Whatever You Say, Say Nothing

Whatever You Say, Say Nothing is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, released in March 1993 by Columbia Records. It was the group's final original album before their initial dissolution in mid-1994. Wishing to pursue a new musical direction, Deacon Blue recorded the album with the dance production team of Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold, hoping that the team's different background would provide a creative challenge. Oakenfold agreed to the project in hopes of changing the band's sound to something edgier, but recording sessions were fraught with disagreement and Oakenfold, who believed the group were uninterested in his ideas, lost interest in the project. Breaking with the band's earlier, more soulful and folky work, Whatever You Say is a visceral, guitar-driven alternative rock record with dance textures and driving rhythms. Lead singer Ricky Ross pens lyrics with more universal themes than on earlier records. Promoted by the lead single and UK Top 20 hit "Your Town", Whatever You Say, Say Nothing reached number four in the UK Albums Chart, but was less successful than the band's earlier albums, and failed to chart in the United States. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whateve...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)