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Big Country's first single was "Harvest Home", recorded and released in 1982. [1]It was a modest success, although it did not reach the UK Singles Chart. [3] Their next single was 1983's "Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was followed by the album The Crossing. [3]
Big Country's first hit, 1983's "Fields of Fire", reached the UK's Top 10, and was rapidly followed by the album The Crossing. The album was a big hit in North America (Canada number 4, [ 7 ] United States number 18) powered by the single " In a Big Country ", which was performed on Saturday Night Live and the Grammy Awards .
In 2007, Butler, Watson and Brzezicki celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Big Country by reforming for a UK tour, touring again in 2010, this time with Mike Peters joining the band for vocal duties. 2011 saw the release of a new single, the band's first new music for eleven years, before Butler retired in 2012.
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The KC Country name did live on for a while as WIDG flipped from satellite-fed oldies "Cool 940" to satellite-fed classic country as "Classic KC Country". After just over one year, the station flipped to Sporting News Radio (formerly One-on-One Sports) as "The Fan".
Why the Long Face is the seventh studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1995.It was produced by Chris Sheldon and members of the band.. The album received a reissue as a deluxe four-disc box-set by Cherry Red Records in 2018.
CADOTT — One of the largest three-day country music and camping events in the nation will soon be upon us. Started in 1987, Country Fest has invited country music fans from around the area and ...
[7] As guest reviewers for Number One, Simon Tedd and Shark of Big Bam Boo gave the song three stars and described it as "just another Big Country record" but one that's "good for fans". [8] Paul Taylor of the Manchester Evening News gave a mixed review.