Dilettantes (album) explained

Dilettantes
Type:	Album
Artist:	You Am I
Cover:	dilettantes.jpg
Released:	13 September 2008
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	Rock
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.^[1] It was recorded at Electric Avenue Studios in Sydney and Sing Sing South in Melbourne before being mixed at Studios 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

1. 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

External links

• www.youami.com.au
• www.youami.net
• You Am I at Naked Dwarf

Notes and References

1. http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/344684/DILETTANTES Music Games DVDs at JB HIFI Australia
2. Web site: You Am I – Music – Time Out Sydney . 25 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605180926/http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/music/you-am-i.aspx . 5 June 2009 . dead .
3. Web site: First taste of You Am I's 'Dilettantes' – Music thevine.com.au . 1 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804103208/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/articles/first-taste-of-you-am-i's-'dilettantes'.aspx . 4 August 2008 . dead .
4. Dan Condon. No Struggle, No Progress. Time Off. 24 November 2010. 17. Street Press Australia Pty Ltd. Fortitude Valley, QLD.