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| Big Country | ||
| Artist: Big Country Song: In a Big Country Year: 1983 Discuss Big Country Buy This Album
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Class of 1983 Click Here to find old friends. |
| Biography | ||
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In the early 1980's, Big Country arrived as one of the promising new rock bands, and reaped much success from the debut album, The Crossing. While the band faded commercially and critically, it endured longer than its contemporaries, and released new music into the next century.
Frontman Stuart Adamson formed Big Country in the middle of 1981, following his departure from the Scottish punk quartet, the Skids. Childhood friend Bruce Watson joined the band on second guitar, while Clave Parker and brothers Pete and Alan Wishart rounded out the original lineup. Bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Bzrzecki soon replaced them, however. Signing to Polygram's Mercury imprint, the band released its debut single entitled Harvest Row in the fall of 1992. A string of opening dates improved Big Country's visibility. The follow-up, Fields of Fire, reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom. The band released The Crossing in the spring of 1983. At home, the album went platinum. In America, the album went gold. Its success coasted on the Top 20 pop hit "In a Big Country." Big Country returned to the British Top 10 with the single "Wonderland," over which critics raved. Big Country's second album, Steeltown, brought criticism that much of the band's material sounded the same. Stuart Adamson announced his intentions to retire from touring in the spring of 2000, coinciding with the release of an edition of Nashville Sessions. | ||
| Links |
| The Big Country Official Web Site Welcome to the official Big Country web site Here you can find up to the minute news, details of the new album and tour dates, images and audio and video clips that have been residing in the managers private archives - some never before seen until now. You can also find the band's current biography and discography - featuring memories from all the guys - that they wrote exclusively for this web site and a merchandise section where you can order all the Big Country consumables you could ever need! |
| Albums | |
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The Crossing Buy This Album |
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The '80s Hit(s) Back 3 Buy This Album |
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Chart Toppers: Modern Rock Hits Of The 80's Vol. 2 Buy This Album |
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New Wave Dance Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 11 Buy This Album |
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New Wave Dance Hits: Just Can't Get Enough, Vol. 12 Buy This Album |
| Top songs for the Class of 1983 | |||
| Make a mix tape or request these at the next class reunion. These rankings will change by the day, hour and even minute. They are based on visitor popularity. | |||
| Artist | Song | ||
| 1. | Big Country | In a Big Country | more |
| 2. | Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come on Eileen | more |
| 3. | After the Fire | Der Kommissar | more |
| 4. | Moving Pictures | What About Me | more |
| 5. | Kajagoogoo | Too Shy | more |
| 6. | Tracey Ullman | They Don't Know | more |
| 7. | Peter Schilling | Major Tom | more |
| 8. | Thomas Dolby | She Blinded Me With Science | more |
| 9. | Taco | Puttin' on the Ritz | more |
| 10. | Haysi Fantayzee | Shiny Shiny | more |
