The Seer (album)

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The Seer
The Seer cover
Studio album by Big Country
Released July, 1986
Recorded Early 1986
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 46:46
Label Mercury
Producer Robin Millar
Professional reviews
Big Country chronology
Steeltown
(1984)		 The Seer
(1986)		 Peace in Our Time
(1988)

The Seer is the third studio album by 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 Big Country's largest hit in the UK, reaching #7 on the UK Billboard charts.

The track of "The Red Fox" was based on Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, and the so called Appin Murder of one Colin Campbel, who was a Tory who was hated by many in Scotland around 1752.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Look Away" (Adamson) – 4:23
  2. "The Seer" (featuring Kate Bush) (Adamson, Watson) – 5:26
  3. "The Teacher" (Adamson) – 4:05
  4. "I Walk the Hill" (Adamson, Butler) – 3:30
  5. "Eiledon" (Adamson)
  6. "One Great Thing" (Adamson, Butler)
  7. "Hold the Heart" (Adamson)
  8. "Remembrance Day" (Adamson)
  9. "The Red Fox" (Adamson)
  10. "Sailor" (Adamson)

[edit] Personnel

Big Country

Additional personnel

  • Kate Bush - backing vocals
  • Kingston Bodham - backing vocals
  • Dave Duncan - backing vocals
  • June Miles - backing vocals
v • d • e
Big Country
Stuart Adamson | Mark Brzezicki | Tony Butler | Bruce Watson
Albums
The Crossing | Wonderland EP | Steeltown | The Seer | Peace in Our Time | No Place Like Home | The Buffalo Skinners | Why the Long Face? | Restless Natives & Rarities | Bon Apetit EP | In the Scud EP | Driving to Damascus | Big Country: The Nashville Album | Undercover | Rarities II | One in a Million | Greatest 12 Inch Hits | John Wayne's Dream (US Remaster) | Rarities III | Rarities IV | Rarities V | Rarities VI | Rarities VII | The Buffalo Skinners (The US Remaster) | Rarities VIII
Live and Compilations
Without the Aid of a Safety Net | Radio 1 Sessions | BBC Live in Concert | Eclectic | King Biscuit Flower Hour | Brighton Rock | Come Up Screaming | Das Fest – Live in Germany 95 | Live in Cologne | Without the Aid of a Safety Net – The Complete Concert
Singles
"Harvest Home" | "Fields of Fire" | "In a Big Country" | "Chance" | "Wonderland" | "East of Eden" | "Where the Rose Is Sown" | "Just a Shadow" | "Look Away" | "The Teacher" | "One Great Thing" | "Hold the Heart" | "King of Emotion" | "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" | "Peace in Our Time" | "Save Me" | "Heart of the World" | "Republican Party Reptile" | "Beautiful People" | "Alone" | "Ships (Where Were You)" | "The One I Love" | "I'm Ashamed" | "Dreamer" | "Fragile Thing"
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