the band’s first three albums for A&M Records in 2014.

While the group, anchored by singer/bassist Justin Currie and singer/guitarist Ian Harvie (both principal songwriters as well), only achieved one hit of note in the U.S., the peppy Top 10 single “Roll to Me,” Del Amitri managed a solid streak of reliable album alt-rock in late ’80s and early ’90s England. Songs like “Nothing Ever Happens” and “Always the Last to Know” were moderate U.K. hits, and a steady touring schedule kept their fans satisfied. While things were rocky for the band after the sudden success of “Roll to Me” – their last album was 2002’s experimental Can You Do Me Good? – things seem to be smoothing themselves out for the band, who will go out on a tour next year in the U.K. (the lineup consisting of Currie, Harvie, longtime keyboardist Andy Alston and their most recent sidemen, guitarist Kris Dollimore and drummer Ashley Soan.

Mercury/UMC will reissue Waking Hours (1989), Change Everything (1992) and Twisted (1995) on January 20, each containing a bonus disc featuring every non-LP B-side from the period, more than 50 bonus tracks in all. Those who pre-order from Universal’s official store qualify to win a pair of tickets for the band’s Hammersmith Apollo show on February 7, along with pre-show soundcheck and meet and greet opportunities.

Amazon U.K. links and full track lists, meanwhile, are after the jump. Special thanks to longtime friend of The Second Disc Matt Wardlaw for the tip!

Waking Hours: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMC (U.K.), 2014)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as A&M AMA 9006 (U.K.)/SP-5287 (U.S.), 1989)

1. Kiss This Thing Goodbye
2. Opposite View
3. Move Away Jimmy Blue
4. Stone Cold Sober
5. You’re Gone
6. When I Want You
7. This Side of the Morning
8. Empty
9. Hatful of Rain
10. Nothing Ever Happens

Disc 2: B-Sides

1. No Holding On
2. Slowly, It’s Coming Back
3. Fred Partington’s Daughter
4. The Return of Maggie Brown
5. Talk It to Death
6. So Many Souls to Change
7. Don’t I Look Like the Kind of Guy You Used to Hate
8. Evidence
9. Another Letter Home
10. April the FIrst
11. More Than You’d Ever Know

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2 from “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 12″ – A&M AMY 515, 1989
Disc 2, Track 3 from “Kiss This Thing Goodbye” 10″ – A&M AMX 551, 1990
Disc 2, Tracks 4-5 from “Stone Cold Sober” 12″ – A&M AMY 527, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 6-8 from “Nothing Ever Happens” 12″ – A&M AMY 536, 1989
Disc 2, Tracks 9-11 from “Move Away Jimmy Blue” CD single – A&M AMY 555, 1990

Change Everything: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMC (U.K.), 2014)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as A&M 395 385-2 (U.K.)/CD 5385 (U.S.), 1992)

1. Be My Downfall
2. Just Like a Man
3. When You Were Young
4. Surface of the Moon
5. I Won’t Take the Blame
6. The First Rule of Love
7. The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
8. Always the Last to Know
9. To Last a Lifetime
10. As Soon as the Tide Comes In
11. Behind the Fool
12. Sometimes I Just Have to Say Your Name

Disc 2: B-Sides

1. Learn to Cry
2. Angel on the Roof
3. The Whole World is Quiet
4. Whiskey Remorse
5. Lighten Up the Load
6. The Heart is a Bad Design
7. Don’t Cry No Tears
8. Bye Bye Pride
9. Cindy Incidentally
10. Spit in the Rain (Remix)
11. I Won’t Take the Blame (Acoustic)
12. Scared to Live
13. Long Journey Home
14. The Verb to Do
15. Kestral Road
16. The Ones You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live @ The Town & Country Club, London – 1993)
17. Kiss This Thing Goodbye (Live @ The Town & Country Club, London – 1993)
18. Hatful of Rain (Live @ The Town & Country Club, London – 1993)

Disc 2, Tracks 1-3 from “Always the Last to Know” CD single – A&M 390 870-2, 1992
Disc 2, Tracks 4-6 from “Be My Downfall” CD single – A&M 390 884-2, 1992
Disc 2, Tracks 7-12 from “Just Like a Man” CD singles – A&M CD/CDR 0057, 1992
Disc 2, Tracks 13-18 from “When You Were Young” CD singles – A&M CD/CDR 0132, 1993

Twisted: Deluxe Edition (Mercury/UMC (U.K.), 2014)

Disc 1: Original LP (released as A&M 540 311-2 (U.K.)/314 540 311-2 (U.S.), 1995) and bonus tracks

1. Food for Songs
2. Start with Me
3. Here and Now
4. One Thing Left to Do
5. Tell Her This
6. Being Somebody Else
7. Roll to Me
8. Crashing Down
9. It Might as Well Be You
10. Never Enough
11. It’s Never Too Late to Be Alone
12. Driving with the Brakes On
13. Hatful of Rain (Live)
14. Crashing Down (Live)
15. Move Away Jimmy Blue (Live)
16. The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere (Live)

Tracks 13-16 from bonus live disc (A&M 540 396-2, 1995)

Disc 2: B-Sides

1. Long Way Down
2. Queen of False Alarms
3. Crashing Down
4. Stone Cold Sober (Live @ “T” in The Park)
5. Always the Last to Know (Live @ “T” in The Park)
6. When I Want You (Live @ “T” in The Park)
7. Life by Mistake
8. In the Meantime
9. A Little Luck
10. In the Frame
11. One Thing Left to Do (Acoustic)
12. Food for Songs (Acoustic)
13. Move Away Jimmy Blue (Remix)
14. Stone Cold Sober (Remix)
15. When You Were Young (Alternative Version)
16. The Last Love Song
17. A Better Man
18. Whiskey Remorse (Alternative Version)
19. Learn to Cry (Alternative Version)

Disc 1, Tracks 1-6 from “Here and Now” CD singles – A&M 580 959/969-2, 1995
Disc 1, Tracks 7-9 from “Driving with the Brakes On” CD single – A&M 581 005-2, 1995
Disc 1, Tracks 10-14 from “Roll to Me” CD singles – A&M 581 129/131-2, 1995
Disc 1, Tracks 15-19 from “Tell Her This” CD singles – A&M 581 215/217-2, 1995