When the World Knows Your Name

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The predominantly gloomy tenor of the songs is brilliantly captured by Oscar Marzaroli’s iconic cover image of a rainy day in Glasgow’s West End. Deacon Blue, in seeking out the answer here rely on the heart rather than the head – and the sweetest melodies emerge from the heart, as illustrated by Birds, Come Awake and the swoonsome instrumental B Boy. Ross and McIntosh dovetail beautifully, as always. As Mat Snow succinctly summed it up in his Q magazine review, she “adroitly feminises the band’s texture and so saves us on more than one occasion from being flattened by an excess of overwrought macho breast-beating”. The faithful had to wait 11 years for DB’s sixth LP, a gap that could arguably be attributed to the emotional toll exerted on the band by Kelling’s passing.

Everyone was going on about unemployment at the time, but there were also a lot of people unhappy with the work they were in.” And while the songs sometimes become submerged in the mix, you have to admire Ross’ chutzpah, though if the album was a calculated attempt to break America, that attempt failed miserably (it didn’t even chart over there).

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Between February and March 2018, Deacon Blue embarked on a tour of Spain, marking the first time that the band has played a series of live shows in Spain. The band described the shows as "an incredible experience for us all", and later confirmed that Deacon Blue will be returning to Spain in 2019 for another series of live shows, stating that "Spain has a very special place in our hearts". [11] 2018–2021: City of Love [ edit ] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.145. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. riding on the tide of love | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.

Top 100 Albumes – Semana 11: del 6.3.2020 al 12.3.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 18 March 2020. Real Gone Kid" was the band's first Top 10 hit single in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 8 in October 1988. [4] " Wages Day", " Fergus Sings the Blues", " Love and Regret" and " Queen of the New Year" also reached the top 30 in the same listing, [4] and all five of the album's singles made the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart. [5]I always think it’s funny that people view Chocolate Girl as a really romantic song,” says Ross. “I say, ‘If you think that is a romantic song, then you must have a bad marriage! The point is that it’s a horrible relationship.” It’s about work, not good work, and weather compounding that and things bringing you down,” explained Ross. The band performed at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium, as the pre-match entertainment for the Rugby league Super League Grand Final on 14 October 2006, and continued on to a full UK tour in November. They were also due to open Stirling's New Year party in 2006, but this was cancelled at the last minute due to extreme weather. A further tour followed in November 2007 and the band then provided support for Simple Minds in 2008. They also appeared at Stirling's Hogmanay in 2008. As of 2020, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at seven million, [5] with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in the UK. [5] Career [ edit ] 1985–1987: Formation and early years [ edit ]