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Big Country

Dunfermline, United Kingdom • b. 1981-06-01

Big Country is credited on 474 releases across 81 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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474

Pressings credited

81

Albums

5

Decades active

113

In collections

Biography

Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981 by lead singer and guitarist Stuart Adamson (formerly of the Skids), guitarist Bruce Watson, bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezicki. Their debut album The Crossing (1983) reached number three in the UK and delivered their only U.S. Top 40 hit, "In a Big Country". Follow‑ups Steeltown (1984) and The Seer (1986) also landed in the UK top ten, with The Seer producing the Irish number one hit "Look Away" and featuring a collaboration with Kate Bush on its title track. After Adamson’s death by suicide in December 2001, the classic lineup disbanded. Surviving members reunited in 2007 for anniversary tours, later joined by singer Mike Peters and changing bassists, culminating in the 2013 album The Journey, their first new studio release in 14 years.

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Credited work

474 releases · 81 albums · active 1983–2025

  • Performance · 415
  • Production · 279
  • Other credits · 12
  • Engineering · 8

Studios: RAK Studios · The Manor · Glasgow Barrowlands · Roundhouse Studios

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