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Origin
Glasgow, GB
Active since
1985
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About

Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow in 1985, currently consisting of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, drummer Dougie Vipond, guitarist Gregor Philp and bassist Lewis Gordon. In 2013, their estimated album sales stood at six million, and by 2020 were estimated to have risen to in excess of seven million, with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in both the United Kingdom and Scotland.

The band released their debut album, Raintown (1987) to critical and commercial success, with their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topping the UK Albums Chart for two weeks. The single "Real Gone Kid" became their first top ten single in the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in Spain. Deacon Blue followed up the success of their first two albums with Fellow Hoodlums (1991) and Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993). When Deacon Blue disbanded in 1994 until five years later, holding a reunion gig which led on to a new album, Walking Back Home (1999). The band released another album, Homesick (2001), the last to feature guitarist Graeme Kelling; he died from pancreatic cancer in 2004. In 2006, the band recorded three new songs for a Singles album – including the single "Bigger than Dynamite".

Deacon Blue returned after a period of absence to release The Hipsters (2012), their first studio album since Homesick in 2001. The band released a further four albums following their reunion – A New House, (2014), Believers…

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Discography

  • The Great Western Road

    The Great Western Road

    2025

  • Riding on the Tide of Love

    Riding on the Tide of Love

    2021

  • City of Love

    City of Love

    2020

  • Believers

    Believers

    2016

  • A New House

    A New House

    2014

  • The Hipsters

    The Hipsters

    2012

  • Homesick

    Homesick

    2001

  • Whatever You Say, Say Nothing

    Whatever You Say, Say Nothing

    1993

  • Fellow Hoodlums

    Fellow Hoodlums

    1991

  • When the World Knows Your Name

    When the World Knows Your Name

    1989

  • Raintown

    Raintown

    1987

Members

  • James Prime

    original, piano

    1985–1994

  • James Prime

    keyboard, original

    1985–1994

  • Ricky Ross

    lead vocals, original

    1985–1994

  • Ricky Ross

    original, piano

    1985–1994

  • James Prime

    original, piano

    1999–2025

  • James Prime

    keyboard, original

    1999–2025

  • Ricky Ross

    lead vocals

    1999–present

  • Ricky Ross

    piano

    1999–present

  • Graeme Kelling

  • Lorraine McIntosh

  • Ewen Vernal

  • Dougie Vipond

External links

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