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Deacon Blue Discography
The discography of Scottish band Deacon Blue consists of ten studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, and one album that is both a studio and a compilation album. As of 2020, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at seven million, with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in the UK. Their debut album, ''Raintown (album), Raintown'' (1987) reached number fourteen in the United Kingdom, and received a Platinum certification. It reached number fifty-four on the Dutch Album Top 100, and spawned the successful singles "Dignity (Deacon Blue song), Dignity", "Chocolate Girl (Deacon Blue song), Chocolate Girl" and "Loaded (Deacon Blue song), Loaded". Their follow up album, ''When the World Knows Your Name'' (1989), was a major success for the band, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom, achieving a double platinum certification. It charted in other European countries, including Sweden and Germany, and in international markets including Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, '' Raintown'', on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, ''When the World Knows Your Name'' (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid" which became their first top ten single in the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in Spain. Deacon Blue released their fourth album, ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'', in 1993. The band split in 1994, following which Vipond began a career in television. Five years later, the band held a reunion gig, and this led on to a new album, ''Walking Back Home'', with the band now working on a part-time basis. The band released another album, '' Homesick'', in 2001. Though Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closing Time (Deacon Blue Song)
"Closing Time" is the third single from the album ''Fellow Hoodlums'' by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Released on 30 September 1991, it peaked at 42 on the UK Singles Chart. Two of the three B-sides, "I Was Like That" and "Friends of Billy Bear", continue the style of "Fourteen Years" and "Faifley" on the "Your Swaying Arms" single, utilising raw music and low, gruff, and rambling spoken and sung vocals from Ricky Ross. The third B-side, "Into the Good Night", is a more traditional Deacon Blue song. Track listings All songs were written by Ricky Ross except where noted. 7-inch and cassette single (657502 7; 657502 4) # "Closing Time" (7-inch version) – 4:19 # "I Was Like That" (Ross, James Prime James Prime (born 3 November 1960) is a Scottish musician best known as the keyboard player for rock band Deacon Blue. Prime also lectures at the University of the West of Scotland. Known as a Hammond organ, Hammond/piano player, his talents h ...) – 4:30 12-inch single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Love (album)
''City of Love'' is the ninth studio album by Scottish pop rock band Deacon Blue, released through Earmusic on 6 March 2020. It is their first album since 2016's '' Believers''. It was promoted by the lead single, the title track "City of Love". Background Singer Ricky Ross said he thought it would be interesting to record the album in the Gorbals area "right in the heart of Glasgow" after learning that "there are bones reputedly belonging to St Valentine in St Francis' church" there. Critical reception Reviewing the album for ''PopMatters ''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, fi ...'', Adam Mason wrote that it features "11 open-hearted and largely sentimental songs with big choruses and traditional rock instruments", describing the band as having written "crowd-pleasers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believers (Deacon Blue Album)
''Believers'' is the eighth studio album released by Scottish band Deacon Blue, released on 30 September 2016 via both EarMusic and Sheer Sound recording labels. The album was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, debuting at number thirteen and remained in the UK Albums Chart for a further week, making ''Believers'' Deacon Blue's seventh Top 40 UK album. In their native Scotland, ''Believers'' debuted at number four on the Scottish Albums Chart. Background The album serves as the band's follow up to their 2014 effort, '' A New House'' which performed well in international album charts and spawned a number of single releases. Whilst previous efforts had been successful for Deacon Blue and the band enjoying a surge again in popularity in Europe, ''Believers'' became Deacon Blue's highest charting album in twenty three years in the United Kingdom. Track listing Standard edition Chart performance See also * Deacon Blue discography The discography of Scottish band De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New House
''A New House'' is the seventh studio album by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, released on 8 September 2014. The album consists of 11 tracks. Track listing Standard edition Personnel * Ricky Ross — vocals *Lorraine McIntosh — vocals *James Prime James Prime (born 3 November 1960) is a Scottish musician best known as the keyboard player for rock band Deacon Blue. Prime also lectures at the University of the West of Scotland. Known as a Hammond/piano player, his talents have been sough ... — keyboards, backing vocals * Douglas Vipond — drums Additional personnel *Gregor Philp — guitar *Lewis Gordon — bass References External links Announcement of 2014 Deacon Blue tour and new album {{DEFAULTSORT:New House Deacon Blue albums 2014 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hipsters (song)
"The Hipsters" is a 2012 single released by Scottish band Deacon Blue released as the first single from the album of the same name, released in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2012. The single marked a comeback for Deacon Blue after a six-year hiatus, with their last release in 2006 with " Bigger Than Dynamite". Release The single was released as the lead single from Deacon Blue's comeback album, ''The Hipsters'' which was released in 2012. Reception Al Fox of the BBC said that "The lead single and title track provides the promise of optimistic, sunlit, indie-flecked arrangements, which does follow through for the most part." ''MusicRiot'' said of the song "The Hipsters” is one of the best singles I’ve heard this year and a great summer song; it's just a shame that we didn't have a summer to do it justice. It's also ironic because Deacon Blue were never hipsters and no amount of sales would make them hip; but that's probably why we loved them so much". Music video Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hipsters
