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The Christians is the debut album by English music ensemble the Christians, released in 1987. It contains their first five UK hit singles: \"Forgotten Town\", \"Hooverville\", \"When the Fingers Point\", \"Ideal World\" and \"Born Again\".

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Critical reception

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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\".\n

Track listing

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

\"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:\n

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

Additional personnel:\n

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 track 4 – David Bascombe
Mix on track 7 – Pete Hammond

Charts

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References

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Ideal World

Broadcast History