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Big Country

Active: 1983–1999

PopRock

25

Releases

17

Active Years

About Big Country

Scottish band Big Country reflected all the giddy, open-hearted optimism of the 1980s, with their gigantic barn-raising anthems and airborne '80s hair.

Late of the seminal Scottish punk band the Skids, Stuart Adamson formed Big Country as an outlet for his poppier songcraft and distinctively textured guitar style.

Their first album, 1983's THE CROSSING, was a hit in both the U.K.

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Complete Discography

1983
3 releases
single

FIELDS OF FIRE (400 MILES)

Documented across 14 weeks

single

IN A BIG COUNTRY

Documented across 7 weeks

single

CHANCE

Documented across 9 weeks

1984
3 releases
single

WONDERLAND

Documented across 9 weeks

single

EAST OF EDEN

Documented across 7 weeks

single

WHERE THE ROSE IS SOWN

Documented across 6 weeks

1985
1 release
single

JUST A SHADOW

Documented across 4 weeks

1986
4 releases
single

LOOK AWAY

Documented across 8 weeks

single

THE TEACHER

Documented across 5 weeks

single

ONE GREAT THING

Documented across 8 weeks

single

HOLD THE HEART

Documented across 2 weeks

1988
2 releases
single

KING OF EMOTION

Documented across 6 weeks

single

BROKEN HEART

Documented across 4 weeks

1989
1 release
single

PEACE IN OUR TIME

Documented across 3 weeks

1990
2 releases
single

SAVE ME

Documented across 3 weeks

single

HEART OF THE WORLD

Documented across 2 weeks

1991
2 releases
single

REPUBLICAN PARTY REPTILE (EP)

Documented across 2 weeks

single

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Documented across 1 week

1993
2 releases
single

ALONE

Documented across 3 weeks

single

SHIPS (WHERE WERE YOU)

Documented across 3 weeks

1995
3 releases
single

I'M NOT ASHAMED

Documented across 2 weeks

single

YOU DREAMER

Documented across 2 weeks

single

NON

Documented across 1 week

1999
2 releases
single

SEE YOU/PERFECT WORLD

Documented across 1 week

single

FRAGILE THING

Documented across 1 week

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