Play Deep

{{Short description|1985 studio album by the Outfield}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Play Deep

| type = studio

| artist = the Outfield

| cover = Play Deep cover.jpg

| released = 12 August 1985

| recorded = July 1985

| studio = AIR (London)

| genre =

• Power pop
• soft rock
• hard rock

| length = 38:40

| label = Columbia

| producer = William Wittman

| next_title = Bangin'

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Play Deep

| type = studio

| single1 = Say It Isn't So

| single1date = 1985

| single2 = Your Love

| single2date = February 1986 (US)

| single3 = All the Love

| single3date = May 1986 (US)

| single4 = Everytime You Cry

| single4date = September 1986

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{allMusic|first=Mike |last=DeGagne |class=album |id=mw0000650603 |title=The Outfield – Play Deep: Review|access-date=19 November 2021}}

}}

Play Deep is the debut studio album by English rock band the Outfield, released on 12 August 1985 by Columbia Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=the+outfield#search_section|title=RIAA}} The album received widespread popularity with the success of their debut single, "Say It Isn't So" (a regional number-one hit), which reached number 18 on the U.S. rock chart, and the follow-up single, "Your Love", which reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. Play Deep peaked at number 9 on the U.S. albums chart and was later certified double Platinum. In total, four of the tracks reached the charts: the aforementioned two, along with "Everytime You Cry" and "All the Love".

The singles, "Your Love" and "All the Love", reached numbers 83 and 96, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart.