The Rainmakers (album)

The Rainmakers
Studio album by The Rainmakers
Released	1986
Recorded	March–April 1986 at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Pop rock
Length	40:13
Label	Mercury
Producer	Terry Manning
The Rainmakers chronology
The Rainmakers (1986) Tornado (1987)

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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.	Title	Writer(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 Phillips	3:33
11.	"Information"	Alan Clutter	4:52
12.	"Carpenter's Son (bonus track)"		3:29
13.	"Rockabilly Standard (bonus track)"	Jay Floyd	2:59
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

• Terry Manning - keyboards
• The Memphis Horns

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
The Billboard 200	85

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	"Let My People Go-Go"	UK Singles Chart	18