Amore (The Hooters album)

Amore
Studio album by
the Hooters
ReleasedDecember 1983[1]
Recorded1983
StudioStudio 4 Recording, Philadelphia
GenreRock
Length25:04
LabelAntenna[2]
Producer
The Hooters chronology
Amore
(1983) 		Nervous Night
(1985)
Singles from Amore
  1. "Hanging on a Heartbeat"
    Released: 1984[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

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.

  1. "Amore" - 3:31
  2. "Blood from a Stone" - 3:19
  3. "Hanging on a Heartbeat" (Hyman, Bazilian, Glenn Goss, Jeff Ziv) - 3:01
  4. "All You Zombies" - 3:47
  5. "Birdman" - 3:17
  6. "Don't Wanna Fight" - 2:50
  7. "Fightin' on the Same Side" - 2:53
  8. "Concubine" - 2:22

2001 CD bonus tracks

  1. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (live, 1986) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:59
  2. "Man in the Street" (demo, 1980) (Don Drummond) - 3:58

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[13]

The Hooters
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

  1. ^ "December 1983 The Hooters share AMORE Plastic Fantastic Records". Plastic Fantastic Records. October 18, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2022 – via Facebook.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (December 11, 2018). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440248917 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Hanging On A Heartbeat". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Amore - The Hooters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 556.
  6. ^ "The Hooters | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Beviglia, Jim (November 15, 2018). Playing Back the 80s: A Decade of Unstoppable Hits. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538116401 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "THE HOOTERS ARE ON THEIR OWN TIME NOW". Los Angeles Times. March 30, 1986.
  9. ^ "The History". hootersmusic.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Fightin' On The Same Side". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "All You Zombies (Live)". 45cat.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hooters". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  13. ^ Amore (Media notes). The Hooters. Antenna. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)