{{more citations needed|date=May 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Fatal Mistakes | type = studio | artist = Del Amitri | cover = Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes.png | alt = | released = 28 May 2021 | recorded = March 2020 | studio = Vada Studios, Warwickshire | genre = Rock | length = 45:52 | label = Cooking Vinyl | producer = Dan Austin | prev_title = Can You Do Me Good? | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Fatal Mistakes | type = studio | single1 = Close Your Eyes and Think of England | single1date = November 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.v2benelux.com/news-represented-labels/del-amitris-new-album-fatal-mistakes-to-be-released-april-30th-22699|title=Del Amitri's new album 'Fatal Mistakes' to be released April 30th |work=V2|date=16 November 2020|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | single2 = It's Feelings | single2date = February 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latebar.org/2021/03/04/del-amitri-to-push-release-of-2021-album/|title=Del Amitri to push release of 2021 album|work=latebar.org|last=Ley|first=Ken|date=4 March 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | single3 = You Can't Go Back | single3date = April 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/you-cant-go-back-the-new-single-from-del-amitri/|title='You Can't Go Back' the new single from Del Amitri|work=TotalNtertainment|date=30 April 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | single4 = All Hail Blind Love | single4date = August 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fm/album/all-hail-blind-love-single-version/1579922001|title=All Hail Blind Love (Single Version)|work=music.apple.com|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> }} }} {{Music ratings | width = 22.4em | MC = 82/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/fatal-mistakes/del-amitri|title=Fatal Mistakes by Del Amitri Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> | rev1 = ''American Songwriter'' | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/fatal-mistakes-del-amitri-album-review/|title=Review: Del Amitri Avoided Making 'Fatal Mistakes' On New Album|work=American Songwriter|last=Zimmerman|first=Lee|date=28 April 2021|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Classic Rock'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 2021 |title= ''Classic Rock'' magazine review|url= |magazine=Classic Rock |page=80}}</ref> | rev3 = Hooks and Harmony | rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hooksandharmony.com/fatal-mistakes-del-amitri-album-review/|title=Fatal Mistakes – Del Amitri (Album Review)|work=Hooks and Harmony|last=Lee|first=Peter|date=30 May 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Maximum Volume Music'' | rev4score = 9/10<ref>{{cite news|url=https://maximumvolumemusic.com/review-del-amitri-fatal-mistakes-2021/|title=Review: Del Amitri – Fatal Mistakes (2021)|work=Maximum Volume Music|last=Thorley|first=Andy|date=13 June 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=June 2021 |title= ''Mojo'' magazine review|url= |magazine=Mojo |page=87}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Outline'' | rev6score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlineonline.co.uk/content/del-amitri-fatal-mistakes/album-reviews/121384/2485|title=Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes|work=Outline|last=Seymour|first=Jon|date=28 May 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Telegraph'' | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/fatal-mistakes-del-amitri-return-vicious-beery-rock-music-yesteryear/|title=On Fatal Mistakes, Del Amitri return to the vicious, beery rock music of yesteryear|work=The Telegraph|last=McCormick|first=Neil|date=27 May 2021|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> }} '''''Fatal Mistakes''''' is the seventh studio album by the Scottish band Del Amitri, released on 28 May 2021.<ref>[https://www.delamitri.info/fatal-mistakes-new-release-date Official Del Amitri website] Fatal Mistakes New Release Date.</ref> It is the band's first studio album since 2002's ''Can You Do Me Good.'' It debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart in the first week following its release.<ref name="UKcharts" />
== Background == Del Amitri reformed in 2014 after a ten year hiatus. Initially the band thought that fans did not want unreleased material, choosing to play only previously released songs during the 2014 tour. Singer Justin Currie was hesitant to release an album of new songs saying "we thought that's probably not what anyone is going to want to listen to".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-26|title=Del Amitri head to Essex - but Justin Currie thought new album was a 'stupid' idea|url=https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/del-amitri-tour-is-heading-for-essex-but-singer-justin-currie-thought-new-album-was-a-stupid-idea/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=InYourArea.co.uk}}</ref>
By 2018, Currie and guitarist Iain Harvie had created finished songs that sounded "very Del Amitri".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-20|title=Del Amitri roll back the years with new single It's Feelings ahead of first album in 19 years {{!}}|url=https://ipamusic.co.uk/?p=5512|access-date=2021-06-05|language=en-GB}}</ref> The two reformed the band with the lineup featured on 2014's live release ''Into the Mirror: Del Amitri in Concert,'' with keyboardist Andy Alston, guitarist Kris Dollimore and drummer Ash Soan.
