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Deacon Blue
Singles (Hk)
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Dignity
2. Real Gone Kid
3. Wages Day
4. Fergus Sings the Blues - Deacon Blue, Prime, James
5. Twist and Shout
6. Bigger Than Dynamite - Deacon Blue, Fraser, Scott [1]
7. Your Swaying Arms
8. Your Town
9. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Deacon Blue, Bacharach, Burt
10. Chocolate Girl
11. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
12. Love and Regret
13. I Was Right and Your Were Wrong
14. Loaded - Deacon Blue, Kelling, Graeme
15. Queen of the New Year - Deacon Blue, Prime, James
16. Only Tender Love
17. Cover from the Sky
18. Haunted - Deacon Blue, McIntosh, Lorraine
19. The One About Loneliness

CD Details

All Artists: Deacon Blue
Title: Singles (Hk)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Columbia Europe
Release Date: 10/23/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop, Rock
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland, Adult Contemporary
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828768848722

Synopsis

Album Description

For 21 years, Scottish Pop band Deacon Blue have kept their fans happy and the charts busy with hit singles, hot selling albums and sold-out tours. The band's hitmaking formula falls somewhere in between the slickness of Sade and the quirkiness of Prefab Sprout, yet they are constantly evolving, musically. This compilation celebrates their anniversary with 16 of their biggest hits ('Dignity', 'Real Gone Kid', 'Your Swaying Arms', etc) plus three brand new tracks: 'Bigger Than Dynamite', 'Haunted' and 'One About Loneliness'. Portrait. 2006.

CD Reviews

The usual . . . plus three new songs

Nobody | 10/30/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"These guys have released more collections than Simple Minds, so I won't bother to say anything about the old stuff, except some of it is sounding old indeed these days. Never mind, I was curious to see what they sound like now, and there are apparently three new songs here. "Bigger Than Dynamite", "Haunted" are pure dance beat pop formula, and the trademark vocal harmonies are still there. The hook in "Bigger" is the best, "Haunted" kind of misses a memorable passage and is a little clumsy in transitions, but it's a decent song. "One About Loneliness" is more anthemic, but really is without a compelling hook, and gets very derivative in the "big" coda.

Well, I can't really see they've changed that much, the sound is more modern, but they haven't transcended their catalog in any particular way. If you like them, you'll like the new stuff, though it will make you swallow hard to put out the dough considering you already have all the other stuff, ad infinitum. If you've never heard of them, I can't give you any particular encouragement to go out of your way."