Waking Hours by Del Amitri

Classic Albums. Hosted by Stevie Nix · Jun 25, 2026 · 40m

What makes Waking Hours particularly notable is its emotional maturity. While many of their contemporaries were trading in either dance-floor escapism or political sloganeering, Del Amitri focused on the intimate struggles of everyday life. And there's a refreshing lack of melodrama to these examinations — just clear-eyed observations delivered with empathy and occasional flashes of sardonic wit.

There's an undeniable debt to American heartland rock in the vein of Tom Petty, yet there's also something quintessentially Scottish in Justin Currie's vocal and lyrical perspective — a clear-eyed…