''Fatal Mistakes'' was recorded in March 2020 over a three-week period, with Del Amitri completing the sessions the day before the UK locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Del Amitri Announce New Album 'Fatal Mistakes' {{!}} mxdwn.co.uk|url=http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/del-amitri-announce-new-album-fatal-mistakes/|access-date=2021-06-05|language=en-US}}</ref> Initially scheduled for release on 30 April 2021, the release date was moved to 28 May 2021 because of pandemic-related production delays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/delamitri/status/1370313707985760256|title=Due to unavoidable issues regarding production relating to the pandemic, Del Amitri's new album 'Fatal Mistakes' has been moved to May 28th 2021. |access-date=2021-06-05|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Justin Currie, except where noted | title1 = You Can't Go Back | length1 = 2:53 | title2 = All Hail Blind Love | writer2 = {{hlist|Currie|Iain Harvie}} | length2 = 4:04 | title3 = Musicians and Beer | length3 = 2:46 | title4 = Close Your Eyes and Think of England | length4 = 3:30 | title5 = Losing the Will to Die | length5 = 2:34 | title6 = Otherwise | length6 = 3:01 | title7 = It's Feelings | writer7 = {{hlist|Currie|Harvie}} | length7 = 2:42 | title8 = I'm So Scared of Dying | length8 = 4:27 | title9 = Mockingbird, Copy Me Now | writer9 = {{hlist|Currie|Kris Dollimore}} | length9 = 2:23 | title10 = Missing Person | length10 = 3:19 | title11 = Second Staircase | length11 = 3:00 | title12 = Lonely | writer12 = {{hlist|Currie|Harvie}} | length12 = 3:28 | title13 = Nation of Caners | length13 = 7:39 }}
== ''Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes and B-Sides'' == A five-track bonus CD titled ''Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes and B-Sides'' was initially available for a limited period as a companion piece to ''Fatal Mistakes'' on 28 May 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.v2benelux.com/news-represented-labels/del-amitris-new-album-fatal-mistakes-out-today-23064|title=Del Amitri's new album Fatal Mistakes out today|work=V2|date=28 May 2021 |access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref> It was reissued with five additional tracks on 12 August 2022.<ref name="Townsend">{{cite web|url=https://delamitri.tmstor.es/product/87174|title=Del Amitri - Fatal Mistakes|work=Townsend Music|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref>
"When Cooking Vinyl asked us to supply material for a bonus CD to go with the various ''Fatal Mistakes'' packages, we seized the chance to resurrect the B-Side. We knew we had at least ten tunes written for the album that didn't make it into the final sequence," Del Amitri said in a press release. Two of the tracks, "Lips of London" and "Gone in a Second," were recorded during the March 2020 album session, while the rest were written for the project and recorded remotely during the COVID-19 lockdown of winter 2021.<ref name="Townsend"/>
===Track listing=== {{Track listing | headline = Original 2021 five-track release | all_writing = Justin Currie, except where noted | title1 = Happiness Is It | length1 = 2:11 | title2 = Gone in a Second | writer2 = {{hlist|Currie|Harvie}} | length2 = 4:06 | title3 = Shame | length3 = 3:46 | title4 = O My Lazy Baby | length4 = 2:43 | title5 = Some Mothers Do Have Them | length5 = 2:11 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2022 ten-track reissue | title1 = Lips of London | length1 = 3:49 | title2 = Gone in a Second | writer2 = {{hlist|Currie|Harvie}} | length2 = 4:06 | title3 = Shame | length3 = 3:46 | title4 = Your Love (Is Killing Me) | length4 = 3:39 | title5 = This City Loves You Back | writer5 = {{hlist|Currie|Harvie}} | length5 = 4:11 | title6 = Some Mothers Do Have Them | length6 = 2:11 | title7 = Happiness Is It | length7 = 2:11 | title8 = O My Lazy Baby | length8 = 2:43 | title9 = My Adulthood | length9 = 3:02 | title10 = At the End of the Lightning | length10 = 3:50 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Fatal Mistakes |others=Del Amitri |date=2021|publisher=Cooking Vinyl}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes and B-Sides |others=Del Amitri |date=2022|publisher=Cooking Vinyl}}</ref> ;Del Amitri *Andy Alston *Justin Currie *Kris Dollimore *Iain Harvie *Ash Soan ;Technical *Dan Austin – producer, mixing *The Groovey Tubes – producer (''Fatal Mistakes – Outtakes and B-Sides'', except "Gone in A Second" and "Lips of London") *Paul McGeechan – mastering *Gary Birchard – photography
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Fatal Mistakes'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Germany|34|id=478992|artist=Del Amitri|album=Fatal Mistakes|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2021}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20210604|rowheader=true|access-date=5 June 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/234?dspy=2021&dspp=22|title=Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 22|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> | 9 |- {{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Del Amitri|album=Fatal Mistakes|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2021}} |- {{album chart|UK2|5|date=20210604|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2021|refname="UKcharts"}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|2|date=20210604|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2021}} |}
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