The 1986 Listening Post - Big Country - The Seer

Big Country - The Seer

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July 14 1986

Big Country

The Seer

Genre: Big (Celtic) 80s

4.25 out of 5

Highlights:

The Seer (featuring Kate Bush)

I Walk the Hill

One Great Thing

Sailor

This sounds like a band that assessed everything that went right with their debut, looked at their follow up and saw that it was a pandering mess and went back to what they did best. The celtic roots run strong on this spinner. If the production wasn’t so muddy I would probably like it a whole lot more. 

As it is, it’s pretty fun, though. Better than their last. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-seer/1443745359

The 1984 Listening Post - Big Country - Steeltown

Big Country - Steeltown

Big country
Steeltown
3 out of 5

Highlights:
East of Eden

Is Big Country the Scottish Midnight Oil? Not only do I feel that that’s correct, the deja vu of this record has me wondering if I wrote that very thing last time but I’m too lazy to check.
“Where the Rose is Sown” is a redux if “In a Big Country” and the rest of the album follows that same motif.
BC has a sound, like Midnight Oil, U2 and others. It's big, it's Important(!), it's concerned about...stuff. It doesn't warrant revisiting.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/steeltown-deluxe/921118961

The 1983 Listening Post - Big Country - The Crossing

Big Country - The Crossing

July 15, 1983

Big Country
The Crossing
4.25 of 5

Highlights:
In a Big Country
Inwards
The Storm
Fields of Fire
Porrohman

Boy was Steve Lillywhite busy in 1983.
Looking at this album through the prism of 1983 MTV completely ignores the reality: That this is a pretty great offering. I only knew the single. That’s just the start, apparently.
This is the kind of record that makes me wish I had taken a dive with them sooner and look forward to more from them.
The U2 runs strong in these guys. If they adored America more, they would be The Alarm.