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Stuart Adamson
real name William Stuart Adamson
Manchester, United Kingdom
Stuart Adamson is credited on 1,054 releases across 190 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,054
Credits
190
Albums
6
Decades active
217
In collections
Biography
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Stuart Adamson was born on the 11th of April 1958 near Manchester, England, UK, son of Scottish parents. After the age of 4 he and his family moved to Crossgates, about 1 mile from Dunfermline, Scotland. Adamson founded his first band, Tattoo, in 1976 after seeing The Damned play in Edinburgh. Besides Adamson, Tattoo included his friend Bill Simpson, who would also play bass guitar for his next band The Skids. After the Skids he would go on to form the internationally renowned band Big Country, selling 10 million records worldwide. He released 1 more album before his death with his duo The Raphaels. He sadly committed suicide on the 16th of December 2001 (aged 43) in a Honolulu (Hawaii, USA) hotel room, after a long battle against alcoholism and depression.
Father to Callum Adamson and Kirsten Adamson.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,054 releases · 190 albums · active 1978–2025
- Performance · 3,287
- Other credits · 664
- Production · 30
Studios: RAK Studios · The Manor · Roundhouse Studios · Polar Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Crossing
1983
Do They Know It's Christmas?
1984
U218 Singles
2006
Steeltown
1984
The Seer
1986
Against All Odds (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
The Buffalo Skinners
1993
Peace In Our Time
1988
Now That's What I Call Music II
1984
Without The Aid Of A Safety Net (Live)
1994
Now That's What I Call Music 8
1986
Wonderland
1984
Shine
1984
Days In Europa
1979
Into The Valley
1979
Do They Know It's Christmas?
2004
Why The Long Face
1995
In A Big Country
1983
Working For The Yankee Dollar
1979
Scared To Dance
1979
Wide Open
1978
State Of Grace
2008
Driving To Damascus
1999
Through A Big Country (Greatest Hits)
1990
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Big Country
- Skids
- U2
- Mr. Blank
- Frida
- Band Aid 20
- Agnetha
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