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Raintown
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Length
11 tracks, 41:54
Release Date
21 January 1987
Raintown is the debut album of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue. The album, written largely by lead singer Ricky Ross, was released in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1987. It proved a commercial success and has to date sold around a million copies, peaking in the UK album chart at 14 and remaining in the charts for a year and a half. The album, widely praised as Deacon Blue's finest work, has the overtones of a concept album relating to the struggles of getting by in life in the inner city of urban life - the city being unmistakably Glasgow, referenced by the roots of the band and b… read more
Raintown is the debut album of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue. The album, written largely by lead singer Ricky Ross, was released in the United Kingdo… read more
Raintown is the debut album of Scottish pop band Deacon Blue. The album, written largely by lead singer Ricky Ross, was released in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1987. It proved a commerc… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Born In A Storm
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 1:32 7,486 listeners
2 Play track Raintown
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 3:50 10,094 listeners
3 Play track Ragman
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 3:07 6,156 listeners
4 Play track He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now
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 3:50 6,725 listeners
5 Play track Loaded
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 4:30 13,291 listeners
6 Play track When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
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 4:24 6,331 listeners
7 Play track Chocolate Girl
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 3:56 27,838 listeners
8 Play track Dignity
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 4:13 71,343 listeners
9 Play track The Very Thing
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 3:34 5,974 listeners
10 Play track Love's Great Fears
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 3:41 5,937 listeners
11 Play track Town To Be Blamed
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 5:17 4,274 listeners

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Deacon Blue is a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow in 1985. Their name came from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". Success came for the band in 1989 when their second studio album, When The World Knows Your Name, topped the UK Album Charts. The album included "Real Gone Kid" which became their first UK top ten single. After releasing further albums in 1991 and 1993, they split up in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, the band held a reunion gig and this led to the album, Walking Back Home. Since then they have released Homesick (2001) , The Hipster… read more
Deacon Blue is a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow in 1985. Their name came from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". Success came for the band in 1989 when their se… read more
Deacon Blue is a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow in 1985. Their name came from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". Success came for the band in 1989 when their second studio album, When The World Knows Your N… read more

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