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The discography of Scottish band [[Deacon Blue]] consists of ten [[studio album]]s, two [[live album]]s, seven [[compilation album]]s, and one album that is both a studio and a compilation album. As of 2020, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at seven million,<ref name="deaconblue.com">{{Cite web|url=https://deaconblue.com/about/|title=About &#124; Deacon Blue|date=8 July 2015}}</ref> with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in the UK.<ref name="deaconblue.com"/> Their debut album, ''[[Raintown (album)|Raintown]]'' (1987) reached number fourteen in the United Kingdom, and received a Platinum certification.<ref name="auto">[https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Certified Awards Search]". [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Deacon Blue" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter</ref> It reached number fifty-four on the [[Dutch Album Top 100]], and spawned the successful singles "[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]", "[[Chocolate Girl (Deacon Blue song)|Chocolate Girl]]" and "[[Loaded (Deacon Blue song)|Loaded]]". Their follow up album, ''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]'' (1989), was a major success for the band, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom, achieving a double platinum certification.<ref name="auto"/> It charted in other European countries, including Sweden and Germany, and in international markets including Australia and New Zealand. Its lead single, "[[Real Gone Kid]]", peaked within the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number one in Spain and number five in New Zealand.
The [[discography]] of Scottish band '''[[Deacon Blue]]''' consists of nine [[studio album]]s, two [[live album]]s, seven [[compilation album]]s, and one album that is both a studio and a compilation album.

In 1991, they released their third album, ''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]'', together with the singles "[[Your Swaying Arms]]", "[[Twist and Shout (Deacon Blue song)|Twist and Shout]]", "[[Closing Time (Deacon Blue song)|Closing Time]]" and "[[Cover from the Sky]]". In November 1992, they released the single "[[Your Town]]", the lead single from their fourth studio album ''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]'' (1993). The following singles to be released from ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'' – "[[Will We Be Lovers]]", "[[Only Tender Love]]" and "[[Hang Your Head]]" – all peaked within the Top 40 of the UK Singles Charts. In 1994, the band released the compilation ''[[Our Town – The Greatest Hits]]'', which peaked at number one in both their native Scotland and the United Kingdom, and received a double platinum certification from the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]].<ref name="auto"/> By 1994, the band had split, before reforming to release a new album, ''[[Homesick (Deacon Blue album)|Homesick]]'' (2001).

A considerable break before the release of their next album, Deacon Blue released their sixth album in 2012. ''[[The Hipsters]]'' saw the band return to the Top 40 of the UK Albums Charts, their first since 1994, and in Scotland, it peaked at number nine on the Scottish Albums Charts. [[The Hipsters (song)|Its lead single of the same name]] peaked at number forty on the United Kingdom Independent Singles Charts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Independent Singles Charts on 30/9/2012 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20120930/130/ |website=Official Charts |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> Subsequent album releases – ''[[A New House]]'' (2014), ''[[Believers (Deacon Blue album)|Believers]]'' (2016) and ''[[City of Love (album)|City of Love]]'' all charted within the top twenty of the UK Albums Charts. ''[[Riding on the Tide of Love]]'', described by the band as a "companion piece"<ref name="V2B">{{Cite web|url=https://www.v2benelux.com/news-represented-labels/deacon-blue-announce-new-album-riding-on-the-tide-of-love-22644|title=Deacon Blue announce new album 'Riding on the Tide of Love'|website=www.v2benelux.com}}</ref> to City of Love was released in 2021 and made the Top 10 of the Scottish Albums Charts. Their eleventh studio album, ''[[The Great Western Road (album)|The Great Western Road]]'' is scheduled to be released in March 2025.


==Albums==
==Albums==
=== Studio albums ===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" align="center" |Year
! rowspan="2" align="center" |Album
! colspan="8" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" align="center" | [[Certification]]
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[UK Single Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" />
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20140914/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Germany|GER]]<br/><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue&titel=When+The+World+Knows+Your+Name&cat=a|title=charts.nz - Deacon Blue - When The World Knows Your Name|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=charts.nz|accessdate=6 August 2018}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Netherlands|NER]]<br/><ref name="auto"/>
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[ARIA Charts|AU]]<br/><ref name="auto"/>
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]<br/><ref name="auto"/>
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SE]]
! style="width:4em;font-size:75%" | [[Ireland|IRL]]
|-
|-

