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Big Circumstance

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Released
  
1988

Length
  
61:03

Artist
  
Bruce Cockburn

Genre
  
Folk

Recorded
  
1988

Label
  
True North

Release date
  
1988

Producer
  
Jonathan Goldsmith

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Big Circumstance (1988)
  
Nothing But a Burning Light (1991)

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year

Similar
  
Stealing Fire, World of Wonders, The Trouble with Nor, Nothing but a Burning Light, Inner City Front

Bruce cockburn with pangs of love from his 1988 cd big circumstance


Big Circumstance is the sixteenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1988 by True North Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.

  1. "If a Tree Falls" – 5:43
  2. "Shipwrecked at the Stable Door" – 3:38
  3. "Gospel of Bondage" – 5:45
  4. "Don't Feel Your Touch" – 4:49
  5. "Tibetan Side of Town" – 6:59
  6. "Understanding Nothing" – 4:26
  7. "Where the Death Squad Lives" – 4:28
  8. "Radium Rain" – 9:22
  9. "Pangs of Love" – 5:18
  10. "The Gift" – 6:04
  11. "Anything Can Happen" – 4:31

Rounder Records issued a remastered CD of the album in 2005 with a new acoustic version of "If a Tree Falls" as a bonus track.

Personnel

  • Bruce Cockburn – composer, vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Fergus Jamison Marsh – bass, Chapman Stick
  • Hugh Marsh – violin
  • Jon Goldsmith – keyboards, autoharp
  • Michael Sloski – drums, percussion
  • Myron Schultz – clarinet
  • Judy Cade – background vocals
  • Mary Margaret O'Hara – background vocals
  • Mose Scarlett – background vocals

    • Production

  • Jon Goldsmith – producer
  • George Whiteside – photography
  • Bart Schoales – art direction

    • Songs

    1If A Tree Falls5:44
    2Shipwrecked at the Stable Door3:40
    3Gospel of Bondage5:46

    References

    Big Circumstance Wikipedia
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