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"In a Big Country" was covered by American alternative rock band American Authors. The song was recorded by the band for the 2014 single "In a Big Country / You Make My Dreams Come True", with American alternative rock band The Mowgli's. The single was released by Island Def Jam on vinyl on 19 April 2014 as a Record Store Day release.
No Place Like Home, Big Country's fifth studio album, was released in 1991. It was a commercial flop, and as a result nearly broke up the band. Drummer Mark Brzezicki returned to the studio as a session drummer after leaving the band. The album found Big Country trying to reinvent themselves and shift away from their 1980s image. [1]
The song was a big hit, introducing the band to mainstream audiences in the United States in 1984 and reaching the top ten in the UK Singles Chart. [1] On their album review of The Crossing, Rolling Stone noted that the song was "one of the great, resounding anthems of this or any other year" and praised the "bagpipelike single-string riffs". [3]
Music and lyrics: Stuart Adamson, Bruce Watson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler; Production: Steve Lillywhite [4] References ... Chance (Big Country song)
"Ships (Where Were You)" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, written by Stuart Adamson (lyrics, music) and Bruce Watson (music). The song was originally recorded for and included on the band's fifth studio album No Place Like Home (1991).
In a 1990 interview with Melody Maker, Adamson described "Peace in Our Time" as a "very Sixties feel protest song, naive but I did it anyway." [3] He added in an interview with Sounds, "I do feel music can be more than a three-minute adrenaline rush, but there's a great danger in viewing a song with too much weight.
"East of Eden" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, which was released in 1984 as the lead single from their second studio album Steeltown. It was written by Big Country and produced by Steve Lillywhite. [2] [1] "East of Eden" reached No. 17 in the UK, [3] and No. 12 in Ireland. [4]
"Save Me" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1990 as a single from their compilation album Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits. The song was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Tim Palmer. It reached number 41 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for three weeks. [2]