|1987
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish chart peaks:
|''[[Raintown (album)|Raintown]]''
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20210625/40/ |title=Fellow Hoodlums |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 June 2021}}
|<center>14</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20120930/40/ |title=The Hipsters |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>–</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20140914/40/ |title=A New House |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>–</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20161007/40/ |title=Believers |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>54</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20200313/40/ |title=City of Love |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>82</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20210212/40/ |title=Riding on the Tide of Love |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
|<center>–</center>

|<center>–</center>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref name="AUS">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=Australian chart peaks |publisher=Australian-charts.com |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="Aus2">{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/09/week-commencing-16-september-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 16 September 1991|website=Bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=16 September 2022}}</ref>
|<center>–</center>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref>German chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-32251 |title=When the World Knows Your Name |publisher=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-31414 |title=Whatever You Say, Say Nothing |publisher=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Album Top 100|NED]]<br><ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=Dutchcharts.nl |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=Charts.nz |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Productores de Música de España|SPA]]<br><ref name="SPA">{{cite web|url=https://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue&titel=City+Of+Love&cat=a |title=Spanish chart peaks |publisher=Spanishcharts.com |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=Swedish chart peaks |publisher=Swedishcharts.com |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK">UK chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24472/deacon-blue/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* <nowiki>*Chart Log UK </nowiki>{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_C.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010: D> Deacon Blue|publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br><small>Indie</small>]]<br><ref>UK independent album chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20121028/131/ |title=Raintown |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20121028/131/ |title=When the World Knows Your Name |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20010506/131/ |title=Homesick |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20120930/131/ |title=The Hipsters |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20140914/131/ |title=A New House |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20161007/131/ |title=Believers |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20200313/131/ |title=City of Love |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20210212/131/ |title=Riding on the Tide of Love |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Raintown (album)|Raintown]]''
|
* Released: 26 May 1987
* Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] <small>(#450549)</small>
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|CS]]
| — || — || — || 54 || — || — || — || 14 || 41<br>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Peaked in the UK independent album charts at 41 on 28 October 2012 when re-released on CD by Edsel}}
|
|
* [[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">"[https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Certified Awards Search]". [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Deacon Blue" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter</ref>
*[[British Phonographic Industry|UK]]: Platinum
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]''
|1989
|''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]''
|<center>1</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>56</center>
|<center>60</center>
|<center>39</center>
|<center>12</center>
|<center>45</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 3 April 1989
*UK: 2× Platinum
* Label: Columbia <small>(#463321)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, [[MiniDisc|MD]]
| — || 39 || 56 || 60 || 12 || — || 45 || 1 || 46<br>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Peaked in the UK independent album charts at 46 on 28 October 2012 when re-released on CD by Edsel}}
|
* UK: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]''
|1991
|''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]''
|<center>2</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 3 June 1991
*UK: Platinum
* Label: Columbia <small>(#450549)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
| 10 || 148 || — || — || — || — || — || 2 || —
|
* UK: Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]''
|1993
|''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]''
|<center>4</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>91</center>
|<center>43</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 1 March 1993
*UK: Silver
* Label: Columbia <small>(#473527)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
| — || — || 91 || 43 || — || — || — || 4 || —
|
* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Homesick (Deacon Blue album)|Homesick]]''
|2001
|
|''[[Homesick (Deacon Blue album)|Homesick]]''
* Released: 30 April 2001
|<center>59</center>
* Label: [[Chrysalis Records|Papillon]] <small>(#BTFLY0014)</small>
|<center>–</center>
* Formats: CD, CS
|<center>–</center>
| 23 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 59 || 13
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Hipsters]]''
|2012
|
|''[[The Hipsters]]''
* Released: 24 September 2012
|<center>19</center>
* Label: [[Demon Music Group]], Edsel <small>(#DEACON001)</small>
|<center>9</center>
* Formats: CD, LP
|<center>–</center>
| 9 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 2
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[A New House]]''
|2014
|
|''[[A New House]]''
* Released: 8 September 2014
|<center>17</center>
* Label: Medium Wave <small>(#DBANH001)</small>
|<center>8</center>
* Formats: CD, LP
|<center>–</center>
| 8 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 17 || 2
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Believers (Deacon Blue album)|Believers]]''
|2016
|
|''[[Believers (Deacon Blue album)|Believers]]''
* Released: 30 September 2016
|<center>13</center>
* Label: [[Earmusic]] <small>(#211434EMU)</small>
|<center>4</center>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS
|<center>–</center>
| 4 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || 6
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[City of Love (album)|City of Love]]''
|2020
|
|''City of Love''
* Released: 6 March 2020
|<center>13</center>
* Label: Earmusic <small>(#0214560EMU)</small>
|<center>4</center>
* Formats: CD, LP, [[Music download|download]]
|<center>–</center>
| 1 || — || — || — || — || 62 || — || 4 || 1
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Riding on the Tide of Love]]''
|
* Released: 5 February 2021
* Label: Earmusic
* Formats: CD, LP, download, streaming
| 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 23 || 3
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Great Western Road (album)|The Great Western Road]]''
|
* Released: 21 March 2025
* Label: [[Cooking Vinyl]]
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|CS]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
|}


