Dilettantes (album)

Dilettantes
Studio album by You Am I
Released 13 September 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Rock
Label Virgin Records
Producer Greg Wales
You Am I chronology
Convicts
(2006)		 Dilettantes
(2008)		 You Am I
(2010)

Dilettantes is the eighth studio album by the Australian rock band You Am I, released on 13 September 2008.[1] It was recorded at Electric Avenue Studios in Sydney and Sing Sing South in Melbourne before being mixed at Studio 301 in Sydney.[2] 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.[3]

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."[4]

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

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2008 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 12

References

  1. ↑ Music Games DVDs at JB HIFI Australia
  2. ↑ You Am I - Music - Time Out Sydney
  3. ↑ First taste of You Am I's 'Dilettantes' - Music | thevine.com.au
  4. ↑ Dan Condon. "No Struggle, No Progress". Time Off. Fortitude Valley, QLD: Street Press Australia Pty Ltd (24 November 2010): pg 17.
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