The Rainmakers (album)

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The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers The Rainmakers Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
The Rainmakers
Released1986
RecordedMarch–April 1986 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
GenrePop rock
Length40:13
LabelMercury
ProducerTerry Manning
The Rainmakers chronology
The Rainmakers
(1986) 		Tornado
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]

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 200, reaching #85, and contains the single "Let My People Go-Go", which reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with 4 additional bonus tracks.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Phillips3:33
11."Information"Alan Clutter4:52
12."Carpenter's Son (bonus track)" 3:29
13."Rockabilly Standard (bonus track)"Jay Floyd2:59
14."Long Gone Long (acoustic version) (bonus track)" 3:45
15."Doomsville (live) (bonus track)" 5:04

Personnel[]

The Rainmakers[]

  • 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[]

Charts[]

Chart (1986) Peak
position
USA (Billboard 200) 85
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 91
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1986 "Let My People Go-Go" UK Singles Chart 18

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Rainmakers at AllMusic
  2. ^ 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.
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