Released for the first time on vinyl 2002’s Can You Do Me Good? saw Del Amitri return after a 48 month hiatus with a new sound and a remarkable, yet almost entirely overlooked album – For the album’s debut on LP it has been pressed on high quality 180g vinyl and includes a full-colour 16 page lyric booklet.By 2002, the pop world had turned; four years earlier, Del Amitri had released Hatful Of Rain, their greatest hits collection marking more-or-less a decade of success.Can You Do Me Good? relied on keyboards, samples and drum machines as much as previous albums centered on electric and acoustic guitars.Featuring its soulful lead single “Just Before You Leave”, Can You Do Me Good? is truly fascinating, and could well have been the group’s biggest album ever had it come five years earlier.“I’ve got cash and prizes, but I don’t know who I am,” Currie sings on “Cash & Prizes”; and the song seems to encapsulate the album.
Tracks:
Disc 1Side 11. Just Before You Leave2. Cash & Prizes3. Drunk In A Band4. One More Last Hurrah5. Buttons On My Clothes6. Baby, It's MeSide 21. Wash Her Away2. Last Cheap Shot At The Dream3. Out Falls The Past4. She's Passing This Way5. Jesus Saves6. Just Getting By