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Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, Raintown, on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included 'Real Gone Kid' which became their first top ten single in the UK Singles Chart.
Deacon Blue released their fourth album, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing in 1993. The band split in 1994, following which Vipond began a career in television. Five years later, the band held a reunion gig, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-time basis. The band released another album, Homesick, in 2001. Though Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, the band has continued and 2006 saw Deacon Blue returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a Singles album - including the track 'Bigger than Dynamite'. Deacon Blue's next album was The Hipsters, in 2012. The band released another album, A New House, in September 2014. The most recent album, Believers was released in September 2016. A concert recording of their return to the Barrowlands, Glasgow, was released on 31 March 2017.
As of 2012, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at six million, with twelve UK Top 40 singles, along with two UK number one albums.
Discography
Main article: Deacon Blue discography
Studio albums
Raintown (1987)
When the World Knows Your Name (1989)
Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
Walking Back Home (1999)
Homesick (2001)
The Hipsters (2012)
A New House (2014)
Believers (2016)
Membership
Current membership of Deacon Blue as of May 2017
Ricky Ross - lead vocals
James Prime - keyboards
Lorraine McIntosh - backing vocals
Dougie Vipond - drums
Gregor Philp[citation needed]
Lewis Gordon[citation needed]
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