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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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