==== Footnotes ====
=== Part studio part compilation albums ===
{{notelist-ua}}
{| class="wikitable"

|+
===Part studio part compilation albums===
! rowspan="2" |Year
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Album
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
!UK
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details
!AU
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
!NZ
!SE
!IRL
|-
|-

|1999
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish chart peaks:
|''[[Walking Back Home]]''
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970309/40/ |title=Walking Back Home |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
|<center>39</center>

|<center>–</center>
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>
|<center>–</center>

|<center>–</center>
|-
|<center>–</center>
! scope="row"| ''[[Walking Back Home]]''
|
|
* Released: 11 October 1999
* Label: Columbia <small>(#4963802)</small>
* Formats: CD, CS, MD
| 13 || 39
|}
|}


=== Live albums ===
===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Album
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
!UK
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details
!AU
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
!NZ
!SE
!IRL
|-
|-

|2008
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br><small>Indie</small>]]<br><ref>UK independent album chart peaks:
|''Live''
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170407/131/ |title=Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
|<center>–</center>

|<center>–</center>
|-
|<center>–</center>
! scope="row"| ''Live''
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 14 May 2008
* Label: P3 Music <small>(#P3M022)</small>
* Formats: CD
| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands ''
|2017
|''Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands''
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 31 March 2017
* Label: Ear Music <small>(#0211912EMU)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP
| 22
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
|}


=== Compilation albums ===
===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Album
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
!UK
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album details
!AU
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
!NZ
! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
!SE
!IRL
|-
|-

|1988
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish chart peaks:
|''[[Riches (album)|Riches]]''
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19940403/40/ |title=Our Town – The Greatest Hits |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>–</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20011111/40/ |title=Our Town – The Very Best of Deacon Blue |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|<center>–</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20061022/40/ |title=Singles |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
|<center>–</center>

|<center>–</center>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[European Top 100 Albums|EUR]]<br><ref>European chart peaks:
|<center>–</center>
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Deacon+Blue%22&pg=PA57 |title=Our Town – The Greatest Hits |magazine=Billboard |date=14 May 1994 |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Albums Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>Irish chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Deacon+Blue%22&pg=PA57 |title=Our Town – The Greatest Hits |magazine=Billboard |date=14 May 1994 |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=Singles |publisher=irish-charts.com |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>

|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Riches (album)|Riches]]''
|
* Released: February 1988
* Label: Columbia
* Formats: CD, CS
| — || — || — || —
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Ooh Las Vegas]]''
|1990
|''[[Ooh Las Vegas]]''
|<center>3</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 22 September 1990
* UK: Gold
* Label: Columbia <small>(#467242)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS
| — || — || — || 3
|
* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Our Town – The Greatest Hits]]''
|1994
|''[[Our Town – The Greatest Hits]]''
|<center>1</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 4 April 1994
* UK: 2x Platinum
* Label: Columbia <small>(#476642)</small>
* Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
| 1 || 9 || 7 || 1
|
* UK: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Riches & More]]''
|1997
|
|''[[Riches & More]]''
* Released: February 1997
|<center>–</center>
* Label: Columbia <small>(#487147)</small>
|<center>–</center>
* Formats: CD
|<center>–</center>
| — || — || — || —
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Very Best of Deacon Blue]]''
|2001
|''[[The Very Best of Deacon Blue]]''
|<center>148</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 10 November 2001
* Label: Columbia <small>(#504978)</small>
* Formats: CD
| 88 || — || — || 148
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Singles (Deacon Blue album)|Singles]]''
|2006
|
|''[[Singles (Deacon Blue album)|Singles]]''
* Released: 16 October 2006
|<center>18</center>
* Label: Columbia <small>(#82876884872)</small>
|<center>–</center>
* Formats: CD
|<center>–</center>
| 5 || — || 9 || 18
|<center>–</center>
|<center>9</center>
|
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''Dignity - The Best of Deacon Blue''
|2012
|''The Rest''
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 9 March 2009
|}
* Label: Camden <small>(#88697449792)</small>

