Fellow Hoodlums
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| Fellow Hoodlums | ||||
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| Released | 3 June 1991 | |||
| Recorded | July 1989 – May 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soul, blues | |||
| Length | 48:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jon Kelly[1] | |||
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| Singles from Fellow Hoodlums | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Fellow Hoodlums is the third studio album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, released in 1991.[5] It includes four singles: "Your Swaying Arms", the Top 10 hit "Twist and Shout", "Closing Time" and "Cover from the Sky".
It reached no. 2 in the UK Albums Chart in 1991, spending over six months in the listing.[6]
The Washington Post wrote: "Unfortunately, no visceral emotions come through the music -- the singing is too bland, the playing is too safe and the sentiments are too predictable. The result is the kind of middle-brow artsiness favored by Sting and Joe Jackson; the listener can believe that something serious is going on without actually being challenged in any way."[7]
Track listing
All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:
- "James Joyce Soles" – 3:50
- "Fellow Hoodlums" – 3:20
- "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:10
- "Cover from the Sky" – 3:34
- "The Day that Jackie Jumped the Jail" – 3:42
- "The Wildness" (Ross, Prime) – 5:42
- "A Brighter Star than You Will Shine" (Ross, Prime) – 4:32
- "Twist and Shout" – 3:34
- "Closing Time" – 6:10
- "Goodnight Jamsie" (Ross, Prime) – 1:47
- "I Will See You Tomorrow" (Ross, Prime) – 3:20
- "One Day I'll Go Walking" (Ross, McIntosh) – 5:00
