Saying Currie knows how to craft a song is a bit like saying Caravaggio could paint, but the sideburned Scots debut may be his masterwork. **** - MojoJustin Currie has announced that his debut album What Is Love For will be released on vinyl for the very first time on December 7th. Originally released in 2007 on Rykodisc, the self-produced album was recorded over two years in the Del Amitri frontmans hometown of Glasgow and features an assortment of players including Curries longtime Del Amitri partner Iain Harvie and fellow alumnus Andy Alston.Says Justin of the vinyl release: To have made five or six albums since 1997, none of which appeared on vinyl, was starting to make me feel like a fake. After all, what is a record if it isnt a black platter, with physical grooves and twelve-inch artwork? Since receiving the test pressings for What Is Love For last month I have been incredibly excited that this odd situation was finally being rectified. Something happens to acoustic based music in the analogue domain that renders it somehow more alive. The blueprint becomes a breathing animal. It has an energy and presence Ive missed hearing on everything Ive recorded since Del Amitris Some Other Suckers Parade twenty one years ago. There are a number of tracks on this album that suddenly come alive in a way they never did on CD. Its been an enormous relief to hear that rumble and fizz around the music that producer and mixer Mark Freegard and I always imagined as we were making it. We dont feel like fakes anymore. We feel like weve made a record.The album was well received on its original release, with Mojo magazine awarding it four stars saying, Touchstones here, Currie has said, included Plastic Ono Band and Nina Simone And Piano. Such classic references have bred near-classic results.