* Formats: CD
== Extended plays ==
| — || — || — || —
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Album
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Rest]]''
!UK
|
!AU
* Released: 29 October 2012
!NZ
* Label: Edsel <small>(#EDSG8023)</small>
!SE
* Formats: CD
!IRL
| — || — || — || —
|
|-
|-
! scope="row"| ''All The Old 45s – The Very Best''
|1990
|''[[Four Bacharach & David Songs]]''
|<center>2</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|<center>–</center>
|
|
* Released: 1 September 2023
* Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited
* Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming
| 2 || — || — || 42
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
|}

===Extended plays===
* 1990 ''[[Four Bacharach & David Songs]]''


==Singles==
==Singles==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!align="center" valign="center" width="40"|Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
!align="center" valign="center" width="400"|Song
! rowspan="2" style="width:25em;"| Title
! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
!align="center" valign="center" width="30"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
| first= David
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 145}}</ref>
!align="center" valign="center" width="30"|<small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small>
!align="center" valign="center" width="30"|<small>[[MegaCharts|NED]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=deacon+blue&cat=s |title=Deacon Blue – Dutch Chart |website=Dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616103547/http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=deacon+blue&cat=s |archivedate=16 June 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
!align="center" valign="center" width="230"|Album
|-
|-

|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="3"|1987
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]]<br><ref>Scottish singles chart peaks:
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]" <small>(first release)</small>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19940327/41/ |title=I Was Right and You Were Wrong |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|align="center" valign="top"|–
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19940327/41/ |title=Dignity (2nd re-release) |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|align="center" valign="top"|–
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20010422/41/ |title=Everytime You Sleep |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|align="center" valign="top"|45
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20061022/41/ |title=Bigger Than Dynamite |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="6"|''[[Raintown (album)|Raintown]]''
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20131222/41/ |title=You'll Know It's Christmas |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=26 September 2020}}
</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br><ref>Australian singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Deacon+Blue |title=Australian chart peaks |publisher=Australian-charts.com |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605213523/http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg|url=http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg |archive-date=5 June 2015 |title=Wages Day |access-date=11 November 2015 |publisher=[[Imgur]]}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/06/week-commencing-17-june-1991.html|title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 17 June 1991|website=Bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Aus2"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br><ref>German chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-20656 |title=Fergus Sings the Blues |publisher=Offiziellecharts.de |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement | title=Irish chart peaks | publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ad.htm |title=Italian chart peaks |publisher=Hitparadeitalia.it |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NED]]<br><ref name="NED"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br><ref name="NZ"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Productores de Música de España|SPA]]<br><ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="UK"/>

! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK<br><small>Indie</small>]]<br><ref>Independent singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20010422/130/ |title=Everytime You Sleep |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20010617/130/ |title=A is for Astronaut |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20120930/130/ |title=The Hipsters |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20131222/130/ |title=You'll Know It's Christmas |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=26 September 2020}}
</ref>

