Released April 1989 Length 50:33 Release date April 1989 | Recorded January - May 1988 Label CBS Records International | |
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Genres Pop music, Rock music, Blues Similar Deacon Blue albums, Rock music albums | ||
When The World Knows Your Name is the second album from the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It was released in 1989 and attained the number 1 chart position in the United Kingdom.
Contents
"Real Gone Kid" was the band's first Top 10 hit single, reaching No. 8 in October 1988. "Wages Day", "Fergus Sings the Blues", "Love and Regret" and "Queen of the New Year" also reached the UK top 30, and all five of the album's singles made the top 10 of the Irish singles chart.
Track listing
All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:
- "Queen of the New Year" (Ross, Prime) – 3:36
- "Wages Day" – 3:09
- "Real Gone Kid" – 4:03
- "Love and Regret" – 4:48
- "Circus Lights" – 4:59
- "This Changing Light" (Ross, Prime) – 5:02
- "Sad Loved Girl" – 1:11
- "Fergus Sings the Blues" (Ross, Prime) – 3:54
- "The World Is Lit By Lightning" (Ross, Prime) – 4:57
- "Silhouette" – 3:18
- "One Hundred Things" – 3:53
- "Your Constant Heart" – 4:10
- "Orphans" (Ross, Vernal) – 3:33
2012 Reissue
On 22 October 2012, a deluxe remastered reissue of When the World Knows Your Name was released by Edsel Records, featuring two additional discs of bonus material as well as a DVD with bonus videos.
Personnel
Songs
1Queen Of The New Year3:36
2Wages Day3:10
3Real Gone Kid4:04