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The Christians (album)

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Critical reception
Track listing
Personnel
Charts
References

{{Infobox album
| name = The Christians
| type = studio
| artist = The Christians
| cover = Christians - The Christians CD album cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = October 1987
| recorded = The Workhouse Studio and Parfett Sound, London, and Amazon Studios, Liverpool
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 57:45
| label = Island
| producer = Laurie Latham
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Colour
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Christians
| type = studio
| single1 = Forgotten Town
| single1date = January 1987
| single2 = Hooverville (They Promised Us the World)
| single2date = June 1987
| single3 = When the Fingers Point
| single3date = September 1987
| single4 = Ideal World
| single4date = November 1987
| single5 = Born Again
| single5date = April 1988
}}
}}

The Christians is The Christians' 1987 debut album and contained their first five UK hit singles: "Forgotten Town", "Hooverville", "When the Fingers Point", "Ideal World" and "Born Again".

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[1]
}}AllMusic has retrospectively been generally favourable towards the album, stating that the band "blend socially conscious lyrics of life under Thatcher with smooth, slickly programmed pop-soul arrangements" and concluding that the record was "a solid debut with very few filler tracks".^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Henry Priestman except where noted.

"Forgotten Town" – 5:13
"When the Fingers Point" – 3:32
"Born Again" – 5:18
"Ideal World" (Priestman, M. Henry Herman) – 4:35
"Save a Soul in Every Town" – 4:32
"...And That's Why" – 5:17
"Hooverville" (Priestman, Herman) – 4:45
"One in a Million" – 4:42
"Sad Songs" (Priestman, Herman) – 4:25
"Forgotten Town" (12" Dub Version) – 5:26 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
"When the Fingers Point" (12" Remix) – 5:32 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
"Why Waltz" – 4:07 (bonus track on cassette and CD)
- On the cassette version of the album the 12" Dub Version of "Forgotten Town" was placed at the end of side one, after "Save a Soul in Every Town".

Personnel

The Christians:

Garry A. Christian – lead vocals
Russell Christian – saxophone, vocals
Henry Priestman – keyboards, guitar, vocals

Additional personnel:

Mike Bulger – electric guitar
Tony Jones – bass
Paul Barlow – drums
Anthony Moore – programming
Produced & Engineered by Laurie Latham
Additional engineering by Pete Coleman, Stuart Barry
Mastered by Tim Young
Mix on (4) - David Bascombe, Mix on (7) - Pete Hammond

Charts

{{albumchart |Billboard200 |158 |artist=The Christians |artistid={{BillboardID|The Christians}}}}

Chart (1987)	Position
UK2 \|2 \|artist=The Christians \|date=1987-10-31}}

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-christians-mw0000193767 |title=The Christians: The Christians |last=Mills |first=Ted|website=www.allmusic.com|access-date=1 September 2018}}

4 : 1987 debut albums|The Christians (band) albums|Albums produced by Laurie Latham|Island Records albums

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