- Amore (The Hooters album)
Infobox Album
Name = Amore
Type =Album
Artist =The Hooters
Released =1983
Recorded =1983
Genre = Rock
Length = 25:04
Label = Antenna
Producer =Eric Bazilian &Rob Hyman
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Amore"
(1983)
Next album = "Nervous Night"
(1985)"Amore" is the first studio album by American rock band
The Hooters and was released in1983 .Background
The Hooters got their start with their independently released album "Amore". The album became a cult favorite in the
Philadelphia area, selling over 100,000 copies, and ultimately led to their first major label record deal withColumbia Records in1984 ."Amore" introduced the original versions of four songs -- "All You Zombies," "Hanging On A Heartbeat," "Fightin' On The Same Side" and "Blood From A Stone" -- which would reappear in different versions on later albums.
In
2001 , 18 years after its original release onLP album and cassette, "Amore" was finally made available for the first time oncompact disc and included twocover versions as bonus tracks:The Beatles ' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds " fromJune 15 ,1986 at A Conspiracy of Hope, a benefit concert on behalf ofAmnesty International atGiants Stadium inEast Rutherford, New Jersey , andThe Skatalites ' "Man In The Street," a live demo from the very first Hooters recording session in1980 , which was also the band's first song to be heard on the radio.Track listing
# "Amore" (
Rob Hyman ,Eric Bazilian ) - (3:31)
# "Hanging On A Heartbeat" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian, Glenn Goss, Jeff Ziv) - (3:01)
# "Fightin' On The Same Side" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (2:53)
# "Blood From A Stone" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (3:19)
# "All You Zombies" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (3:47)
# "Don't Wanna Fight" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (2:50)
# "Concubine" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (2:22)
# "Birdman" (Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian) - (3:17)2001
CD release bonus songs:- "
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds " (John Lennon ,Paul McCartney ) - (3:59) - "Man In The Street" (Don Drummond) - (3:58)
Personnel
*
Eric Bazilian : lead vocals, guitar, saxophone
*John Lilley : guitar
*Rob Hyman : lead vocals, keyboards
*Rob Miller: bass guitar, vocals
*David Uosikkinen : drums- "
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