|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|1987
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Loaded (Deacon Blue song)|Loaded]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| — || — || — || — || 67 || 45 || — || — || 123 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
*UK: Gold<ref name="BRIT Certified">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title = BRIT Certified|website=Bpi.co.uk}}</ref>
| rowspan="6"| ''Raintown''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Loaded (Deacon Blue song)|Loaded]]"
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)]]" <small>(first release)</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 103 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|86
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)]]"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="4"|1988
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 86 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]" <small>(second release)</small>
|align="center" valign="top"|31
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|1988
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)]]" <small>(second release)</small>
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]" <small>(1st re-release)</small>
|align="center" valign="top"|34
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 31 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
* UK: Gold<ref name="BRIT Certified"/>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)]]" <small>(re-release)</small>
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Chocolate Girl (Deacon Blue song)|Chocolate Girl]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 34 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|43
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Chocolate Girl (Deacon Blue song)|Chocolate Girl]]"
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Real Gone Kid]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 43 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|8
|
|align="center" valign="top"|10
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="5"|''[[When the World Knows Your Name]]''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Real Gone Kid]]"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="4"|1989
| — || 18 || — || 10 || — || — || 5 || 1 || 8 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Wages Day]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|18
* UK: Gold<ref name="BRIT Certified"/>
|align="center" valign="top"|10
| rowspan="5"| ''When the World Knows Your Name''
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|1989
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Fergus Sings the Blues]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Wages Day]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|14
| — || 79 || — || 10 || — || — || 24 || 14 || 18 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|7
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Love and Regret]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Fergus Sings the Blues]]"
| — || — || 71 || 7 || — || — || — || — || 14 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|28
|
|align="center" valign="top"|10
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Queen of the New Year]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Love and Regret]]"
| — || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || 28 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|21
|
|align="center" valign="top"|4
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Queen of the New Year]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|1990
| — || — || — || 4 || — || — || — || — || 21 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|2
|align="center" valign="top"|2
|align="center" valign="top"|72
|align="left" valign="top"|''[[Four Bacharach & David Songs EP]]''
|-
|-
| 1990
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="4"|1991
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Your Swaying Arms]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]"
| — || — || — || 2 || — || 72 || — || — || 2 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|23
|
|align="center" valign="top"|6
| ''Four Bacharach & David Songs EP''
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="4"|''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|1991
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Twist and Shout (Deacon Blue song)|Twist and Shout]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Your Swaying Arms]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|10
| — || 187 || — || 6 || — || — || — || — || 23 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|13
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="4"| ''Fellow Hoodlums''
|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Closing Time (Deacon Blue song)|Closing Time]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Twist and Shout (Deacon Blue song)|Twist and Shout]]"
| — || 130 || — || 13 || — || — || — || — || 10 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|42
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Closing Time (Deacon Blue song)|Closing Time]]"
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Cover from the Sky]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 42 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|31
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Cover from the Sky]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|1992
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 31 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Your Town]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|14
|align="center" valign="top"|28
|align="center" valign="top"|20
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="4"|''[[Whatever You Say, Say Nothing]]''
|-
|-
| 1992
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="3"|1993
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Will We Be Lovers]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Your Town]]"
| — || — || — || 28 || — || 20 || — || — || 14 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|31
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="4"| ''Whatever You Say, Say Nothing''
|align="center" valign="top"|38
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Only Tender Love]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Will We Be Lovers]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|22
| — || — || — || — || — || 38 || — || — || 31 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Hang Your Head]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Only Tender Love]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 22 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|21
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Hang Your Head]]"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="2"|1994
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 21 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[I Was Right and You Were Wrong]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|32
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="2"|''[[Our Town – The Greatest Hits]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]" <small>(third release)</small>
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[I Was Right and You Were Wrong]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|20
| 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 32 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="2"| ''Our Town – The Greatest Hits''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dignity (Deacon Blue song)|Dignity]]" <small>(2nd re-release)</small>
|align="center" valign="top"|1999
| 7 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 20 || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Love Hurts (Deacon Blue song)|Love Hurts]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center"|''[[Walking Back Home]]''
|-
|-
| 1999
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="2"|2001
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Everytime You Sleep]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Love Hurts]]"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|64
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| ''Walking Back Home''
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="2"|''[[Homesick (Deacon Blue album)|Homesick]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[A is for Astronaut]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Everytime You Sleep]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|159
| 44 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 64 || 11
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="2"| ''Homesick''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[A is for Astronaut]]"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="2"|2006
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 159 || 41
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Bigger than Dynamite]]"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|130
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="2"|''[[Singles (Deacon Blue album)|Singles]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
|align="left" valign="top"|"[[Real Gone Kid|Real Gone Kid (Shanghai Surprise Mixes)]]"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Bigger Than Dynamite]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| 38 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 130 || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="2"| ''Singles''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Real Gone Kid]]" <small>(Shanghai Surprise Mixes)</small>
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="2"|2012
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"The Hipsters"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="4"|''The Hipsters''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012
|align="left" valign="top"|"The Outsiders"
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[The Hipsters (song)|The Hipsters]]"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 40
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="4"| ''The Hipsters''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "The Outsiders"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="3"|2013
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="left" valign="top"|"That's What We Can Do"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2013
|align="left" valign="top"|"Turn (Remix)"
| style="text-align:left;"| "That's What We Can Do"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Turn" <small>(remix)</small>
|align="left" valign="top"|"You'll Know It's Christmas"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|134
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="1"|''single only''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "You'll Know It's Christmas"
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="4"|2014
| 74 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 15
|align="left" valign="top"|"A New House"
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| {{N/A|Non-album single}}
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="4"|''A New House''
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014
|align="left" valign="top"|"I Wish I Was a Girl Like You"
| style="text-align:left;"| "A New House"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
| rowspan="4"| ''A New House''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Wish I Was a Girl Like You"
|align="left" valign="top"|"Bethlehem Begins"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
|align="left" valign="top"|"Win"
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bethlehem Begins"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|-
| 2015
|align="center" valign="center" rowspan="5"|2016
| style="text-align:left;"| "Win"
|align="left" valign="top"|"The Believers"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|-
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="left" valign="center" rowspan="2"|''Believers''
| rowspan="3"|2016
| style="text-align:left;"| "The Believers"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="4"| ''Believers''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "This is a Love Song"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Gone"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Will and I Won't"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| rowspan="1"|2020
| style="text-align:left;"| "City of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="1"| ''City of Love''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2021
| style="text-align:left;"| "Riding on the Tide of Love"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="1"| ''Riding on the Tide of Love''
|-
| rowspan="1"|2024
| style="text-align:left;"| "Late 88"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
| rowspan="1"| ''The Great Western Road''
|-
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|align="left" valign="top"|"This is a Love Song"
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|align="center" valign="top"|–
|}
|}

- denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.


==Videography==
==Videography==

Latest revision as of 22:44, 8 January 2025

Deacon Blue discography
Ricky Ross and Graeme Kelling of Deacon Blue at Glasgow's SECC (2001)
Studio albums10
EPs1
Live albums2
Compilation albums8
Singles43
Music videos43

The discography of Scottish band Deacon Blue consists of ten studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, and one album that is both a studio and a compilation album. As of 2020, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at seven million,[1] with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two number one albums in the UK.[1] Their debut album, Raintown (1987) reached number fourteen in the United Kingdom, and received a Platinum certification.[2] It reached number fifty-four on the Dutch Album Top 100, and spawned the successful singles "Dignity", "Chocolate Girl" and "Loaded". Their follow up album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), was a major success for the band, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom, achieving a double platinum certification.[2] It charted in other European countries, including Sweden and Germany, and in international markets including Australia and New Zealand. Its lead single, "Real Gone Kid", peaked within the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number one in Spain and number five in New Zealand.

In 1991, they released their third album, Fellow Hoodlums, together with the singles "Your Swaying Arms", "Twist and Shout", "Closing Time" and "Cover from the Sky". In November 1992, they released the single "Your Town", the lead single from their fourth studio album Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993). The following singles to be released from Whatever You Say, Say Nothing – "Will We Be Lovers", "Only Tender Love" and "Hang Your Head" – all peaked within the Top 40 of the UK Singles Charts. In 1994, the band released the compilation Our Town – The Greatest Hits, which peaked at number one in both their native Scotland and the United Kingdom, and received a double platinum certification from the BPI.[2] By 1994, the band had split, before reforming to release a new album, Homesick (2001).

A considerable break before the release of their next album, Deacon Blue released their sixth album in 2012. The Hipsters saw the band return to the Top 40 of the UK Albums Charts, their first since 1994, and in Scotland, it peaked at number nine on the Scottish Albums Charts. Its lead single of the same name peaked at number forty on the United Kingdom Independent Singles Charts.[3] Subsequent album releases – A New House (2014), Believers (2016) and City of Love all charted within the top twenty of the UK Albums Charts. Riding on the Tide of Love, described by the band as a "companion piece"[4] to City of Love was released in 2021 and made the Top 10 of the Scottish Albums Charts. Their eleventh studio album, The Great Western Road is scheduled to be released in March 2025.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[5] 		AUS
[6][7] 		GER
[8] 		NED
[9] 		NZ
[10] 		SPA
[11] 		SWE
[12] 		UK
[13] 		UK
Indie
[14]
Raintown — — — 54 — — — 14 41
[A]
When the World Knows Your Name
  • Released: 3 April 1989
  • Label: Columbia (#463321)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
 — 39 56 60 12 — 45 1 46
[B]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[15]
Fellow Hoodlums
  • Released: 3 June 1991
  • Label: Columbia (#450549)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
 10 148 — — — — — 2 —
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
  • Released: 1 March 1993
  • Label: Columbia (#473527)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
 — — 91 43 — — — 4 —
Homesick
  • Released: 30 April 2001
  • Label: Papillon (#BTFLY0014)
  • Formats: CD, CS
 23 — — — — — — 59 13
The Hipsters
  • Released: 24 September 2012
  • Label: Demon Music Group, Edsel (#DEACON001)
  • Formats: CD, LP
 9 — — — — — — 19 2
A New House
  • Released: 8 September 2014
  • Label: Medium Wave (#DBANH001)
  • Formats: CD, LP
 8 — — — — — — 17 2
Believers
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Earmusic (#211434EMU)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
 4 — — — — — — 13 6
City of Love
  • Released: 6 March 2020
  • Label: Earmusic (#0214560EMU)
  • Formats: CD, LP, download
 1 — — — — 62 — 4 1
Riding on the Tide of Love
  • Released: 5 February 2021
  • Label: Earmusic
  • Formats: CD, LP, download, streaming
 2 — — — — — — 23 3
The Great Western Road — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Peaked in the UK independent album charts at 41 on 28 October 2012 when re-released on CD by Edsel
  2. ^ Peaked in the UK independent album charts at 46 on 28 October 2012 when re-released on CD by Edsel

