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Dilettantes (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Dilettantes

| type = Album

| artist = You Am I

| cover = dilettantes.jpg

| alt =

| released = 13 September 2008

| recorded = 2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length =

| label = Virgin Records

| producer = Greg Wales

| prev_title = Convicts

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = You Am I

| next_year = 2010

}}

Dilettantes is the eighth studio album by the Australian rock band You Am I, released on 13 September 2008.[http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/344684/DILETTANTES Music Games DVDs at JB HIFI Australia] It was recorded at Electric Avenue Studios in Sydney and Sing Sing South in Melbourne before being mixed at Studios 301 in Sydney.{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/music/you-am-i.aspx |title=You Am I – Music – Time Out Sydney |access-date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605180926/http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/music/you-am-i.aspx |archive-date=5 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}

The first single, "Erasmus", was premiered on Triple J radio on Dools & Linda's show on 6 August, and was released on iTunes along with the album's title track as a downloadable single on 6 September. Video clips were released in November for "Beau Geste" and "Givin' Up And Gettin Fat" to be released as radio/iTunes singles.

The title track, "Dilettantes", was previewed as streaming audio on The Vine from 30 July 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thevine.com.au/music/articles/first-taste-of-you-am-i%27s-%27dilettantes%27.aspx |title=First taste of You Am I's 'Dilettantes' – Music {{!}} thevine.com.au |access-date=1 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804103208/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/articles/first-taste-of-you-am-i's-'dilettantes'.aspx |archive-date=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}

The iTunes Plus release includes a bonus video of live footage from a 1998 gig at the Budokan, supporting Soundgarden, on the #4 Record tour.

Songwriter Tim Rogers said of the album, "I think I'm as proud of that as I am of anything we've ever done."{{cite journal | author =Dan Condon| title = No Struggle, No Progress| journal = Time Off| issue= 24 November 2010|pages = 17| publisher = Street Press Australia Pty Ltd| location =Fortitude Valley, QLD}}

Track listing

  1. "Dilettantes" – 4:25
  2. "Disappearing" – 4:58
  3. "Beau Geste" – 3:11
  4. "Frightfully Moderne" – 3:11
  5. "Wankers" – 4:46
  6. "The Big Wheel" – 2:41
  7. "The Boy's Angry at the Water" – 4:02
  8. "Givin' Up and Gettin Fat" – 4:17
  9. "Erasmus" – 3:28
  10. "Davey's Gone Green Again" – 3:30
  11. "Jolly's First Time Around The Sun" – 4:36
  12. "The Piano Up The Tree" – 7:09

(all songs written by Tim Rogers)

=iTunes Plus bonus track=

  1. "Live at the Budokan" (video) – 18:25

Personnel

  • Tim Rogers – guitars, vocals
  • Davey Lane – guitars, backing vocals, keys
  • Andy Kent – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Rusty Hopkinson – drums, backing vocals
  • Mel Robinson – string arrangements
  • Mel Robinson, Zoe Black, Rebecca Chan, James Munro – strings
  • James Dixon – Korg MS20
  • Greg Wales – producer/engineer

Charts

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{{album chart|Australia|12|artist=You Am I|album=Dilettantes|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 May 2021}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.youami.com.au/ www.youami.com.au]
  • [http://www.youami.net/ www.youami.net]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727191049/http://nakeddwarf.com.au/nd/bands/australian/y/you_am_i You Am I at Naked Dwarf]

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