I know there have been a few for me. One of them is from the next album in this list, and another features on this album.
I think it must have been my mum's influence when I was merely a young gun, but I've always liked Dignity by Deacon Blue. As I say, I'm not sure why, as I'm pretty sure that it's not really all that, but something about it drew me in, and I've always been a huge fan of it. However, I've never got around to actually listening to any of their other work – until now.
Hmm. I really don't want to be overly critical of Deacon Blue, but it's difficult not to be. Ok, so Dignity is still a good song, but the rest, well, the rest is fairly poor to be honest.
Actually, it's a combination of the two singers. For songs that have such little about them, Ricky Ross (Scottish – would you believe?) churns out the vocals like a distressed animal. It's not screechy or anything, it just sounds like he is trying so hard to sing with attitude that he might have a hernia at any moment, or pass a pine cone. Lorraine McIntosh (thanks Google) doesn't fare any better really, she just does exactly the same as him, just a little higher.
It's not all bad though. Chocolate Girl isn't terrible, and like I said, Dignity is a good, solid pop song. It's just a shame that the rest of the album contains absolutely nothing of interest.
When discussing the band with someone the other day, this is the description I was offered. "Man sings and parades around like the Messiah, while his wife screeches in the background."
Now I can't comment on the parading, I haven't seen enough of them to know what they would do live, or even on their videos. But I'm not in a hurry to find out either. Raintown? Worst album I've looked at so far.
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