The Very Best of Deacon Blue is a greatest hits compilation for the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It is composed of singles and album tracks from the band's previous albums, plus two B-sides, "Indigo Sky" from the "Hang Your Head" single, and "When You Were a Boy You Were a Beautiful Boy" from the "Everytime You Sleep" single.

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The Very Best of Deacon Blue
Greatest hits album by Deacon Blue
Released	1 December 2001
Genre	Pop, rock, blues, alternative rock
Label	Columbia
Deacon Blue chronology
Homesick (2001) The Very Best of Deacon Blue (2001) Singles (2006)

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted:

1. "Dignity" – 4:00
2. "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)" - 4:19
3. "Chocolate Girl" - 3:16
4. "Raintown" – 3:50
5. "The Very Thing" – 3:34
6. "Love's Great Fears" (Ross, Prime) – 3:42
7. "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now" – 3:50
8. "Loaded" (Prime, Ross, Kelling) – 4:30
9. "Real Gone Kid" - 4:05
10. "Wages Day" – 3:11
11. "Fergus Sings the Blues" (Ross, Prime) - 3:51
12. "Love and Regret" - 4:50
13. "Queen of the New Year" (Ross, Prime) - 3:36
14. "Circus Lights" - 4:59
15. "My America" (Ross, Prime) - 3:10
16. "Long Window to Love" - 3:12
17. "Orphans" (Ross, Vernal) - 3:33
18. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (Bacharach, David) - 2:46
19. "Your Swaying Arms" – 4:12
20. "Twist and Shout" – 3:34
21. "Cover from the Sky" – 3:37
22. "The Day that Jackie Jumped the Jail" - 3:42
23. "A Brighter Star than You Will Shine" (Ross, Prime) – 4:32
24. "The Wildness" (Ross, Prime) – 5:42
25. "Your Town" - 5:19
26. "Will We Be Lovers" (Ross, Osborne) - 3:53
27. "Only Tender Love" - 5:06
28. "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" - 4:52
29. "Indigo Sky" - 2:48
30. "Bethlehem's Gate" - 4:47
31. "Bound to Love" - 4:24
32. "Still in the Mood" - 4:01
33. "Jesus Do Your Hands Still Feel the Rain" - 5:14
34. "Rae" (Ross, Prime, MacDonald)– 4:46
35. "Silverlake" (Ross, Prime) – 4:36
36. "Homesick" – 4:14
37. "Everytime You Sleep" – 4:06
38. "When You Were a Boy You Were a Beautiful Boy" -

Personnel

• Ricky Ross – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard
• Lorraine McIntosh – vocal
• James Prime – keyboard
• Ewen Vernal – bass
• Graeme Kelling – guitar
• Dougie Vipond – drums