If one word could describe When The World Knows Your Name then surely it would be 'Bigger'. Raintown had given the band a great start, critical acclaim, a solid fan base and famed live shows had seen their hard work pay off. But despite their success, one thing eluded them, the 'Hit Single'.

Ricky Ross had a clear vision that the follow up to Raintown would be singles driven. From the outset there was a desire to break away from the mould of Raintown, work with multiple producers, in different studios. A bigger sound with more production.

Originally to be titled "Las Vegas" the album was frustrating to make. The bands producer was ill delaying production in the UK, whilst disappointing sessions in America with 2nd producer David Kahne saw the recording drawn out over an entire year.

Disappointment was short lived though, Real Gone Kid delivered the band their first hit, peaking at number 8 in the UK chart and gaining worldwide radio play.

Real Gone Kid had been around for a long time before the band ever got to the studio to record it. So it's hardly surprising this early demo sounds so complete. The intro was still to be finalised, and Lorraine's vocal was still a long way back in mix. Real Gone Kid (Demo)

It's not often that Ricky Ross relinquishes control over his lyrics but he did make one exception. After completing the recording of Real Gone Kid. The opening line 'An I'd loose all those pages" was causing some confusion with the American producers who just didn't understand the lyric. After a long debate and Ricky even contacting an English teacher friend, it was agreed that whilst grammatically sound, the lyric would be changed. The finished recording would later contain the opening line 'And I'd tear out these pages'. In recent years Ricky has more often than not sang the original line! This pre mastered version with the original lyric has still yet to ever be released. Real Gone Kid (Pre Mastered Version).

Sad Loved Girl is a track that took an unlikely journey in finding it's final place on the album. Normally you would expect a song to start out as a simple piano or guitar track and grow into a full production number. This track began life as an upbeat pop song far from the sparse piano arrangement that made the album. The first demo has vocal embellishments over the intro, a few noticeably different lyrics and a complete ending Sad Loved Girl (Demo 1) The second demo has a completely different vocal to the first, a less cluttered backing track, the lyrics are pretty close to the finished version and it fades out this time. Sad Loved Girl (Demo 2). Of course the final twist in the tale, the track was later trimmed down, opening with the 2nd verse and having just one chorus and omitting the bridge completely. The long version was later released as a B Side to Queen Of The New Year.

The World Is Lit By Lightning is another song that had been played extensively live before recording. This version is very similar to those early live recordings. It features a brief keyboard intro from Jim Prime before Dougie's drums kick in. The keyboard part was dropped for the final recording. The rest of the track remains relatively faithful to the recorded version. The World Is Lit By Lightning (Demo).

One of the later songs to appear in the Deacon Blue live set, this demo of One Hundred Things has a fairly loose vocal from Ricky. All the lyrics are present and correct and Jim's part is largely the same as what made the record. One Hundred Things (Demo).

The only track to survive the ill fated David Kahne sessions, this pre mastered version of Silhouette is at first glance very similiar the the final mix containing most of the final tracks. On close inspection you can hear a few things have been cleaned up, for example at (0.46) Jim's keyboard part is a little untidy. The finished recording has these elements smoothed out. Silhouette (Pre Mastered Version).