Steeltown by Big Country

Steeltown

Big Country

1984

Steeltown is a Alt/Indie album by Big Country, originally released in 1984. On Gatefold: 87 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Alternative Rock
  • angular
  • earnest
  • heartland

About

Big Country’s second album (released in 1984) didn’t have a massive hit like “In a Big Country,” but it delivered. Frontman-guitarist Stuart Adamson had a real eye for unusual beauty and a rare ability to frame it inside uplifting rock ’n’ roll songs. That was his genius. Big Country tunes are folk songs turned to 11. Here, he and the band tackle failed working-class aspirations (“Steeltown,” “East of Eden”), faith and hope (“Where the Rose Is Sown,” “Girl With Grey Eyes”), and melancholic relationships (“Tall Ships Go”) with a songwriterly aplomb that shows how an often-misunderstood group could still be a real force.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Flame of the West (2014 Remaster)5:01
  2. 2East of Eden (2014 Remaster)4:29
  3. 3Steeltown (2014 Remaster)4:39
  4. 4Where the Rose Is Sown (2014 Remaster)4:59
  5. 5Come Back To Me (2014 Remaster)4:34
  6. 6Tall Ships Go (2014 Remaster)4:38
  7. 7Girl With Grey Eyes (2014 Remaster)4:47
  8. 8Rain Dance (2014 Remaster)4:19
  9. 9The Great Divide (2014 Remaster)4:50
  10. 10Just a Shadow (2014 Remaster)5:38
  11. 2.1Wonderland3:58
  12. 2.2Giant3:58
  13. 2.3All Fall Together (Giant Remix)5:13
  14. 2.4East of Eden (Radio Edit)4:13
  15. 2.5Prairie Rose4:48
  16. 2.6Where the Rose Is Sown (Radio Edit)4:09
  17. 2.7Belief In the Small Man5:16
  18. 2.8Bass Dance1:42
  19. 2.9Just a Shadow (Radio Edit)4:27
  20. 2.10Winter Sky3:17
  21. 2.11Wonderland (Work In Progress #1)4:21
  22. 2.12Wonderland (Work In Progress #2)4:26
  23. 2.13East of Eden (Rough Mix)4:50
  24. 2.14Tall Ships Go (Rough Mix)5:14
  25. 2.15Where the Rose Is Sown (Rough Mix)5:31
  26. 2.16Come Back To Me (Rough Mix)4:51
  27. 2.17Bass Concerto5:41

Credits

Performers

4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 87 pressings tracked on Gatefold