Play Deep by The Outfield

Play Deep, the debut album by the Outfield, came out on Columbia on 12 November 1985, and it made a trio from London's East End bigger in America than they would ever be at home. Tony Lewis sang and played bass, John Spinks played guitar and keyboards, and Alan Jackman drummed.

It's bright, sleek pop rock with ringing guitars and Lewis' high, clean vocals soaring over the top, made for car radios and summer. Say It Isn't So opened the account as a regional number one, then Your Love went to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 and became the song they're remembered for. Everytime You Cry and All the Love charted too, and the album reached number 9 in the US and went double platinum.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.