''Deep'' is the third studio album from Belfast band

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, released by

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in 1989.

Background

''Deep'' was the band's second album for Atlantic Records, following their 1987 album '' Walk on Fire''. With the release of ''Deep'', the band toured extensively but disbanded shortly after, citing a lack of record company support. Both "Deep in the Heart of Nowhere" and "Local Hero" were released as promotional CD singles in the US.

Recording

The first four tracks of the album were produced by the band themselves with

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and Peter Denenberg, who both engineered the album. The rest of the tracks were produced by John Eden, whilst LaRocka and Deneberg remixed the tracks produced by Eden. The album was LaRocka's first attempt at production work, where he also played drums on part of the album. Originally, LaRocka had signed the band while working in the A&R department at Atlantic Records. Drummer Ian Gault departed the band after the initial recording of ''Deep'' in 1988 and was therefore replaced by Gary Kirby. Around the same time, Paul Rocks joined the band on keyboards, and the band finished recording the ''Deep'' album in New York. Prior to Paul Rocks joining, the previous keyboardist Alex White had left the group back in 1985 to work with

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, resulting in the band relying on session musicians such as

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) and Clive Gates (

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and Ian Curnow,

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. All tracks are original, where the music was written by all three main members of the band; vocalist Peter Gamble, bassist Richard Collett and guitarist Tony Scott, discounting new members Kirby and Rocks, with the lyrics being written solely by vocalist Peter Gamble. Some tracks featured a writing credit to Gault, as they were completed before he left the group.

Release

''Deep'' was released by Atlantic Records in the United States and Europe. The album was made available on all streaming platforms by Warner Music on 23 July 2021.

Critical reception

''Glorydaze Music'' wrote, "Earlier fans of the band would've turned away after their debut, as both ''Walk On Fire'' and ''Deep'' are quite some way removed from their original direction moulded in the style of

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and U2. On the other hand, AORsters and melodic rockers would've welcomed them with open arms."

Track listing

Personnel

Silent Running * Peter Gamble - vocals, producer * Tony Scott - guitar, producer * Richard Collett - bass, Producer * Ian Gault - drums, drum Programming * Gary Kirby - drums * Paul Rocks - keyboards Additional personnel * John Eden - producer (tracks 5-10) * Frankie LaRocka - producer, engineer, remixer, drums * Peter Denenberg - producer, engineer, remixer * Tom Leinbach - assistant engineer (tracks 1-4) * Clive Gates - keyboards *

- keyboards * Joe Bonadio - percussion * Steve Sidelnyk - percussion * Adrian Baker, Amy Fradon, Carole Godden, Leslie Ritter - backing vocals

References

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