Big Country discography

Big Country discography

Big Country in 1983.
Left to right: Butler, Watson, Adamson and Brzezicki
Studio albums 9
Live albums 18
Compilation albums 25
EPs 1
Singles 29

The discography of Big Country, a Scottish rock band which formed in 1981, consists of nine studio albums, eighteen live albums, twenty-five compilation albums, one extended play (EP), and twenty-nine singles released on Mercury Records, Reprise Records, Vertigo Records and Cherry Red Records.

Formed by Stuart Adamson following the demise of Skids, the band's classic line-up of Adamson (vocals/guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar), Tony Butler (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums) met with critical and commercial success during the 1980s. After signing to Mercury Records, Big Country's debut album The Crossing, released in 1983, reached number three in the UK Album Chart and their subsequent albums Steeltown (1984), The Seer (1986) and Peace in Our Time (1988) all reached the top ten. By the time of the band's fifth album, No Place Like Home (1991), their commercial success had begun to wane and they released three more albums between 1993 and 1999 before the suicide of Adamson in 2001 led to the band splitting up.

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. In 2013 the line-up of Watson, Brzezicki, Peters, joined by Derek Forbes (bass) and Watson's son Jamie (guitar), released a new album, The Journey.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
SCO
[1]
CAN
[2]
FIN
[3]
GER
[4]
NED
[5]
NZ
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
The Crossing
  • Released: 15 July 1983
  • Label: Mercury
4 11 8 17 3 20
Steeltown
  • Released: 1 October 1984
  • Label: Mercury
53 24 53 33 15 12 28 1 70
The Seer
  • Released: 14 July 1986
  • Label: Mercury
75 1 16 8 7 14 16 2 59
Peace in Our Time
  • Released: 23 September 1988
  • Label: Reprise
6 40 25 9 160
No Place Like Home
  • Released: 21 September 1991
  • Label: Vertigo
28
The Buffalo Skinners 25
Why the Long Face 28 48
Driving to Damascus
  • Released: 2 September 1999
  • Label: Track
60 96 82
The Journey 32 68
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Compilation albums

Other albums

Extended plays

Year Album details Peak positions[14]
US
1984 Wonderland
  • Released: January 1984
  • Label: Mercury Records
65

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK NZ IRE
[15]
NL SWI US US Mod US Main CAN
1982 "Harvest Home" 91 The Crossing
1983 "Fields of Fire (400 Miles)" 10 26 9 52
"In a Big Country" 17 34 22 17 3 3
"Chance" 9 12 18
1984 "Wonderland" 8 4 86 48
"East of Eden" 17 49 Steeltown
"Where the Rose Is Sown" 29 25
1985 "Just a Shadow" 26 11
1986 "Look Away" 7 11 1 14 18 5 The Seer
"The Teacher" 28 14
"One Great Thing" 19 12
"Hold the Heart" 55
1988 "King of Emotion" 16 11 11 20 90 Peace in Our Time
"Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" 47
1989 "Peace in Our Time" 39 16
1990 "Save Me" 41 Through a Big Country (Greatest Hits)
"Heart of the World" 50 non-album song
1991 "Republican Party Reptile" 37 No Place Like Home
"Beautiful People" 72
1993 "Alone" 24 The Buffalo Skinners
"Ships (Where Were You)" 29
"The One I Love" 17 34
1995 "I'm Not Ashamed" 69 Why the Long Face
"You Dreamer" 68
1999 "Fragile Thing" (with Eddi Reader) 69 Driving to Damacus
1999 "See You/Perfect World" (Double-A Sided Single)
2000 "Somebody Else"
2011 "Another Country" The Journey
2013 "Hurt"
2013 "In A Broken Promise Land"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. Scottish Albums:
  2. Canadian Albums:
  3. "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961" (in Finnish). Sisältää Hitin - Suomen listalevyt (Timo Pennanen). Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. German Albums:
  5. "Dutch Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  6. "New Zealand Albums". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  7. "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  8. "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  9. "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  10. "US Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  11. "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "BPI Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  13. "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 56–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  15. Search for Irish peaks Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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