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by the Scottish

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band

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 ...

. It contains B-sides, unreleased tracks, and songs written for

William McIlvanney William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works ''Laidlaw'', ' ...

's television play ''Dreaming''. The Japanese release also included the four tracks from the ''

Four Bacharach & David Songs ''Four Bacharach & David Songs'' is an extended play (EP) of four songs written by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It was released on 7-inch vinyl, 12-inch vinyl, CD, and casse ...

'' EP.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: # "Disneyworld emix - 2:49 # "Ronnie Spector" (

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) - 3:29 # "My America" (Ross, Prime) - 3:10 # "S.H.A.R.O.N." - 4:13 # "Undeveloped Heart" (Ross, Prime) - 4:59 # "Souvenirs" - 2:41 # "Born Again" (Hayes, Porter) - 3:23 # "Down in the Flood" (Ross, Prime, Deacon Blue) - 4:33 # "Back Here in Beanoland" - 3:01 # "Love You Say" (Ross, McIlvanney) - 5:34 # "Let Your Hearts Be Troubled" (Ross, McIlvanney) - 6:31 # "Gentle Teardrops" - 3:13 # "Little Lincoln" - 3:06 # "That Country (Beneath Your Skin)" - 3:50 # "Is It Cold Beneath the Hill?" (

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, Prime, McIlvanney) - 3:57 # "Circus Lights (Acoustic Version)" - 2:56 # "Trampolene" (

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) - 3:36 # "Las Vegas" - 3:55 # "Killing the Blues" (McIlvanney, Ross) - 3:49 # "Long Window to Love" - 3:12 # "Christine" - 2:26 # "Take Me to the Place" (Ross, traditional arr.) - 2:26 # "Don't Let the Teardrops Start" - 3:01

Personnel

* Ricky Ross – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards *

Lorraine McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh (born 13 May 1964) is a Scottish singer, vocalist with Scottish band Deacon Blue, and actress. Career McIntosh is a vocalist with Deacon Blue, whose second studio album, ''When the World Knows Your Name'' (1989), topped the ...

– 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 organ, Hammond/piano player, his talents h ...

– keyboards *

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 *

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 Douglas Vipond (born 15 October 1966) is a Scottish broadcaster and drummer. Early life Vipond was brought up in Inchinnan and attended Park Mains High School in Erskine, choosing to go there because of the reputation of the music department. Af ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control Deacon Blue albums 1990 compilation albums Columbia Records compilation albums