BIG COUNTRY – THE SEER LP – EXC+ UK 1986

Big Country – The Seer
(Mercury Records  1986   MERH87)
Matrix No’s: A4/B4 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.

The height of the band’s popularity was in the 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. The band’s music was most recognisable for the sounds it infused with Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar driven sound to evoke the inspirational spirit of bagpipes, fiddles and other traditional folk instruments.

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.

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. “Red Fox” – 4:09
10. “Sailor” – 4:52

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