Dilettantes (album)

Dilettantes is the eighth studio album by the 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 Studios 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.

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)

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

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	12

References

1. Music Games DVDs at JB HIFI Australia
2. "You Am I – Music – Time Out Sydney". Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
3. "First taste of You Am I's 'Dilettantes' – Music | thevine.com.au". Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
4. Dan Condon. "No Struggle, No Progress". Time Off (24 November 2010). Fortitude Valley, QLD: Street Press Australia Pty Ltd: 17.
5. "Australiancharts.com – You Am I – Dilettantes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

External links

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