"Hooverville (They Promised Us the World)" Released: June 1987
"When the Fingers Point" Released: September 1987
"Ideal World" Released: November 1987
"Born Again" Released: April 1988
The Christians is
The Christians' 1987 debut album and contained their first five
UK hit singles: "Forgotten Town", "Hooverville", "When the Fingers Point", "Ideal World" and "Born Again".
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".[1]
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by
Henry Priestman except where noted.