Fatal Mistakes

Fatal Mistakes is the seventh studio album by the Scottish band Del Amitri, released on 28 May 2021.[3] It is the band's first studio album since 2002's Can You Do Me Good. It debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart in the first week following its release.[4]

Fatal Mistakes
Studio album by
Del Amitri
Released28 May 2021
RecordedMarch 2020
GenreRock
Length45:52
LabelCooking Vinyl
ProducerDan Austin
Del Amitri chronology
Can You Do Me Good?
(2002)		 Fatal Mistakes
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter[2]

Del Amitri reformed in 2014 after a ten year hiatus. Initially the band thought that fans did not want unreleased material, choosing to play only previously released songs during the 2014 tour. Singer Justin Currie was hesitant to release an album of new songs saying "we thought that's probably not what anyone is going to want to listen to".[5]

By 2018, Currie and guitarist Iain Harvie had created finished songs that sounded "very Del Amitri".[6] The two reformed the band with the lineup featured on 2014's live release Into the Mirror: Del Amitri in Concert, with keyboardist Andy Alston, guitarist Kris Dollimore and drummer Ash Soan.

Fatal Mistakes was recorded in March 2020 over a three-week period, with Del Amitri completing the sessions the day before the UK locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Initially scheduled for release on 30 April 2021, the release date was moved to 28 May 2021 because of pandemic-related production delays.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Justin Currie, except where noted.

  1. "You Can't Go Back" – 2:53
  2. "All Hail Blind Love" (Currie, Iain Harvie) – 4:04
  3. "Musicians and Beer" – 2:46
  4. "Close Your Eyes and Think of England" – 3:30
  5. "Losing the Will to Die" – 2:34
  6. "Otherwise" – 3:01
  7. "It's Feelings" (Currie, Harvie) – 2:42
  8. "I'm So Scared of Dying" – 4:27
  9. "Mockingbird, Copy Me Now" (Currie, Kris Dollimore) – 2:23
  10. "Missing Person" – 3:19
  11. "Second Staircase" – 3:00
  12. "Lonely" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:28
  13. "Nation of Caners" – 7:39

Personnel

Charts
Chart performance for Fatal Mistakes
Chart (2021) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 2
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 20
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 5
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 2

References
  1. "Fatal Mistakes by Del Amitri Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. Zimmerman, Lee (28 April 2021). "Review: Del Amitri Avoided Making 'Fatal Mistakes' On New Album". American Songwriter. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. Official Del Amitri website Fatal Mistakes New Release Date.
  4. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. "Del Amitri head to Essex - but Justin Currie thought new album was a 'stupid' idea". InYourArea.co.uk. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. "Del Amitri roll back the years with new single It's Feelings ahead of first album in 19 years |". 20 February 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. "Del Amitri Announce New Album 'Fatal Mistakes' | mxdwn.co.uk". Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. "https://twitter.com/delamitri/status/1370313707985760256". Twitter. Retrieved 5 June 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Del Amitri – Fatal Mistakes" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  11. "Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 22" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Del Amitri – Fatal Mistakes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  13. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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