- rock
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
Waking Hours is the second studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri, released in July 1989 by A&M Records. It reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and featured one of the band's most famous songs, "Nothing Ever Happens", which reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. The album's opening track, "Kiss This Thing Goodbye", entered the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single for the second time.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
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Tracks
- 1Kiss This Thing Goodbye4:35
- 2Opposite View4:53
- 3Move Away Jimmy Blue3:48
- 4Stone Cold Sober4:57
- 5You’re Gone5:06
- 6When I Want You4:33
- 7This Side of the Morning4:25
- 8Empty4:35
- 9Hatful of Rain5:02
- 10Nothing Ever Happens3:53
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Del Amitri
- Label
- A&M Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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