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Deep in the Heart of Nowhere

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Released
  
November 1986

Artist
  
Bob Geldof

Producer
  
Rupert Hine

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

Length
  
61:35

Release date
  
November 1986

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Deep in the Heart of Nowhere (1986)
  
The Vegetarians of Love (1990)

Similar
  
Bob Geldof albums, Rock music albums

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Deep in the Heart of Nowhere is the first solo studio album by Bob Geldof, the ex-Boomtown Rats lead singer. It was released in November 1986. The collection reached No. 79 for one week in the UK Albums Chart in December 1986.

Contents

The main single was "This Is the World Calling" with "Love Like a Rocket" also being released as a single. It was remastered and re-released in 2005 with his (at the time) three other solo albums as part of The Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001 collection, and included four bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

  1. "This Is the World Calling" (Geldof, David A. Stewart) – 4:29
  2. "In the Pouring Rain" – 4:30
  3. "August Was a Heavy Month" – 5:07
  4. "Love Like a Rocket" (Geldof, Stewart) – 5:23
  5. "I Cry Too" – 4:25
  6. "When I Was Young" – 5:51
  7. "This Heartless Heart" – 4:13
  8. "The Beat of the Night" – 5:33
  9. "Truly, True Blue" – 1:19
  10. "Pulled Apart by Horses" – 4:29
  11. "Words from Heaven" – 4:40
  12. "Good Boys in the Wrong" – 5:18
  13. "Night Turns to Day" – 4:53
  14. "Deep in the Heart of Nowhere" – 1:19
Great Songs of Indifference re-release
  1. "Life Is the Hardest Thing" – 3:13
  2. "Friends for Life" – 5:29
  3. "August Was a Heavy Month (Instrumental)" – 4:01
  4. "Dig a Ditch" – 4:28

Personnel

  • Dave Stewart - guitars, keyboards
  • Eric Clapton - guitar on "Love Like A Rocket" and "August Was A Heavy Month"
  • Brian Setzer - guitar
  • Jamie West-Oram - guitar
  • Alison Moyet - vocals on "This Is The World Calling"
  • Midge Ure
  • Omar Hakim
  • Suzie O'List
  • Clem Burke
  • Pat Seymour
  • Maria McKee - vocals on "This Is The World Calling"
  • Annie Lennox - vocals on "This Is The World Calling"
  • Gill O'Donovan
  • Mint Julep
  • Jools Holland
  • Sonny Southern
  • Maria Albert
  • Lianne Davis
  • T.M. Stevens
  • Bono
  • The Brothers of Doom – producer on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
  • Jimmy Iovine – producer on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
  • Rupert Hine - producer on all tracks
  • Stephen W Tayler - engineer and mixer

    • Singles

  • "This Is the World Calling" / "Talk Me Up" (October 1986)
  • "Love Like a Rocket" (Remix) / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (February 1987) (UK & European release)
  • "Heartless Heart" / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (1987) (US release)
  • "I Cry Too" / "Let's Go" (June 1987) (UK release)
  • "In the Pouring Rain" / "Let's Go" (1987) (Non-UK European release)

    • Songs

    1This Is the World Calling4:29
    2In the Pouring Rain4:30
    3August Was a Heavy Month5:08

    References

    Deep in the Heart of Nowhere Wikipedia
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