The Rainmakers (album)
Appearance
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Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | March–April 1986 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 40:13 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Terry Manning | |||
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The Rainmakers is the debut album by the Rainmakers, produced by Terry Manning and released in 1986. It is their highest-charting album on the Billboard albums chart, reaching No. 85, and contains the single "Let My People Go-Go", which reached No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with 4 additional bonus tracks.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rockin' at the T-Dance" | 3:19 | |
2. | "Downstream" | 3:32 | |
3. | "Let My People Go-Go" | 3:39 | |
4. | "Doomsville" | 4:30 | |
5. | "Big Fat Blonde" | 2:58 | |
6. | "Long Gone Long" | 4:09 | |
7. | "The One That Got Away" | 2:54 | |
8. | "Government Cheese" | 2:56 | |
9. | "Drinkin' On the Job" | 3:46 | |
10. | "Nobody Knows" | Steve Phillips | 3:33 |
11. | "Information" | Alan Clutter | 4:52 |
12. | "Carpenter's Son (bonus track)" | 3:29 | |
13. | "Rockabilly Standard (bonus track)" | Jay Floyd | 2:59 |
14. | "Long Gone Long (acoustic version) (bonus track)" | 3:45 | |
15. | "Doomsville (live) (bonus track)" | 5:04 |
Personnel
[edit]The Rainmakers
[edit]- Bob Walkenhorst - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Rich Ruth - bass, vocals
- Steve Phillips - electric guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Nobody Knows"
- Pat Tomek - drums
Additional musicians
[edit]- Terry Manning - keyboards
- The Memphis Horns
Charts
[edit]Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[2] | 85 |
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 91 |
- Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1987 | "Let My People Go-Go" | UK Singles Chart | 18 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Rainmakers at AllMusic
- ^ "The Alan Parsons Project Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.