Os The Christians são um grupo musical de pop/rock formado em Liverpool, Inglaterra, que teve vário sucessos e hit singles no Reino Unido e Europa no final dos anos 80 e início dos anos 90.
A banda foi formada por Garry Christian - vocal, Henrique Priestman - teclados / vocal, Russell Christian - saxofone / vocal, Paul Barlow - bateria, Mike Bulger - guitarra / vocal, Roger Christian - teclados / vocal (falecido) e Tony Jones - baixo
Foi um dos vários grupos britanicos influênciados pelo soul e que tinha fortes ligações ao punk rock, New Wave e pós-punk.
Discografia:
Singles
"Forgotten Town" / "One in a Million" / "Man Oh Man" / "Look Around" (Island Records, IS 291, January 1987) UK #22
"Hooverville (And They Promised us the World)" / "No Reason" / "The Losing Game" (Island, IS 326, June 1987) UK #21, IRL #18
"When the Fingers Point" / "Rebecca" / "Every Town Waltz" / "Throw a Farewell Kiss" (Island, IS 335, September 1987) UK #34
"Ideal World" / "Say It Isn't So (Part one)" / "Rocking Chair Blues" / "Ideal World" (TR 808 mix)" (Island, IS 347, December 1987) UK #14, IRL #11
"Born Again" / "Forgotten Town" (U.S. version) / "A Lovers' Question" / "Undecided (a cappella)" (Island, IS 365, April 1988) UK #25, IRL #27
"Harvest for the World" / "Harvest For The World (remix)" / "Small Axe" (Island, IS 395, October 1988) UK #8, IRL #4
"Ferry Cross the Mersey" (with other artists including Paul McCartney, PWL, PWL 41, May 1989) UK #1, IRL #1
"Words" / "Long Gone" / "Funny Money" (Island, IS 450, December 1989) UK #18, IRL #6
"I Found Out" / "Save Us From Our Friends" / "Sent Here to Shine" (Island, IS 453, April 1990) UK #56
"Greenbank Drive" / "Nomad soul" / "Laurie Latham" (remix) / "From The Water's Edge" (Island, IS 466, September 1990) UK #63
"What’s In A Word" / "Happy in Hell" / "You Never Know" (Island, IS 536, December 1992) UK #33
"Father" / "World" / "Forgotten Town" / "Ideal World" (remix) (Island, IS 543, November 1992) UK #55
"The Bottle" / Group Corporation vocal mix / Ray Haden sugar free mix / Sound foundation dub mix (Island, IS 549, March 1993) UK #39
Álbuns de estudio:
The Christians (1987) - #2 UK
Colour (1990) - #1 UK
Happy In Hell (1992) - #18 UK
Prodigal Sons (2003)
"Soul from Liverpool" (2009)
Compilações:
Best of the Christians (1993) - #22 UK
