When The World Knows Your Name
by Deacon Blue

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When The World Knows Your Name by Deacon Blue
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-04-03
Overall rank: 8,990th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (129th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,264th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,990th)

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Deacon Blue bestography

When The World Knows Your Name is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Deacon Blue on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deacon Blue is Raintown which is ranked number 8128 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 156.

Deacon Blue album bestography « Higher ranked (8,128th)
Raintown This album (8,990th)
When The World Knows Your Name Lower ranked (8,990th) »
When The World Knows Your Name

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When The World Knows Your Name rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,990th | 1980s rank: 1,264th | 1989 rank: 129th  Overall chart history
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75/100 (from 36 votes)
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I had bought 'Fergus Sings The Blues' single which led to this albums purchase arguably their best in my opinion, Wages Day,Real Gone Kid,Your Constant Heart other favourites here.
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