Deacon Blue discography
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The discography of Scottish band Deacon Blue consists of eleven studio albums, two live albums, eight compilation albums, and one album that is both a studio and a compilation album. As of 2020, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at seven million,[1] with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in the UK.[1] Their debut album, Raintown (1987) reached number fourteen in the United Kingdom, and received a Platinum certification.[2] It reached number fifty-four on the Dutch Album Top 100, and spawned the successful singles "Dignity", "Chocolate Girl" and "Loaded". Their follow up album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), was a major success for the band, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom, achieving a double platinum certification.[2] It charted in other European countries, including Sweden and Germany, and in international markets including Australia and New Zealand. Its lead single, "Real Gone Kid", peaked within the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number one in Spain and number five in New Zealand.
| Deacon Blue discography | |
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.jpg) Ricky Ross and Graeme Kelling of Deacon Blue at Glasgow's SECC (2001) | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 8 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Music videos | 43 |
In 1991, they released their third album, Fellow Hoodlums, together with the singles "Your Swaying Arms", "Twist and Shout", "Closing Time" and "Cover from the Sky". In November 1992, they released the single "Your Town", the lead single from their fourth studio album Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993). The following singles to be released from Whatever You Say, Say Nothing – "Will We Be Lovers", "Only Tender Love" and "Hang Your Head" – all peaked within the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. In 1994, the band released the compilation Our Town – The Greatest Hits, which peaked at number one in both their native Scotland and the United Kingdom, and received a double platinum certification from the BPI.[2] By 1994, the band had split, before reforming to release a new album, Homesick (2001).
A considerable break before the release of their next album, Deacon Blue released their sixth album in 2012. The Hipsters saw the band return to the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart, their first since 1994, and in Scotland, it peaked at number nine on the Scottish Albums Chart. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number forty on the United Kingdom Independent Singles Chart.[3] Subsequent album releases – A New House (2014), Believers (2016) and City of Love all charted within the top twenty of the UK Albums Chart. Riding on the Tide of Love, described by the band as a "companion piece"[4] to City of Love was released in 2021 and made the Top 10 of the Scottish Albums Chart. Their eleventh studio album, The Great Western Road was released in March 2025.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| SCO [5] |
AUS [6][7] |
GER [8] |
NED [9] |
NZ [10] |
SPA [11] |
SWE [12] |
UK [13] |
UK Indie [14] | ||||||
| Raintown | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | 14 | 41 [A] |
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| When the World Knows Your Name |
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— | 39 | 56 | 60 | 12 | — | 45 | 1 | 46 [B] |
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| Fellow Hoodlums |
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10 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
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| Whatever You Say, Say Nothing |
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— | 161 | 91 | 43 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
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| Homesick |
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 13 | ||||
| The Hipsters |
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9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| A New House |
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8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| Believers |
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4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 6 | ||||
| City of Love |
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1 | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Riding on the Tide of Love |
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2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| The Great Western Road |
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1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Footnotes
Part studio part compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| SCO [16] |
UK [13] | ||
| Walking Back Home |
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13 | 39 |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [17] | ||||||||||||||
| Live |
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| Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands |
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22 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| SCO [18] |
EUR [19] |
IRE [20] |
UK [13] | |||||||||||
| Riches |
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— | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Ooh Las Vegas |
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— | — | — | 3 |
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| Our Town – The Greatest Hits |
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1 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
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| Riches & More |
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— | — | — | — | |||||||||
| The Very Best of Deacon Blue |
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88 | — | — | 148 |
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| Singles |
