DEACON BLUE – WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME LP – Nr MINT UK 1989 INDIE

Deacon Blue – When The World Knows Your Name
(CBS Records  1989  4633211)
Matrix No’s: A4/B6 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– hype sticker on front
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

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.

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 in 2004, the band has continued and 2006 saw Deacon Blue returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a Singles album – including the track “Bigger than Dynamite“. Deacon Blue’s next album was The Hipsters, in 2012. The band released another album, A New House, in September 2014. The most recent album, Believers, was released in September 2016. A concert recording of their return to the Barrowlands, Glasgow, was released on 31 March 2017.

As of 2012, Deacon Blue’s total album sales stood at six million, with twelve UK Top 40 singles, along with two UK number one albums.

When the World Knows Your Name is the second album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It was released in 1989 and attained the number 1 chart position in the UK Albums Chart.

“Real Gone Kid” was the band’s first Top 10 hit single in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 8 in October 1988. “Wages Day“, “Fergus Sings the Blues”, “Love and Regret” and “Queen of the New Year” also reached the top 30 in the same listing, and all five of the album’s singles made the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

1. “Queen of the New Year” (Ross, Prime) – 3:36
2. “Wages Day” – 3:09
3. “Real Gone Kid” – 4:03
4. “Love and Regret” – 4:48
5. “Circus Lights” – 4:59
6. “This Changing Light” (Ross, Prime) – 5:02
7. “Sad Loved Girl” – 1:11
8. “Fergus Sings the Blues” (Ross, Prime) – 3:54
9. “The World Is Lit By Lightning” (Ross, Prime) – 4:57
10. “Silhouette” – 3:18
11. “One Hundred Things” – 3:53
12. “Your Constant Heart” – 4:10
13. “Orphans” (Ross, Vernal) – 3:33

Personnel

• Ricky Ross – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard
• Lorraine McIntosh – vocal
• James Prime – keyboard
• Ewen Vernal – bass
• Graeme Kelling – guitar
• Dougie Vipond – drums