When The World Knows Your Name

Rating

Album: When The World Knows Your Name
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Queen Of The New Year
2)	Wages Day
3)	Real Gone Kid
4)	Love And Regret
5)	Circus Lights
6)	This Changing Light
7)	Sad Loved Girl
8)	Fergus Sings The Blues
9)	World Is Lit By Lightning
10)	Silhouette
11)	One Hundred Things
12)	Your Constant Heart
13)	Orphans

Album: When The World Knows Your Name

Song Title

Time

Queen Of The New Year

Wages Day

Real Gone Kid

Love And Regret

Circus Lights

This Changing Light

Sad Loved Girl

Fergus Sings The Blues

World Is Lit By Lightning

10)

Silhouette

11)

One Hundred Things

12)

Your Constant Heart

13)

Orphans

Tracks

1. Queen Of The New Year

2. Wages Day

3. Real Gone Kid

4. Love And Regret

5. Circus Lights

6. This Changing Light

7. Sad Loved Girl

8. Fergus Sings The Blues

9. World Is Lit By Lightning

10. Silhouette

11. One Hundred Things

12. Your Constant Heart

13. Orphans

Performer Notes

Additional producers: D. Khan, Warne Livesey, Deacon Blue.
Their name may come from a Steely Dan song, but, as far as their musical makeup goes, Deacon Blue owes a lot more to Simple Minds and Prefab Sprout than the Dan. On When the World Knows Your Name, the band blends AOR, Celtic flourishes, and dashes of blue-eyed soul to create a polished album that, while it won't make any "best-of" lists in a hurry, has more than a few pleasures to offer nevertheless. Deacon Blue isn't on the mark all the time. They have their failings, notably a tendency to get overly precious and self-indulgent when trying too hard to be impressionistic on the slower songs toward album's end. But when they get it right, like on "Queen of the New Year," "Wages Day," "Real Gone Kid," and "Fergus Sings the Blues," their driving melodies and hooks are fine compensation. Ricky Ross' songwriting is accomplished enough when he's not striving too hard for poetic effect: his word-picture evocations of light and shade are particularly impressive. The material is mostly strong, if not uniformly so; the playing is rather more consistently focused and energetic. If Deacon Blue gets the balance right, and plays to their strengths, they could be rather more than the minor-league U2 they come off as on this album. ~ Leslie Mathew