Part studio part compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
SCO
[16] 		UK
[13]
Walking Back Home
  • Released: 11 October 1999
  • Label: Columbia (#4963802)
  • Formats: CD, CS, MD
 13 39

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie
[17]
Live
  • Released: 14 May 2008
  • Label: P3 Music (#P3M022)
  • Formats: CD
 —
Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands
  • Released: 31 March 2017
  • Label: Ear Music (#0211912EMU)
  • Formats: CD, LP
 22
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[18] 		EUR
[19] 		IRE
[20] 		UK
[13]
Riches
  • Released: February 1988
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, CS
 — — — —
Ooh Las Vegas
  • Released: 22 September 1990
  • Label: Columbia (#467242)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
 — — — 3
Our Town – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 4 April 1994
  • Label: Columbia (#476642)
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS, MD
 1 9 7 1
  • UK: 2× Platinum[15]
Riches & More
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: Columbia (#487147)
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
The Very Best of Deacon Blue
  • Released: 10 November 2001
  • Label: Columbia (#504978)
  • Formats: CD
 88 — — 148
Singles
  • Released: 16 October 2006
  • Label: Columbia (#82876884872)
  • Formats: CD
 5 — 9 18
Dignity - The Best of Deacon Blue
  • Released: 9 March 2009
  • Label: Camden (#88697449792)
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
The Rest
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Edsel (#EDSG8023)
  • Formats: CD
 — — — —
All The Old 45s – The Very Best
  • Released: 1 September 2023
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl Limited
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download, streaming
 2 — — 42
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Extended plays

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Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SCO
[21] 		AUS
[22][23][7] 		GER
[24] 		IRE
[25] 		ITA
[26] 		NED
[9] 		NZ
[10] 		SPA
[27] 		UK
[13] 		UK
Indie
[28]
1987 "Dignity" — — — — 67 45 — — 123 — Raintown
"Loaded" — — — — — — — — 103 —
"When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" — — — — — — — — 86 —
1988 "Dignity" (1st re-release) — — — — — — — — 31 —
"When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" (re-release) — — — — — — — — 34 —
"Chocolate Girl" — — — — — — — — 43 —
"Real Gone Kid" — 18 — 10 — — 5 1 8 — When the World Knows Your Name
1989 "Wages Day" — 79 — 10 — — 24 14 18 —
"Fergus Sings the Blues" — — 71 7 — — — — 14 —
"Love and Regret" — — — 10 — — — — 28 —
"Queen of the New Year" — — — 4 — — — — 21 —
1990 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" — — — 2 — 72 — — 2 — Four Bacharach & David Songs EP
1991 "Your Swaying Arms" — 187 — 6 — — — — 23 — Fellow Hoodlums
"Twist and Shout" — 130 — 13 — — — — 10 —
"Closing Time" — — — — — — — — 42 —
"Cover from the Sky" — — — — — — — — 31 —
1992 "Your Town" — — — 28 — 20 — — 14 — Whatever You Say, Say Nothing
1993 "Will We Be Lovers" — — — — — 38 — — 31 —
"Only Tender Love" — — — — — — — — 22 —
"Hang Your Head" — — — — — — — — 21 —
1994 "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" 10 — — — — — — — 32 — Our Town – The Greatest Hits
"Dignity" (2nd re-release) 7 — — — — — — — 20 —
1999 "Love Hurts" — — — — — — — — — — Walking Back Home
2001 "Everytime You Sleep" 44 — — — — — — — 64 11 Homesick
"A is for Astronaut" — — — — — — — — 159 41
2006 "Bigger Than Dynamite" 38 — — — — — — — 130 — Singles
"Real Gone Kid" (Shanghai Surprise Mixes) — — — — — — — — — —
2012 "The Hipsters" — — — — — — — — — 40 The Hipsters
"The Outsiders" — — — — — — — — — —
2013 "That's What We Can Do" — — — — — — — — — —
"Turn" (remix) — — — — — — — — — —
"You'll Know It's Christmas" 74 — — — — — — — — 15 Non-album single
2014 "A New House" — — — — — — — — — — A New House
"I Wish I Was a Girl Like You" — — — — — — — — — —
"Bethlehem Begins" — — — — — — — — — —
2015 "Win" — — — — — — — — — —
2016 "The Believers" — — — — — — — — — — Believers
"This is a Love Song" — — — — — — — — — —
"Gone" — — — — — — — — — —
2017 "I Will and I Won't" — — — — — — — — — —
2020 "City of Love" — — — — — — — — — — City of Love
2021 "Riding on the Tide of Love" — — — — — — — — — — Riding on the Tide of Love
2024 "Late 88" — — — — — — — — — — The Great Western Road
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videography

