Believers (Deacon Blue album)

Believers
Studio album by
Deacon Blue
Released30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Recorded2014–2016
GenrePop, rock
Length44:00
LabelEarMusic, Sheer Sound
ProducerPaul Savage
Deacon Blue chronology
A New House
(2014) 		Believers
(2016) 		City of Love
(2020)

Believers is the eighth studio album released by Scottish band Deacon Blue, released on 30 September 2016 via both EarMusic and Sheer Sound recording labels. The album was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, debuting at number thirteen and remained in the UK Albums Chart for a further week, making Believers Deacon Blue's seventh Top 40 UK album.[1] In their native Scotland, Believers debuted at number four on the Scottish Albums Chart.[2]

Background

The album serves as the band's follow up to their 2014 effort, A New House which performed well in international album charts and spawned a number of single releases. Whilst previous efforts had been successful for Deacon Blue and the band enjoying a surge again in popularity in Europe, Believers became Deacon Blue's highest charting album in twenty three years in the United Kingdom.[3]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Believers"Ricky Ross3:36
2."This Is A Love Song"Ricky Ross, Gregor Philp4:03
3."I Will And I Won't"Ricky Ross3:47
4."Meteors"Ricky Ross, Gregor Philp3:03
5."Gone"Ricky Ross3:36
6."What I Left Out"Ricky Ross3:18
7."A Boy"Ricky Ross, Gregor Philp3:13
8."Birds"Ricky Ross5:56
9."You Can't Know Everything"Ricky Ross3:38
10."Delivery Man"Ricky Ross, James Prime4:25
11."Come Awake"Ricky Ross3:52
12."B Boy"Ricky Ross1:44

Chart performance

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[4] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "DEACON BLUE - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Deacon Blue". Deaconblue.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.