''Deep in the Heart of Nowhere'' is the first solo studio album by

Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (; born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Rock music in Ireland, Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved ...

, the ex-

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lead singer. It was released in November 1986. The collection reached No. 79 for one week in the

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in December 1986. The main single was "This Is the World Calling" with " Love Like a Rocket" also being released as a single. It was remastered and re-released in 2005 with his (at the time) three other solo albums as part of ''The Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001'' collection, and included four bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs were written by

, except where noted. # "This Is the World Calling" (Geldof, Raymond Doom) – 4:29 # "In the Pouring Rain" – 4:30 # "August Was a Heavy Month" – 5:07 # "Love Like a Rocket" (Geldof, Doom) – 5:23 # "I Cry Too" – 4:25 # "When I Was Young" – 5:51 # "This Heartless Heart" – 4:13 # "The Beat of the Night" – 5:33 # "Truly, True Blue" – 1:19 # "Pulled Apart by Horses" – 4:29 # "Words from Heaven" – 4:40 # "Good Boys in the Wrong" – 5:18 # "Night Turns to Day" – 4:53 # "Deep in the Heart of Nowhere" – 1:19 ;''Great Songs of Indifference'' re-release #

"Life Is the Hardest Thing" – 3:13 # "Friends for Life" – 5:29 # "August Was a Heavy Month" (Instrumental) – 4:01 # "Dig a Ditch" – 4:28

Personnel

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- guitars, keyboards *

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- guitar on "Love Like a Rocket", "Beat of the Night" and "August Was a Heavy Month" * Brian Setzer - guitar * Jamie West-Oram - guitar *

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- vocals on "This Is the World Calling" *

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* Omar Hakim * Suzie O'List * Clem Burke * Pat Seymour *

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- vocals on "This Is the World Calling" *

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- vocals on "This Is the World Calling" * Gill O'Donovan * Mint Julep *

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* Sonny Southern * Maria Albert * Lianne Davis *

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;Technical * The Brothers of Doom –

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on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain" * Jimmy Iovine –

on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain" * Rupert Hine -

on all tracks except "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain" * Stephen W Tayler - recorder and mixer * Andrew Scarth, Jon Bavin,

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- engineers *

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- cover photography

Singles

* "This Is the World Calling" / "Talk Me Up" (20 October 1986) * "Love Like a Rocket" (Remix) / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (26 January 1987) (UK & European release) * "Heartless Heart" / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (1987) (US release) * "I Cry Too" / "Let's Go" (8 June 1987) (UK release) * "In the Pouring Rain" / "Let's Go" (1987) (Non-UK European release)

References

{{Authority control 1986 debut albums Bob Geldof albums Albums produced by Rupert Hine Albums produced by Jimmy Iovine Mercury Records albums