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The Seer (Big Country album)

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Released
  
14 July 1986

Length
  
46:46

Release date
  
14 July 1986

Producer
  
Recorded
  
Nov 1985 - Feb 1986

Artist
  
Label
  
Mercury Records

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The Seer(1986)
  
Genres
  
Rock music, New wave, Alternative rock, Celtic rock

Similar
  
Big Country albums, Alternative rock albums

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The Seer is the third studio album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1986. The album featured very traditional Scottish musical settings, reminiscent of the band's debut album The Crossing (1983). Kate Bush worked on the title song in a duet with lead singer and lyricist Stuart Adamson. The album's first single, "Look Away", was an Irish number one, and was also the group's biggest hit single in the UK, reaching #7.

Contents

The album reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart.

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Reception

Critic Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone gave The Seer a positive review, calling it "possibly [the band's] strongest effort to date":

Track listing

All songs written by Stuart Adamson, except where noted. Written by Adamson/Watson. †† Written by Adamson/Butler.

  1. "Look Away" – 4:23
  2. "The Seer" (featuring Kate Bush) – 5:26
  3. "The Teacher" – 4:05
  4. "I Walk the Hill" †† – 3:30
  5. "Eiledon" - 5:35
  6. "One Great Thing" †† - 4:00
  7. "Hold the Heart" - 6:04
  8. "Remembrance Day" - 4:28
  9. "The Red Fox" - 4:09
  10. "Sailor" - 4:52
  11. "Song of the South" (Re-Issue Bonus)
  12. "Look Away [12" Mix]" (Re-Issue Bonus)
  13. "One Great Thing [Disco Mix]" (Re-Issue Bonus)
  14. "Giant" (Re-Issue Bonus)

Personnel

Big Country

  • Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
  • Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Tony Butler - bass, steel guitar, vocals
  • Bruce Watson - guitar, mandolin, sitar
  • Additional personnel

  • Kate Bush - backing vocals
  • June Miles-Kingston - backing vocals
  • Davie Duncan - bodhran
  • Songs

    1Look Away4:26
    2The Seer5:25
    3The Teacher4:07

    References

    The Seer (Big Country album) Wikipedia