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Released | December 1983 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Studio | Studio 4 Recording, Philadelphia | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 25:04 | |||
Label | Antenna [2] | |||
Producer | ||||
The Hooters chronology | ||||
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Singles from Amore | ||||
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Amore is the debut studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in 1983. [6] [7]
The Hooters got their start with their independently released album Amore. It cost $12,000 to record. The album sold over 100,000 copies, mostly in the Philadelphia area, and led to their major label record deal with Columbia Records in 1984. [8]
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.
An early studio recording of "Fightin' on the Same Side" and a live recording of "All You Zombies" had previously been released as singles in 1981 and 1982, respectively, on the small indie label Eighty Percent Records. [9] [10] [11]
In 2001, 18 years after its original release on LP album and cassette, Amore was made available on compact disc and included two cover versions as bonus tracks: the Beatles' " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from June 15, 1986, at A Conspiracy of Hope, a benefit concert on behalf of Amnesty International at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Skatalites' "Man in the Street," a live demo from the first Hooters recording session in 1980, which was also the band's first song to be played on the radio.
Trouser Press wrote: "The Hooters’ easy facility in many stylistic genres (reggae, the main impulse on Amore, remains in the repertoire, along with glossed-up heartland rock versed in folk traditionalism) matches an inability to pin down any clear-cut personality." [12]
All tracks are written by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, except where noted.
2001 CD bonus tracks
Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [13]
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verification. (October 2020) |
Amore | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 1983 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Studio | Studio 4 Recording, Philadelphia | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 25:04 | |||
Label | Antenna [2] | |||
Producer | ||||
The Hooters chronology | ||||
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Singles from Amore | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Amore is the debut studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in 1983. [6] [7]
The Hooters got their start with their independently released album Amore. It cost $12,000 to record. The album sold over 100,000 copies, mostly in the Philadelphia area, and led to their major label record deal with Columbia Records in 1984. [8]
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.
An early studio recording of "Fightin' on the Same Side" and a live recording of "All You Zombies" had previously been released as singles in 1981 and 1982, respectively, on the small indie label Eighty Percent Records. [9] [10] [11]
In 2001, 18 years after its original release on LP album and cassette, Amore was made available on compact disc and included two cover versions as bonus tracks: the Beatles' " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" from June 15, 1986, at A Conspiracy of Hope, a benefit concert on behalf of Amnesty International at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Skatalites' "Man in the Street," a live demo from the first Hooters recording session in 1980, which was also the band's first song to be played on the radio.
Trouser Press wrote: "The Hooters’ easy facility in many stylistic genres (reggae, the main impulse on Amore, remains in the repertoire, along with glossed-up heartland rock versed in folk traditionalism) matches an inability to pin down any clear-cut personality." [12]
All tracks are written by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, except where noted.
2001 CD bonus tracks
Credits adapted from the album liner notes. [13]
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