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5 | — | 9 | 18 |
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| Dignity - The Best of Deacon Blue |
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— | — | — | — |
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| The Rest |
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— | — | — | — | |||||||||
| All The Old 45s – The Very Best |
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2 | — | — | 42 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Extended plays
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [21] |
AUS [22] |
GER [23] |
IRE [24] |
ITA [25] |
NED [9] |
NZ [10] |
SPA [26] |
UK [13] |
UK Indie [27] | |||||
| 1987 | "Dignity" | — | — | — | — | 67 | 45 | — | — | 123 | — |
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Raintown | |
| "Loaded" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | — | ||||
| "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | ||||
| 1988 | "Dignity" (1st re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — |
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| "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | ||||
| "Chocolate Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | ||||
| "Real Gone Kid" | — | 18 | — | 10 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | — |
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When the World Knows Your Name | ||
| 1989 | "Wages Day" | — | 79 | — | 10 | — | — | 24 | 14 | 18 | — | |||
| "Fergus Sings the Blues" | — | — | 71 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | ||||
| "Love and Regret" | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | ||||
| "Queen of the New Year" | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | ||||
| 1990 | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" | — | — | — | 2 | — | 72 | — | — | 2 | — | Four Bacharach & David Songs EP | ||
| 1991 | "Your Swaying Arms" | — | 187 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | Fellow Hoodlums | ||
| "Twist and Shout" | — | 130 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||||
| "Closing Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | ||||
| "Cover from the Sky" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | ||||
| 1992 | "Your Town" | — | 158 | — | 28 | — | 20 | — | — | 14 | — | Whatever You Say, Say Nothing | ||
| 1993 | "Will We Be Lovers" | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | 31 | — | |||
| "Only Tender Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | ||||
| "Hang Your Head" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | ||||
| 1994 | "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | Our Town – The Greatest Hits | ||
| "Dignity" (2nd re-release) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | ||||
| 1999 | "Love Hurts" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Walking Back Home | ||
| 2001 | "Everytime You Sleep" | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 11 | Homesick | ||
| "A is for Astronaut" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 159 | 41 | ||||
| 2006 | "Bigger Than Dynamite" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | — | Singles | ||
| "Real Gone Kid" (Shanghai Surprise Mixes) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | "The Hipsters" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | The Hipsters | ||
| "The Outsiders" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | "That's What We Can Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Turn" (remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You'll Know It's Christmas" | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | Non-album single | |||
| 2014 | "A New House" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A New House | ||
| "I Wish I Was a Girl Like You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bethlehem Begins" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | "Win" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "The Believers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Believers | ||
| "This is a Love Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Gone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | "I Will and I Won't" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2020 | "City of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | City of Love | ||
| 2021 | "Riding on the Tide of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Riding on the Tide of Love | ||
| 2024 | "Late 88" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Great Western Road | ||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Videography
Videos
- 1990: The Big Picture (1989 Concert)
- 2006: The Bigger Picture (1989 Concert plus Music Videos up to 2006)
- 2008: Live (2007 Edinburgh Concert)
- 2017: Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands (included three music videos from the Believers album)
Music videos
- 1987: "Dignity" [Version 1]
- 1987: "Loaded"
- 1987: "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)"
- 1988: "Dignity" [Version 2]
- 1988: "Dignity" [Version 3]
- 1988: "Chocolate Girl"
- 1988: "Real Gone Kid" [Version 1]
- 1988: "Dignity" [Version 4]
- 1988: "Real Gone Kid" [Version 2]
- 1989: "Wages Day"
- 1989: "Fergus Sings the Blues"
- 1989: "Love and Regret"
- 1989: "Queen of the New Year"
- 1990: "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
- 1991: "Your Swaying Arms"
- 1991: "A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine"
- 1991: "Twist and Shout"
- 1991: "Closing Time"
- 1991: "Cover from the Sky"
- 1992: "Your Town"
- 1993: "Will We Be Lovers"
- 1993: "Only Tender Love"
- 1993: "Hang Your Head"
- 1994: "I Was Right and You Were Wrong"
- 1999: "Love Hurts"
- 2001: "Everytime You Sleep"
- 2006: "Bigger Than Dynamite"
- 2012: "The Hipsters"
- 2012: "The Outsiders"
- 2013: "Turn"
- 2013: "You'll Know It's Christmas"
- 2014: "A New House"
- 2016: "The Believers"
- 2016: "This is a Love Song"
- 2017: "Gone"
References
External links
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