Change Everything
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox album|
| name = Change Everything
| type = Album
| artist = Del Amitri
| cover = Del Amitri - Change Everything Album Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1992|6|1|df=yes}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=12|date=30 May 1992}}
| recorded = Late summer–autumn 1991{{Cite book|title=These Are Such Perfect Days: The Del Amitri Story|last=Rawlings-Way|first=Charles|publisher=Urbane Publications|year=2018|isbn=978-1911331414|pages=170-174}}
| venue =
| studio = Master Rock, London; Park Lane, Glasgow
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = {{duration|m=50|s=57}}
| label = A&M
| producer = Gil Norton
| prev_title = Waking Hours
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Twisted
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Change Everything
| type = studio
| single1 = Always the Last to Know
| single1date = 27 April 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=25 April 1992}}
| single2 = Be My Downfall
| single2date = 29 June 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=27 June 1992}}
| single3 = Just Like a Man
| single3date = 31 August 1992{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=17|date=29 August 1992}}
| single4 = When You Were Young
| single4date = 11 January 1993{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=6|date=9 January 1993}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r58534|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first= Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=Del Amitri |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn= 978-0-85712-595-8}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = B+[https://web.archive.org/web/20090421055547/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311086,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]
| rev4 = The Great Rock Discography
| rev4score = 7/10{{Cite book| last = Strong| first = Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong| title = The Great Rock Discography| publisher = Canongate Books| location = Edinburgh| isbn = 1-84195-312-1| page = 275| date = 2002| edition = 6th}}
| rev5 = Q
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1094665&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]
| rev6 = Select
| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |first=David |last=Cavanagh |title=Del Amitri: Change Everything > Review |url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2013/05/albums11.jpg}}
}}
Change Everything is the third studio album by Del Amitri, released on 1 June 1992 in the UK. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart – the band's biggest hit LP – and was nominated by Q Magazine as one of the top 50 albums of 1992.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1992 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104040314/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1992 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 January 2006 |title=Q magazine Recordings Of The Year - 1992 |website=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=22 June 2022 }} It included the single "Always the Last to Know", which reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25603/del-amitri/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=23 June 2022}} and entered the top 40 of the US Hot 100.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-10-17 |title=Always the Last to Know |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=23 June 2022}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| total_length =
| all_writing = Justin Currie, except where noted
|title1= Be My Downfall
|length1=3:29
|title2= Just Like a Man
|writer2=Currie, Iain Harvie
|length2=5:03
|title3=When You Were Young
|length3=3:59
|title4= Surface of the Moon
|length4=5:14
|title5= I Won't Take the Blame
|length5=3:54
|title6=The First Rule of Love
|length6=4:00
|title7=The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
|length7=3:11
|title8= Always the Last to Know
|length8=4:21
|title9= To Last a Lifetime
|length9=4:08
|title10= As Soon as the Tide Comes In
|length10=4:23
|title11= Behind the Fool
|length11=3:18
|title12= Sometimes I Just Have to Say Your Name
|writer12=Currie, Harvie
|length12=5:52
}}
= 2014 expanded edition =
;Disc 1
- as per the original album
{{Tracklist
|total_length =
|headline = Disc 2
|extra_column = Producer(s)
|title1= Learn to Cry
|note1= B-side to "Always the Last to Know"
|extra1 = Gil Norton
|length1=3:45
|title2= Angel on the Roof
|note2= B-side to "Always the Last to Know"
|extra2 = The Groovey Tubes
|length2=4:52
|title3=The Whole World Is Quiet
|note3= B-side to "Always the Last to Know"
|extra3 = The Groovey Tubes
|length3=2:34
|title4= Whiskey Remorse
|note4= B-side to "Be My Downfall"
|extra4 = The Groovey Tubes
|length4=3:15
|title5= Lighten Up the Load
|note5= B-side to "Be My Downfall"
|extra5 = The Groovey Tubes
|length5=4:09
|title6=The Heart Is a Bad Design
|note6= B-side to "Be My Downfall"
|extra6 = The Groovey Tubes
|length6=2:06
|title7=Don't Cry No Tears
|note7= B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|writer7= Neil Young
|extra7 = The Groovey Tubes
|length7=3:55
|title8= Bye Bye Pride
|note8= B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|writer8=Grant McLennan, Robert Forster
|extra8 = The Groovey Tubes
|length8=4:33
|title9= Cindy Incidentally
|note9= B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|writer9=Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan
|extra9 = The Groovey Tubes
|length9=2:47
|title10= Spit in the Rain
|note10= remix) (B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|extra10 = Norton
|length10=3:54
|title11= I Won't Take the Blame
|note11= acoustic version) (B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|extra11 = The Groovey Tubes
|length11=3:40
|title12= Scared to Live
|note12= B-side to "Just Like a Man"
|writer12=Currie, Harvie
|extra12 = The Groovey Tubes
|length12=4:48
|title13= Long Journey Home
|note13= B-side to "When You Were Young"
|extra13 = The Groovey Tubes
|length13=4:25
|title14= The Verb to Do
|note14= B-side to "When You Were Young"
|extra14 = The Groovey Tubes
|length14=2:42
|title15= Kestrel Road
|note15= B-side to "When You Were Young"
|writer15=Currie, Harvie
|extra15 = The Groovey Tubes
|length15=4:12
|title16= The Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
|note16= live) (B-side to "When You Were Young"
|extra16 = {{hlist|none credited|mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Kenny Patterson}}
|length16=4:09
|title17= Kiss This Thing Goodbye
|note17= live) (B-side to "When You Were Young"
|writer17=Currie, Harvie, Mick Slaven
|extra17 = {{hlist|none credited|mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Patterson}}
|length17=4:17
|title18= Hatful of Rain
|note18= live) (B-side to "When You Were Young"
|writer18=Currie, Harvie, Slaven
|extra18 = {{hlist|none credited|mixed by the Groovey Tubes, Patterson}}
|length18=4:36
}}
;Note
- Tracks 16–18 recorded live at the Town & Country Club, London, 1993.
Personnel
;Del Amitri
- Justin Currie – vocals, bass, guitar
- Iain Harvie – guitar
- David Cummings – guitar
- Andy Alston – keyboards
- Brian McDermott – drums
;Additional musicians
- Nick Clark – bass on "When You Were Young", "I Won't Take the Blame" and "Sometimes I Just Have to Say Your Name"
- Gary Barnacle – baritone and tenor saxophone on "Always the Last to Know"
;Technical
- Gil Norton – producer
- Steven Haigler – engineer
- John McDonald – assistant engineer
- Kenny Patterson – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering (at Masterdisk, New York City)
- Stylorouge – artwork
- Kevin Westenburg – photography
- Rob O'Conner – photography
- Steve Double – photography
Charts
References
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External links
- [http://www.delamitri.com Official Del Amitri homepage]
- {{YouTube|Nox57hdgeAU|Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know}}
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