| Amore | ||||
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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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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [5] |
Amore is the debut studio album by American rock band the Hooters, released in 1983.[6][7]
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Hanging On A Heartbeat
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Background
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.
Critical reception
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]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian, except where noted.
- "Amore" - 3:31
- "Blood from a Stone" - 3:19
- "Hanging on a Heartbeat" (Hyman, Bazilian, Glenn Goss, Jeff Ziv) - 3:01
- "All You Zombies" - 3:47
- "Birdman" - 3:17
- "Don't Wanna Fight" - 2:50
- "Fightin' on the Same Side" - 2:53
- "Concubine" - 2:22
2001 CD bonus tracks
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (live, 1986) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:59
- "Man in the Street" (demo, 1980) (Don Drummond) - 3:58
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[13]
- The Hooters
- Eric Bazilian – lead vocals (1, 2, 3, 6), guitar, saxophone
- John Lilley – guitar
- Rob Hyman – lead vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8), keyboards
- Rob Miller – bass, vocals
- David Uosikkinen – drums
- Technical
- Eric Bazilian – producer
- Rob Hyman – producer
- Phil Nicolo – engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Barbara Blair – art direction, design
- Mark Chin – photography
- Stephen Spera – cover art
- Charles Grumbling – graphics
- Tomas Sokol – label design, inner sleeve
References
- ^ "December 1983 The Hooters share AMORE Plastic Fantastic Records". Plastic Fantastic Records. October 18, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2022 – via Facebook.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440248917 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Hanging On A Heartbeat". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Amore - The Hooters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 556.
- ^ "The Hooters | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Beviglia, Jim (November 15, 2018). Playing Back the 80s: A Decade of Unstoppable Hits. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538116401 – via Google Books.
- ^ "THE HOOTERS ARE ON THEIR OWN TIME NOW". Los Angeles Times. March 30, 1986.
- ^ "The History". hootersmusic.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Fightin' On The Same Side". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "All You Zombies (Live)". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Hooters". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Amore (Media notes). The Hooters. Antenna. 1983.
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