Release of Fellow Hoodlums

Jon Kelly returned to the producer’s chair in 1991 for the album Fellow Hoodlums . The album was met with more critical approval and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Fellow Hoodlums was followed up by 1993’s Whatever You Say, Say Nothing , a much more experimental album. The album was not as commercially successful as the previous two albums, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Changing from producer Jon Kelly to the team of Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold , this album presented a change in musical style for Deacon Blue. While the band’s songwriting remained based in rock and blues , many of the tracks moved into alternative rock territory in their presentation.