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The Christians (album)

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Released
  
October 1987

Label
  
Island

The Christians (1987)
  
Colour (1990)

Length
  
57:45

Producer
  
Laurie Latham

Recorded
  
The Workhouse Studio and Parfett Sound, London, and Amazon Studios, Liverpool

The Christians is The Christians' 1987 debut album and contained their first five UK hit singles: "Forgotten Town", "Hooverville", "When the Fingers Point", "Ideal World" and "Born Again".

Contents

Critical reception

Allmusic has retrospectively been generally favourable towards the album, stating that the band "blend socially conscious lyrics of life under Thatcher with smooth, slickly programmed pop-soul arrangements" and concluding that the record was "a solid debut with very few filler tracks".

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Henry Priestman except where noted.

  1. "Forgotten Town" – 5:13
  2. "When the Fingers Point" – 3:32
  3. "Born Again" – 5:18
  4. "Ideal World" (Priestman, M. Henry Herman) – 4:35
  5. "Save a Soul in Every Town" – 4:32
  6. "...And That's Why" – 5:17
  7. "Hooverville" (Priestman, Herman) – 4:45
  8. "One in a Million" – 4:42
  9. "Sad Songs" (Priestman, Herman) – 4:25
  10. "Forgotten Town" (12" Dub Version) – 5:26 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
  11. "When the Fingers Point" (12" Remix) – 5:32 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
  12. "Why Waltz" – 4:07 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
  • On the cassette version of the album the 12" Dub Version of "Forgotten Town" was placed at the end of side one, after "Save a Soul in Every Town".

    • Personnel

    The Christians:

  • Garry A. Christian – lead vocals
  • Russell Christian – saxophone, vocals
  • Henry Priestman – keyboards, guitar, vocals

    • Additional personnel:

  • Mike Bulger – electric guitar
  • Tony Jones – bass
  • Paul Barlow – drums
  • Anthony Moore – programming
  • Produced & Engineered by Laurie Latham
  • Additional engineering by Pete Coleman, Stuart Barry
  • Mastered by Tim Young
  • Mix on (4) - David Bascombe, Mix on (7) - Pete Hammond

    • References

    The Christians (album) Wikipedia
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