All ten songs included here were written as contenders for ‘Fatal Mistakes’. It reminded Del Amitri of the creative freedom that the commercial demands of the format wars of the ‘90s allowed – a process which resulted in fans discovering a host of relatively unheard favourites, some of which were compiled on the ‘Lousy With Love’ album. This companion piece project started when Cooking Vinyl asked the band to submit some material for a bonus CD to accompany select bundles of the ‘Fatal Mistakes’ album. ‘FATAL MISTAKES: OUTTAKES & B-SIDES’ IS OUT NOW – LISTEN HERE That moment is now upon us as Del Amitri today release ‘Fatal Mistakes: Outtakes & B-Sides’ via Cooking Vinyl, along with the new single ‘Lips Of London’. Yet another surprise soon followed with the news that Del Amitri had another album’s worth of material nearing release. Debuting at #5 – their highest chart position since 1995 – the consensus of the album’s critical acclaim was that the band’s songwriting contains everything that fans adored the first time around. In 2021, Del Amitri made a triumphant return with ‘Fatal Mistakes’, their first new studio album in almost twenty years.
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