''The Hipsters'' is the sixth studio album released by Scottish pop group Deacon Blue. The album was released by Demon Music on 24 September 2012, making it their first studio album in eleven years. The album's lead single, "The Hipsters" was released on 23 September 2012. Background and release Deacon Blue last released a studio album in 2001, which was ''Homesick (Deacon Blue album), Homesick''. In 2006, they released a compilation album, ''Singles (Deacon Blue album), Singles''. Prior to the release of ''The Hipsters'' album, the group released a single of the same name, "The Hipsters (song), The Hipsters". The single was released in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2012. Reviews The album received generally positive reviews. The BBC commented on ''The Hipsters'': "The lead single and title track provides the promise of optimistic, sunlit, indie-flecked arrangements, which does follow through for the most part. The rhythmic thump of 'Rest' and 'That’s What We Can Do' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homesick (Deacon Blue Album)
''Homesick'' is a studio album by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. Released in May 2001, it was the band's fifth studio album (or the sixth, counting the part-studio, part-compilation '' Walking Back Home'' released two years earlier). It includes the single " Everytime You Sleep", which reached No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart. ''Homesick'' was Deacon Blue's final album to feature guitarist Graeme Kelling, who died in 2004. A promotional CD was made available to readers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' via a voucher appearing in the newspaper two weeks before the album's release date. This contained three tracks from the album ("Silverlake", "This Train Will Take You Anywhere", and "Homesick", the last in an exclusive acoustic mix), and three other tracks ("Away", " Wages Day", and "Dignity"). Track listing All tracks written by Ricky Ross, except where noted. # "Rae" ( Ross, Prime, MacDonald) – 4:46 # "Out There" – 3:46 # "This Train Will Take You Anywhere" ( Ross, Slaven) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Town – The Greatest Hits
''Our Town – The Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits compilation album by the Scottish rock (music), rock band Deacon Blue. The album reached the top spot of the UK Albums Chart in May 1994 for two weeks, and has been certified Platinum. It was also their second and final number one album to date. It is also notable for being the 500th number one album since the charts inception in 1956. The album contains the previous singles from the band, minus "Closing Time (Deacon Blue song), Closing Time" and "Hang Your Head". The album also contains three new tracks: "I Was Right and You Were Wrong", the first single from this album, is a pulsating Alternative rock track that continued and expanded the musical direction the band had taken on the album ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing''. "Bound to Love" and "Still in the Mood" are Pop music, pop songs in the tradition of Deacon Blue's earlier albums. The vinyl LP album, LP Our Town - The Greatest Hits#Vinyl Edition, version of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang Your Head
"Hang Your Head" is the fourth and final single from Scottish band Deacon Blue's fourth studio album, ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'' (1993). The single version of the song is very similar to the album version, except that it has a slightly longer introduction and also has a cold start in place of the album version's fade-in. This was the first Deacon Blue single release to exclude all vinyl formats. It reached a peak of number 21 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1993. B-sides The first B-side is the upbeat rock song, "Freedom Train", which is an original composition by the band, but is only presented in a live version. The other two B-sides are the soaring "Here on the Wind" and Ricky and Lorraine's gentle duet, "Indigo Sky", both of which contain imagery related to the biblical account of Adam and Eve. "Indigo Sky" would later be released on '' The Very Best of Deacon Blue''. As with the previous release, "Only Tender Love "Only Tender Love" is the third single from Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Tender Love
"Only Tender Love" is the third single from Scottish band Deacon Blue's fourth studio album, ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'' (1993). The song on the single is an edited version of the album track. The track reached 22 in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ... in May 1993. The B-sides are "Pimp Talking" and "Cracks You Up". In addition to the standard single releases, a special edition CD single entitled "The Riches Collection Part 1" was issued. In addition to "Only Tender Love, it contained three tracks from the '' Riches'' limited edition bonus album that was originally released in 1998 as a temporary bundle with '' Raintown''. This special edition single came in a black box that was wide enough to hold additional CDs, the intent being tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will We Be Lovers
"Will We Be Lovers" is the second single from Scottish rock band Deacon Blue's fourth studio album, ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'' (1992). This was the first Deacon Blue single to be released with no 7-inch single format. The single's B-sides are "Sleeper" and "Paint It Red", and the 12-inch single contains various dance remixes of the song. "Will We Be Lovers" reached No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ... in February 1993. Track listings All songs were written by Ricky Ross except where noted. References Deacon Blue songs 1993 singles 1993 songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Ricky Ross (musician) {{1990s-UK-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
