Deacon Blue / discography

This discography is an overview of the released records of the British pop and rock band Deacon Blue .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		DE	UK
1987	Raintown	-	UK14th platinum (77 weeks)UK	First published: May 1, 1987 Producer: Jon Kelly
1989	When the World Knows Your Name	DE56 (2 weeks) DE	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (54 weeks)UK	First published: April 1989 Producers: Warne Livesey , David Kahne, Deacon Blue
1991	Fellow hoodlums	-	UK2 platinum (27 weeks)UK	First published: February 9, 1991 Producer: Jon Kelly
1993	Whatever You Say, Say Nothing	DE91 (4 weeks) DE	UK4th gold (10 weeks)UK	First published: March 1, 1993 Producers: Paul Oakenfold , Steve Osborne
1999	Walking Back Home	-	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	First release: October 11, 1999 including eight new and nine old tracks Producers: Deacon Blue, Jon Kelly, Steve Osborne, Warne Livesey
2001	Homesick	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	First published: April 30, 2001 Producers: Kenny MacDonald, Ricky Ross
2012	The hipsters	-	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	First published: September 24, 2012 Producer: Paul Savage
2014	A new house	-	UK17 (2 weeks) UK	First published: September 8, 2014 Producer: Paul Savage
2016	Believers	-	UK13 (2 weeks) UK	First published: September 30th, 2016 Producer: Paul Savage
2020	City of Love	-	UK4 (2 weeks) UK	First published: March 6th, 2020 Producer: Ricky Ross, Gregor Philip

Live albums

• 1989: In Concert - 464 (recording: Hammersmith Odeon , released August 7th)
• 2006: Deacon Blue Live: Recorded Live in Glasgow: News of the World
• 2007: Live '07 (2 CDs; recording: Hammersmith Apollo on September 25, 2007)
• 2008: Live (CD + DVD)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		DE	UK
1990	Ooh Las Vegas	-	UK3 gold (8 weeks)UK	First published: September 22, 1990 B-sides, film scores and unreleased tracks
1994	Our Town: Greatest Hits	-	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)UK	First published: April 4, 1994
2006	Singles	-	UK18th silver (4 weeks)UK	First published: October 16, 2006

More compilations

• 1988: Riches (release: February)
• 1997: Riches & More (release: February)
• 2001: The Very Best of Deacon Blue (2 CDs; release: December 1st, UK:silver)
• 2009: Dignity: The Best of Deacon Blue (2 CDs, UK:silver)
• 2012: The Rest (CD / DVD)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		DE	UK
1987	When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) Raintown	-	UK86 (2 weeks) UK	First published: August 1987 Author: Ricky Ross; B-side: Church
1988	Dignity ( Reissue ) Raintown	-	UK20th silver (12 weeks)UK	First published: January 1988 Author: Ricky Ross; B-side: Suffering
	When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) (Reissue) Raintown	-	UK34 (7 weeks) UK	First published: March 1988 B-side: That Brilliant Feeling # 1
	Chocolate Girl Raintown	-	UK43 (7 weeks) UK	First published: July 1988 Author: Ricky Ross
	Real Gone Kid When the World Knows Your Name	-	UK8th silver (13 weeks)UK	First published: October 1988 Author: Ricky Ross
1989	Wages Day When the World Knows Your Name	-	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	First published: February 1989 Author: Ricky Ross
	Fergus Sings the Blues When the World Knows Your Name	DE71 (7 weeks) DE	UK14 (7 weeks) UK	First published: May 8, 1989 Authors: James Prime, Ricky Ross
	Love and Regret When the World Knows Your Name	-	UK28 (5 weeks) UK	First published: September 1989 Harmonica: Mark Feltham Author: Ricky Ross
1990	Queen of the New Year When the World Knows Your Name	-	UK21 (5 weeks) UK	First published: December 1989 Authors: James Prime, Ricky Ross
	Four Bacharach and David Songs (EP)	-	UK2 (9 weeks) UK	First published: August 1990 Authors: Burt Bacharach , Hal David Producer: Jon Kelly
1991	Your Swaying Arms Fellow Hoodlums	-	UK23 (4 weeks) UK	First published: May 1991 Author: Ricky Ross
	Twist and Shout Fellow Hoodlums	-	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	First published: July 1991 Author: Ricky Ross
	Closing Time Fellow Hoodlums	-	UK42 (3 weeks) UK	First published: September 1991 Author: Ricky Ross
	Cover from the Sky Fellow Hoodlums	-	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	First published: December 1991 Author: Ricky Ross
1992	Your Town Whatever You Say, Say Nothing	-	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	First published: November 16, 1992 Author: Ricky Ross
1993	Will We Be Lovers Whatever You Say, Say Nothing	-	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	First published: February 1993 Authors: Steve Osborne, Ricky Ross
	Only Tender Love Whatever You Say, Say Nothing	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	First published: April 1993 Author: Ricky Ross
	Hang Your Head (EP)	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	First published: July 1993 Writer: Ricky Ross Producers: Deacon Blue, Steve Osborne, Paul Oakenfold
1994	I Was Right and You Were Wrong Our Town: The Greatest Hits	-	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	First published: March 1994 Author: Ricky Ross
2001	Everytime You Sleep Homesick	-	UK64 (1 week) UK	First published: April 2001 Author: Ricky Ross

More singles

• 1987: Dignity / Riches (release: March)
• 1987: Loaded (release: June)
• 1991: A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine
• 1991: Your Swaying Arms
• 1999: Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel the Rain
• 1999: Love Hurts
• 2001: A Is for Astronaut
• 2001: Acoustic Tracks (EP)
• 2006: Bigger Than Dynamite
• 2012: The Hipsters
• 2012: The Outsiders
• 2013: That's What We Can Do
• 2013: Turn
• 2013: You'll Know It's Christmas
• 2014: A New House
• 2014: Win
• 2014: Bethlehem Begins
• 2016: This Is a Love Song
• 2017: Gone
• 2017: I Will And I Won`t
• 2019: City Of Love
• 2020: Wonderful
• 2020: Hit Me When It Hurts

Other chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Dance
1993	Your Town Whatever You Say, Say Nothing	Dance6 (12 weeks) Dance	First published (US): May 1993

Video albums

• 1990: The Big Picture Live
• 2006: Bigger Picture
• 2008: Deacon Blue Live
• 2017: Live At The Glasgow Barrowlands (2CD / DVD Box)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  UK Number one albums DE-DE UK2UK Top 10 albums DE-DE UK6thUK Albums in the charts DE6thDE UK10UK

DE  UK  Dance Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE-DE UK3UK Dance-Dance Singles in the charts DE1DE UK20thUK Dance1Dance

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	2,580,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE UK
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Deacon Blue at Allmusic (English)
• Deacon Blue at Discogs (English)