On the heels of a US tour in 1986, where Del Amitri had absorbed classic rock radio and picked up a diverse range of musical influences, the band began a musical evolution during an intensive period of songwriting. Both Cummings and McDermott appear on the album's front cover despite not having played on it. It would also be the last record for drummer Paul Tyagi, who was replaced by Brian McDermott. Despite some important creative input (he contributed to the writing of "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" and "Hatful Of Rain") Slaven left the band before the album had even been released and was replaced by David Cummings. Typically for Del Amitri (the group never made two albums with the same band members), Waking Hours featured some recently introduced personnel: new guitarist Mick Slaven and keyboard player Andy Alston, who would become a full member after the album's release. Waking Hours arguably represents Del Amitri's first "mature" record, and was certainly the first to bring them any mainstream success. The first album had been extremely difficult to find for many years, before its 2003 CD reissue, leaving many who became fans in the 1990s totally unaware of its existence. The post-punk influence of the first album, Del Amitri (1985), had produced a sound radically different to the remainder of the band's output. ![]() Many Del Amitri fans consider Waking Hours to be the band's first "real" album.
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