When the World Knows Your Name

When the World Knows Your Name
Studio album by
Deacon Blue
Released3 April 1989[1]
RecordedJanuary – May 1988
GenreSophisti-pop[2]
Length50:33
LabelColumbia
ProducerWarne Livesey, Deacon Blue, David Kahne
Deacon Blue chronology
Raintown
(1987) 		When the World Knows Your Name
(1989) 		Ooh Las Vegas
(1990)
Singles from When the World Knows Your Name
  1. "Real Gone Kid"
    Released: 3 October 1988
  2. "Wages Day"
    Released: 20 February 1989
  3. "Fergus Sings the Blues"
    Released: May 1989
  4. "Love and Regret"
    Released: 4 September 1989
  5. "Queen of the New Year"
    Released: December 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewB:2[4]

When the World Knows Your Name is the second album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.[3] It was released in 1989 and attained the number 1 chart position in the UK Albums Chart.[5]

"Real Gone Kid" was the band's first Top 10 hit single in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 8 in October 1988.[5] "Wages Day", "Fergus Sings the Blues", "Love and Regret" and "Queen of the New Year" also reached the top 30 in the same listing,[5] and all five of the album's singles made the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart.[6]

Leslie Mathew at AllMusic noted "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".[3]

  1. ^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 1 April 1989. p. 34. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Clark, Pete (June 1989). "Review: Deacon Blue — When the World Knows Your Name" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 6. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 101. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 145. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts". Irishcharts.ie. Fireball Media. Retrieved 9 December 2017.