BOB GELDOF – DEEP IN THE HEART OF NOWHERE LP – Nr MINT

Bob Geldof – Deep In The Heart Of Nowhere
(Mercury Records  1986  8306071)
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Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE (born on 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist and occasional actor. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s, alongside the punk rock movement. The band had Number One hits with his compositions “Rat Trap” and “I Don’t Like Mondays”. He co-wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, one of the best-selling singles of all time, and starred in Pink Floyd’s 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall as “Pink”.

Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984 he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, founded by fellow Irishman Bono, and is a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers’ rights movement.

Geldof was appointed an honorary knight by Elizabeth II, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made “an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace”, among numerous other awards and nominations. In 2005 he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Deep in the Heart of Nowhere is the first solo studio album by Bob Geldof, the ex-Boomtown Rats lead singer. It was released in November 1986. The collection reached No. 79 for one week in the UK Albums Chart in December 1986.

The main single was “This Is the World Calling” with “Love Like a Rocket” also being released as a single.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

1. “This Is the World Calling” (Geldof, David A. Stewart) – 4:29
2. “In the Pouring Rain” – 4:30
3. “August Was a Heavy Month” – 5:07
4. “Love Like a Rocket” (Geldof, Stewart) – 5:23
5. “I Cry Too” – 4:25
6. “When I Was Young” – 5:51
7. “This Heartless Heart” – 4:13
8. “The Beat of the Night” – 5:33
9. “Truly, True Blue” – 1:19
10. “Pulled Apart by Horses” – 4:29
11. “Words from Heaven” – 4:40
12. “Good Boys in the Wrong” – 5:18
13. “Night Turns to Day” – 4:53
14. “Deep in the Heart of Nowhere” – 1:19

Personnel

• Dave Stewart – guitars, keyboards
• Eric Clapton – guitar on “Love Like A Rocket” and “August Was A Heavy Month”
• Brian Setzer – guitar
• Jamie West-Oram – guitar
• Alison Moyet – vocals on “This Is The World Calling”
• Midge Ure
• Omar Hakim
• Suzie O’List
• Clem Burke
• Pat Seymour
• Maria McKee – vocals on “This Is The World Calling”
• Annie Lennox – vocals on “This Is The World Calling”
• Gill O’Donovan
• Mint Julep
• Jools Holland
• Sonny Southern
• Maria Albert
• Lianne Davis
• T.M. Stevens
• Bono
• The Brothers of Doom – producer on “This Is the World Calling” and “In the Pouring Rain”
• Jimmy Iovine – producer on “This Is the World Calling” and “In the Pouring Rain”
• Rupert Hine – producer on all tracks
• Stephen W Tayler – engineer and mixer