Tracklist front / back album covers
"Heard Through a Wall" – 3:01
"Hammering Heart" – 2:58
"Former Owner" – 3:04
"Sticks and Stones, Girl" – 3:10
"Deceive Yourself (In Ignorant Heaven)" – 4:02
"I Was Here" – 2:53
"Crows in the Wheatfield" – 2:51
"Keepers" – 4:39
"Ceasefire" – 2:59
"Breaking Bread" – 3:29
2003 CD bonus tracks
"This King Is Poor" – 3:37
"The Difference Is" – 3:42
"Lines Running North" – 2:54
"Brown Eyed Girl" – 3:53 (Van Morrison)
Originally recorded by Van Morrison, 1967
Del Amitri Band Members / Musicians
Iain Harvie
Paul Tyagi
Justin Currie
Bryan Tolland
Peter Griffiths — organ on "Deceive Yourself"
Preston Heyman — additional percussion
Hugh Jones — Producer
Recorded entirely in Glasgow's Park Lane Studio
Mixed at The Garden, London
All songs published by Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Original etchings 'Flying Ducks' for sleeve by Chris Orr, courtesy Thumb Gallery, London
Del Amitri (stylised as del Amitri) is the eponymous debut album by the Scottish rock band Del Amitri, released in 1985 by Chrysalis Records. Two singles were released, "Sticks And Stones, Girl" (with B-side "The King Is Poor" and "The Difference Is" as an additional track on the 12-inch) and "Hammering Heart" (with B-side "Lines Running North" along with a live version of "Brown Eyed Girl" on the 12-inch). Neither single charted. A CD reissue in 2003 included the four bonus tracks.
Del Amitri are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1980. Between 1985 and 2002, the band released six studio albums. Their 1995 single "Roll to Me" reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Five Del Amitri albums have reached the Top 10 in the UK. Globally, Del Amitri have sold six million albums.
Del Amitri Discography Full
Studio albums
1985 del Amitri
1989 Waking Hours
1992 Change Everything
1995 Twisted
1997 Some Other Sucker's Parade
2002 Can You Do Me Good?
2021 Fatal Mistakes
Compilation albums
1998 The Best of Del Amitri: Hatful of Rain
1998 Lousy with Love: The B-Sides
2003 20th Century Masters – The Best of Del Amitri
2007 The Collection: Best of Del Amitri
Live albums
2014 Into the Mirror: Del Amitri Live in Concert
