- rock, pop
- 47 min
- 13 tracks
- Columbia Records
Raintown is the debut album by Scottish pop rock band Deacon Blue. The album, written largely by lead singer Ricky Ross, was released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 1987. It proved a commercial success and has to date sold around a million copies, peaking in the UK Albums Chart at no. 14 and remaining in the charts for a year and a half.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Born in a Storm1:33
- 2Raintown3:50
- 3Ragman3:08
- 4He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now3:51
- 5Loaded4:31
- 6When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)5:01
- 7Chocolate Girl3:20
- 8Dignity4:00
- 9The Very Thing3:34
- 10Love's Great Fears3:42
- 11Town to Be Blamed5:18
- 12Riches2:37
- 13Kings of the Western World2:40
13 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Deacon Blue
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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