Raintown
by Deacon Blue
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Deacon Blue bestography
Raintown is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Deacon Blue on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Deacon Blue is When The World Knows Your Name which is ranked number 7924 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 160.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Raintown track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Raintown ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/20/2026 17:29 | tim0505 | 4,401 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2025 17:25 | LuciLovecraft | 7 | 97/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2024 07:13 | Sumbody | 1,877 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2024 11:43 | M4thSoad3r | 312 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2023 16:43 |  MetalMan67 | 6,116 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 66.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
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Liked this album, 4 or 5 top pop songs, when will you make...and rain town standout. Recently found the production hasn't dated that well though, or maybe the inferior CD sound
Really strong storytelling and song writing make this one stand out from the crowd. It starts really strongly and keeps the quality high for 8 or 9 tracks.
The album rewards repeated listens - go on give it another go!
My favorite songs: Raintown.....Chocolate girl.....Dignity....He looks like Spencer Tracey now.....When will you..
quintessential scottish lefty pop music of its time...still retains a great deal of 'dignity'
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