Deep in the Heart of Nowhere

Deep in the Heart of Nowhere is the first solo studio album by Bob Geldof, the ex-Boomtown Rats lead singer.^[2] It was released in November 1986. The collection reached No. 79 for one week in the UK Albums Chart in December 1986.^[5]

Deep in the Heart of Nowhere
Studio album by Bob Geldof
Released	24 November 1986[1]
Genre	Pop, rock[2]
Length	61:35
Label	Mercury (UK)[3] Atlantic (US)
Producer	Rupert Hine[4] Jimmy Iovine on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
Bob Geldof chronology
Deep in the Heart of Nowhere (1986) The Vegetarians of Love (1990)

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The main single was "This Is the World Calling", which briefly had sneak preview (power) rotation on MTV.^[6] Love Like a Rocket" was also released as a single.^[5] It was remastered and re-released in 2005 with his (at the time) three other solo albums as part of The Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001 collection, and included four bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs were written by Bob Geldof, except where noted.

1. "This Is the World Calling" (Geldof, Raymond Doom) – 4:29
2. "In the Pouring Rain" – 4:30
3. "August Was a Heavy Month" – 5:07
4. "Love Like a Rocket" (Geldof, Doom) – 5:23
5. "I Cry Too" – 4:25
6. "When I Was Young" – 5:51
7. "This Heartless Heart" – 4:13
8. "The Beat of the Night" – 5:33
9. "Truly, True Blue" – 1:19
10. "Pulled Apart by Horses" – 4:29
11. "Words from Heaven" – 4:40
12. "Good Boys in the Wrong" – 5:18
13. "Night Turns to Day" – 4:53
14. "Deep in the Heart of Nowhere" – 1:19^[2]

Great Songs of Indifference re-release

15. "Life Is the Hardest Thing" – 3:13
16. "Friends for Life" – 5:29
17. "August Was a Heavy Month" (Instrumental) – 4:01
18. "Dig a Ditch" – 4:28

Personnel

• David A. Stewart - guitars, keyboards
• Eric Clapton - guitar on "Love Like a Rocket", "Beat of the Night" and "August Was a Heavy Month"
• Brian Setzer - guitar
• Jamie West-Oram - guitar
• Alison Moyet - vocals on "This Is the World Calling"
• Midge Ure
• Omar Hakim
• Suzie O'List
• Clem Burke
• Pat Seymour
• Maria McKee - vocals on "This Is the World Calling"
• Annie Lennox - vocals on "This Is the World Calling"
• Gill O'Donovan
• Mint Julep
• Jools Holland
• Sonny Southern
• Maria Albert
• Lianne Davis
• T. M. Stevens
• Bono

Technical

• The Brothers of Doom – producer on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
• Jimmy Iovine – producer on "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
• Rupert Hine - producer on all tracks except "This Is the World Calling" and "In the Pouring Rain"
• Stephen W Tayler - recorder and mixer
• Andrew Scarth, Jon Bavin, Joe Chiccarelli - engineers^[2][4][3]
• Brian Aris - cover photography

Singles

• "This Is the World Calling" / "Talk Me Up" (20 October 1986)^[5]
• "Love Like a Rocket" (Remix) / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (26 January 1987) (UK & European release)^[5]
• "Heartless Heart" / "Pulled Apart By Horses" (1987) (US release)
• "I Cry Too" / "Let's Go" (8 June 1987) (UK release)
• "In the Pouring Rain" / "Let's Go" (1987) (Non-UK European release)