When the World Knows Your Name

When the World Knows Your Name
Studio album by Deacon Blue
Released April 1989
Recorded January - May 1988
Genre Pop, rock, blues
Length 50:33
Label Columbia Records
Producer Warne Livesey, Deacon Blue, David Kahne
Deacon Blue chronology
Raintown
(1988)Raintown1988
When the World Knows Your Name
(1989)
Ooh Las Vegas
(1990)Ooh Las Vegas1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

When the World Knows Your Name is the second album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.[1] It was released in 1989 and attained the number 1 chart position in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

"Real Gone Kid" was the band's first Top 10 hit single in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 8 in October 1988.[2] "Wages Day", "Fergus Sings the Blues", "Love and Regret" and "Queen of the New Year" also reached the top 30 in the same listing,[2] and all five of the album's singles made the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart.[3]

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[1]

2012 reissue

On 22 October 2012, a deluxe remastered reissue of When the World Knows Your Name was released by Edsel Records, featuring two additional discs of bonus material as well as a DVD with bonus videos.[4]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "When the World Knows Your Name - Deacon Blue - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 145. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. "The Irish Charts". www.irishcharts.ie. Fireball Media. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. "Raintown". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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