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Big Country|Why the Long Face (Deluxe)

Why the Long Face (Deluxe)

Big Country

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Big Country's seventh studio album was released on an indie, reflecting the group's relative decline into obscurity and making the title ironic. Notwithstanding their low profile, the band actually put on a brave face here, turning in a set full of impassioned guitar-dominated rock that sometimes bordered on heavy metal. But no matter how loud the guitars got, they still took a backseat to Stuart Adamson's impassioned vocals, his lyrics conflating the anguish of romance with the anguish of social conditions. The band's career may bave been embattled, but Adamson's conflicts were of a smaller, and a larger, nature. The CD version contained two bonus tracks, a cover of Lou Reed's "Vicious" and an "unplugged" version of the band's early hit, "In a Big Country."

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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1
You Dreamer
00:04:50

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

2
Message of Love
00:04:05

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

3
I'm Not Ashamed
00:04:13

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

4
Sail into Nothing
00:03:47

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

5
Thunder & Lightning
00:03:38

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

6
Send You
00:04:11

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

7
One in a Million
00:05:05

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

8
God's Great Mistake
00:04:48

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

9
Wildland in My Heart
00:04:04

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

10
Take You to the Moon
00:04:55

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

11
11 Far from Me to You
00:04:11

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

12
Charlotte
00:03:54

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

13
Post Nuclear Talking Blues
00:03:21

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

14
Blue on a Green Planet
00:04:52

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

15
I'm Not Ashamed (Single Edit)
00:03:46

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

16
One in a Million (1st Visit)
00:05:21

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

17
Monday Tuesday Girl
00:03:56

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

18
In a Big Country (Acoustic Version)
00:03:16

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

19
Crazytimes
00:04:05

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

20
Blue on a Green Planet (Cool Version)
00:04:40

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

21
You Dreamer (Single Edit)
00:03:39

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

22
Ice Cream Smile
00:03:54

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

23
Magic in Your Eyes
00:02:59

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

24
Bianca
00:04:41

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

25
Hardly a Mountain
00:03:58

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

26
Golden Boy Loves Golden Girl
00:04:39

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

27
Can You Feel the Winter
00:06:36

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

28
I'm Eighteen
00:02:55

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

29
Vicious
00:03:15

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

30
On the Road Again
00:04:22

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

31
All Go Together (Acoustic Version)
00:03:21

Big Country, MainArtist

© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2018 Cherry Red Records

Album review

Big Country's seventh studio album was released on an indie, reflecting the group's relative decline into obscurity and making the title ironic. Notwithstanding their low profile, the band actually put on a brave face here, turning in a set full of impassioned guitar-dominated rock that sometimes bordered on heavy metal. But no matter how loud the guitars got, they still took a backseat to Stuart Adamson's impassioned vocals, his lyrics conflating the anguish of romance with the anguish of social conditions. The band's career may bave been embattled, but Adamson's conflicts were of a smaller, and a larger, nature. The CD version contained two bonus tracks, a cover of Lou Reed's "Vicious" and an "unplugged" version of the band's early hit, "In a Big Country."

© William Ruhlmann /TiVo

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