The Rainmakers (album)

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 albums chart, reaching No. 85, and contains the single "Let My People Go-Go", which reached No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart.

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with four additional 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
US Billboard 200	85
Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	91

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	"Let My People Go-Go"	UK Singles Chart	18