''Our Town – The Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits compilation album by the Scottish

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band

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. The album reached the top spot of the

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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" 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

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track that continued and expanded the musical direction the band had taken on the album ''

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''. "Bound to Love" and "Still in the Mood" are pop songs in the tradition of Deacon Blue's earlier albums. The vinyl LP version of the album contains a fourth new track, "Beautiful Stranger". "

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" was released, for the third time, as the second single from the album.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: # "

" – 4:00 # " Wages Day" – 3:11 # "

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" – 4:05 # " Your Swaying Arms" – 4:12 # " Fergus Sings the Blues" ( Ross,

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) – 3:51 # " I Was Right and You Were Wrong" – 4:52 # " Chocolate Girl" – 3:16 # "

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" (

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) – 2:46 # "

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" – 4:19 # "

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" – 3:34 # " Your Town" – 5:19 # " Queen of the New Year" ( Ross,

) – 3:36 # " Only Tender Love" – 5:06 # " Cover from the Sky" – 3:37 # " Love and Regret" – 4:50 # " Will We Be Lovers" ( Ross, Osborne) – 3:53 # " Loaded" (

, Ross,

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) – 4:30 # "Bound to Love" – 4:24 # "Still in the Mood" – 4:01 *Tracks 1, 7, 9 & 17 are from the album Raintown *Tracks 2, 3, 5, 12, 15 are from the album

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*Track 8 is from the EP Four Bacharach & David Songs *Tracks 4, 10 & 14 are from the album Fellow Hoodlums *Tracks 11, 13 & 16 are from the album

*Tracks 6, 18 & 19 are newly recorded for this compilation.

Vinyl edition

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: Side A # "

" – 4:00 # " Wages Day" – 3:11 # "

" – 4:05 # " Your Swaying Arms" – 4:12 # " Fergus Sings the Blues" ( Ross,

) – 3:51 Side B # " I Was Right and You Were Wrong" – 4:52 # " Chocolate Girl" – 3:16 # "

" (

) – 2:46 # "

" – 4:19 # "

" – 3:34 Side C # " Your Town" – 5:19 # " Queen of the New Year" ( Ross,

) – 3:36 # " Only Tender Love" – 5:06 # " Cover from the Sky" – 3:37 # " Love and Regret" – 4:50 Side D # "Beautiful Stranger ( Ross,

) – 3:57 # " Will We Be Lovers" ( Ross, Osborne) – 3:53 # " Loaded" (

, Ross,

) – 4:30 # "Bound to Love" – 4:24 # "Still in the Mood" – 4:01

Personnel

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

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 ...

– vocal *

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 ...

– keyboard * Ewen Vernal – bass * Graeme Kelling – 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. A ...

– drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Our Town - The Greatest Hits 1994 greatest hits albums Deacon Blue albums Columbia Records compilation albums