Artist
Big Country
Big Country is a rock artist from Dunfermline, Scotland formed in 1981. 33 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Dunfermline, Scotland · Best rock albums
- 33
- Releases
- 1983–2021
- Active years
- 1981
- Formed
Artist
Big Country is a rock artist from Dunfermline, Scotland formed in 1981. 33 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Dunfermline, Scotland · Best rock albums
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The Crossing
1983
Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits
1990
Steeltown
1984
The Seer
1986
Restless Natives & Rarities
1998
Peace in Our Time
1988
The Buffalo Skinners
1993
Why the Long Face
1995
Driving to Damascus
1999
The Journey
2013
The Compulsion Years: Demos
2021
The Ultimate Collection
2018
We're Not in Kansas (The Live Bootleg Set 1993-1998)
2017
Fields of Fire: The Ultimate Collection
2011
Rarities VI
2008
Rarities IV
2008
Rarities VII: Damascus Sessions
2008
In Concert
2008
Rarities II
2008
Rarities V
2008
Rarities VIII
2008
Without the Aid of a Safety Net (Live) (Deluxe Version)
2005
John Wayne's Dream
2002
In a Big Country
2001
Greatest 12" Hits
2001
Under Cover
2001
Brighton Rock
1997
Eclectic
1996
Stay Alive in a Big Country
1996
Without the Aid of a Safety Net
1994
Radio One Sessions
1994
No Place Like Home
1991
Big Country comprised Stuart Adamson (formerly of The Skids, vocals/guitar/keyboards), Bruce Watson (guitar/mandolin/sitar/vocals), Tony Butler (bass guitar/vocals) and Mark Brzezicki (drums/percussion/vocals). Before the recruitment of Butler and Brzezicki an early incarnation of Big Country was a five-piece band, featuring Peter Wishart (later of Runrig and now an SNP MP) on keyboards, his brother Alan on bass, and Clive Parker, drummer from Spizz Energi / Athletico Spizz '80 (Rough Trade & A&M Records). Parker had approached Adamson to join his new band after the demise of The Skids. Adamson auditioned Parker (1980) at The Members rehearsal room in Ladbroke Grove, London, and the next day was called on to play drums on demos for CBS Records at their Whitfield Street studios. The demos were produced by Adam Sieff and just featured Adamson, Parker, with scarcely a contribution from Watson. Adamson had asked bassist Dave Allen from the Gang of Four to join the band but he declined. Adamson asked Parker to join the band, which led to 8 months of rehearsal in Dunfermline in a disused furniture warehouse. The culmination was a successful concert at the Glen Pavilion at Dunfermline, (p…
