Word: amitri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PRODUCER HUGH Jones is known for creating aural atmospheres, mood pieces like Echo and the Bunnymen's best album. Heaven Up Here. It was Jones who channeled the Bunneymen's monotone assault to give that record its haunting and menacing character. At the helm of two new bands. Del Amitri and The Colourfield. Jones has forsaken the Gothic terror of Heaven for the chumminess of well plucked acoustic guitars through crystal clear pop production. And the results are mixed...
...good news is the eponymous Del Amitri (Chrysalis). At first glance, these four Scotsman would seem to fit in with the U2 Alarm mode of loud banal political folk songs. This debut effort abounds with youthful metaphors about pollution and nuclear war and all the things that are so gosh--wrong with this world. Most of the time these societal barbs are more embarassing than effective. All of this only goes to prove that it takes time to learn how to write lyrics. Fortunately, the ultimate success of Del Amitri does not depend on its words but rather its presentation...
ONLY ON THE BALLADS, "Former Owner" and "Keepers," does the spirit and drive of this record slow down and into folky la-la-la-la cliche's. Yet even in these places, Producer Jones has done such a superb job at balancing all the parts of Del Amitri's attack that you have to be impressed...
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