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Videos

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  • 1990: The Big Picture (1989 Concert)
  • 2006: The Bigger Picture (1989 Concert plus Music Videos up to 2006)
  • 2008: Live (2007 Edinburgh Concert)
  • 2017: Live at the Glasgow Barrowlands (included three music videos from the Believers album)

Music videos

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  • 1987: "Dignity" [Version 1]
  • 1987: "Loaded"
  • 1987: "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)"
  • 1988: "Dignity" [Version 2]
  • 1988: "Dignity" [Version 3]
  • 1988: "Chocolate Girl"
  • 1988: "Real Gone Kid" [Version 1]
  • 1988: "Dignity" [Version 4]
  • 1988: "Real Gone Kid" [Version 2]
  • 1989: "Wages Day"
  • 1989: "Fergus Sings the Blues"
  • 1989: "Love and Regret"
  • 1989: "Queen of the New Year"
  • 1990: "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
  • 1991: "Your Swaying Arms"
  • 1991: "A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine"
  • 1991: "Twist and Shout"
  • 1991: "Closing Time"
  • 1991: "Cover from the Sky"
  • 1992: "Your Town"
  • 1993: "Will We Be Lovers"
  • 1993: "Only Tender Love"
  • 1993: "Hang Your Head"
  • 1994: "I Was Right and You Were Wrong"
  • 1999: "Love Hurts"
  • 2001: "Everytime You Sleep"
  • 2006: "Bigger Than Dynamite"
  • 2012: "The Hipsters"
  • 2012: "The Outsiders"
  • 2013: "Turn"
  • 2013: "You'll Know It's Christmas"
  • 2014: "A New House"
  • 2016: "The Believers"
  • 2016: "This is a Love Song"
  • 2017: "Gone"

References

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  1. ^ a b "About | Deacon Blue". 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Deacon Blue" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
  3. ^ "Official Independent Singles Charts on 30/9/2012". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Deacon Blue announce new album 'Riding on the Tide of Love'". www.v2benelux.com.
  5. ^ Scottish chart peaks:
  6. ^ "Australian chart peaks". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 16 September 1991". Bubblingdownunder.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ German chart peaks:
  9. ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. ^ a b "New Zealand chart peaks". Charts.nz. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Spanish chart peaks". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Swedish chart peaks". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d UK chart peaks:
  14. ^ UK independent album chart peaks:
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Deacon Blue" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
  16. ^ Scottish chart peaks:
  17. ^ UK independent album chart peaks:
  18. ^ Scottish chart peaks:
  19. ^ European chart peaks:
  20. ^ Irish chart peaks:
  21. ^ Scottish singles chart peaks:
  22. ^ Australian singles chart peaks:
  23. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 17 June 1991". Bubblingdownunder.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  24. ^ German chart peaks:
  25. ^ "Irish chart peaks". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Italian chart peaks". Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  27. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  28. ^ Independent singles chart peaks:
  29. ^ a b c "BRIT Certified". Bpi.co.uk.
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