1987年リリースにしてラストとなった2ND。このテリー・ホールの悩める顔ジャケが印象的。 前作のネオアコな音に比べ、打ち込みや華のあるポップスへと変化を遂げており哀愁の度合いが強まっている。スライ&ザ・ファミリー・ストーン「RUNNING AWAY」カヴァーも収録しており、前作では隠れていたスペシャルズでの経験も混ざり合う独自のエッセンスが満載。テリー・ホールは時期によりプレイする音楽が異なる多才の持ち主で、COLOURFILELDも通算2作と今作で幕を閉じることになる。 member Toby Lyons and bassist Karl Shale and released their debut album, Virgins And Philistines in 1985.
Deception , their long awaited follow up album, was released to mixed reviews in 1987. The album, produced by Sire Records founder Richard Gottehrer in New York, revealed a different direction to their debut. Shale had departed before the exhaustive recording sessions, during which they lost another founding member, Tony Lyons. The album was finished with the help of Roland Orzabal from Tears For Fears and Hollywood actress Raquel Welch’s backing band.
This long overdue reissue has 5 bonus tracks from singles including their sole release of 1986, Things Could Be Beautiful , Hall’s first recorded collaboration with Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds.