''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
Graeme Hunter Kelling (4 April 1957 – 10 June 2004) was a Scottish musician and the original guitarist with the Scottish pop band Deacon Blue.
Born in Paisley, Scotland, Kelling was brought up in Mount Vernon in the East End of Glasgow and ...
, 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 Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
,
Prime, MacDonald) – 4:46
# "Out There" – 3:46
# "This Train Will Take You Anywhere" (
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
,
Slaven Slaven may refer to:
* Slaven (given name) Slaven is a masculine Slavic given name.
Cognates include Slavko. Czech feminine form is Slavena.
Notable people with the name include:
* Slaven Bačić, Serbian Croat lawyer
* Slaven Bilić, Croatian ...
) – 4:48
# "
Everytime You Sleep" – 4:06
# "Now That You're Here" (
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
,
Prime) – 4:00
# "Silverlake" (
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
,
Prime) – 4:36
# "A is for Astronaut" – 3:03
# "Beautifully Still" – 4:12
# "Homesick" – 4:14
# "Even Higher Ground" (
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
, Gary Clark) – 3:52
# "I Am Born" – 4:22
2012 reissue
On 29 October 2012, Edsel Records released an expanded edition of the album, containing extra B-sides from the two singles and new lyrics, notes and photos from Ricky Ross. In the notes from Ross, he referred to it as "a record we should perhaps never have made".
Personnel
Deacon Blue
*
Ricky Ross – vocals, keyboards,
glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The glo ...
*
Lorraine McIntosh – vocals
*
James Prime – keyboards,
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
, bass
*
Ewen Vernal
Ewen Vernal (born 27 February 1964) is a Scottish musician.
Born in Glasgow to a musical family, Vernal began taking piano lessons at 8 years old — inspired by a Beatles-singing mother and a choir-leading, saxophone-playing father. Singing ...
– bass,
glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The glo ...
*
Graeme Kelling
Graeme Hunter Kelling (4 April 1957 – 10 June 2004) was a Scottish musician and the original guitarist with the Scottish pop band Deacon Blue.
Born in Paisley, Scotland, Kelling was brought up in Mount Vernon in the East End of Glasgow and ...
– guitar
*
Dougie Vipond – drums
Additional personnel
*
Mick Slaven
Michael Slaven (born 4 December 1961) is a session guitarist and record producer from Glasgow, Scotland.
A former gardener at the University of Glasgow, Slaven became the guitarist for Bourgie Bourgie in the 1980s, and was briefly a member of D ...
– guitar on "Rae", "This Train Will Take You Anywhere", "A is for Astronaut", "Beautifully Still", "Homesick" and "I Am Born"
*Scott Frasier – guitar on "Out There"
*Davy Scott – guitar on "Everytime You Sleep"
*
The Kick Horns –
brass on "Now That You're Here"
*The Scottish BT Ensemble –
strings
String or strings may refer to:
*String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...
on "Now That You're Here", "Homesick", "Even Higher Ground", and "I Am Born"
*Guliano Gizzi – guitar on "Silverlake"
*Jim MacDermott – drums on "A is for Astronaut", "Homesick" and "Even Higher Ground"
*Kenny MacDonald – drums on "Homesick"
Charts
References
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2001 albums
Deacon Blue albums
Chrysalis Records albums