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Our Town: The Greatest Hits

The hits collection that gave them a second number one and the 500th chart-topping album in UK history.
Deacon Blue, 1994

Released
April 1994
Label
Columbia
Type
compilation

Their first greatest hits album reached number one in May 1994 for two weeks and was certified Platinum. It was their second and so far last number one album, and the 500th number one album since the UK chart began in 1956. It holds the earlier singles except Closing Time and Hang Your Head, plus three new songs: I Was Right and You Were Wrong, which was the first single, Bound to Love and Still in the Mood. The vinyl edition adds a fourth, Beautiful Stranger. Dignity was released for the third time as its second single.

Track listing

  1. Dignity4:00
  2. Wages Day3:11
  3. Real Gone Kid4:05
  4. Your Swaying Arms4:12
  5. Fergus Sings the Blues3:51
  6. I Was Right and You Were Wrong4:52
  7. Chocolate Girl3:16
  8. I'll Never Fall in Love Again2:46
  9. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)4:19
  10. Twist and Shout3:34
  11. Your Town5:19
  12. Queen of the New Year3:36
  13. Only Tender Love5:06
  14. Cover from the Sky3:37
  15. Love and Regret4:50
  16. Will We Be Lovers3:53
  17. Loaded4:30
  18. Bound to Love4:24
  19. Still in the Mood4:01

More from Deacon Blue

Raintown (1987), When the World Knows Your Name (1989), Fellow Hoodlums (1991), Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)

Sources

  1. Our Town: The Greatest Hits, Wikipedia