Dilettantes (album)

Dilettantes
Studio album by You Am I
Released	13 September 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Rock
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Greg Wales
You Am I chronology
Convicts (2006) Dilettantes (2008) You Am I (2010)

Dilettantes is the eighth studio album by 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 Studio 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 #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

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2008	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	12

References

1. ^ Music Games DVDs at JB HIFI Australia
2. ^ You Am I - Music - Time Out Sydney
3. ^ First taste of You Am I's 'Dilettantes' - Music | thevine.com.au
4. ^ Dan Condon. "No Struggle, No Progress". Time Off (Fortitude Valley, QLD: Street Press Australia Pty Ltd) (24 November 2010): pg 17. 

External links

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