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词条 The Crossing (Big Country album)
释义

  1. Music and Lyrics

  2. Reception

  3. Track listings

     1996 re-issue  Wonderland EP (US only, 2002)  2012 re-issue 

  4. Personnel

  5. Chart performance

  6. Certifications

  7. References

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| released = 15 July 1983
| recorded = May 1983
| venue =
| studio = The Manor, Oxfordshire and RAK Studios, London
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  • Alternative rock
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  • Celtic rock
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| length = 48:24
| label = Mercury
| producer = Steve Lillywhite
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The Crossing is the first studio album released by Scottish band Big Country. The album reached #3 in the UK; overseas, it hit #4 in Canada on the RPM national Top Albums Chart and #18 in the US on the Billboard 200 in 1983. It went on to be certified platinum in the UK and Canada. It contains the song "In a Big Country" which is their only U.S. Top 40 hit single. The song featured heavily engineered guitar playing, strongly reminiscent of bagpipes; Adamson and fellow guitarist Watson achieved this through the use of the MXR Pitch Transposer 129 Guitar Effect. Also contributing to the band's unique sound was their use of the e-bow, a device which allows a guitar to sound more like strings or synthesizer.

The album has been remastered and reissued on three occasions. The latest version released by Universal in 2012 in advance of the album's 30th anniversary includes a second disc of previously unissued demos. Also included in the set is a track produced by Chris Thomas from the first abortive attempt to record the band's debut album. The demos include the earliest recordings done by Adamson and Bruce Watson, some of which were recorded on four-track prior to recruiting either a drummer or bassist for the band.

The set also includes a booklet with interviews (new in the case of the current band members and archived in the case of the late Stuart Adamson) by the journalist and author Tim Barr. Lyrics for all of the key songs are also included, and the album has been remastered by Paschal Byrne from the original master tapes. In total, ten previously unreleased tracks were included in the deluxe, digitally remastered edition.

Music and Lyrics

The songs on The Crossing deal with topics including loss ("Inwards," "Chance"), separation ("Close Action"), dehumanization ("Lost Patrol"), and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion ("The Storm"). Many of the songs are characterized by Brzezicki's highly compressed drums and the heavily effects-treated, layered guitars of Adamson and Watson. The music often demonstrates a clear influence of Scottish traditional music, particularly obvious in the pipe-band rhythms of "In a Big Country" and "Fields of Fire" and the swirling, Gaelic guitar intro to "The Storm." This caused the band to be categorized as a Celtic rock band, which sometimes led to unfavorable comparisons with other bands such as Thin Lizzy.

Reception

{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[1]
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[2]
| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[3]
| rev4 = The Great Rock Discography
| rev4Score = 8/10[4]
| rev5 = Rolling Stone
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[5]
| rev6 = The Village Voice
| rev6Score = B[6]
}}

Critic Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone gave the album a glowing review, writing:

{{Cquote|Here's a big-noise guitar band from Britain that blows the knobs off all the synth-pop diddlers and fake-funk frauds who are cluttering up the charts these days. Big Country mops up the fops with an air-raid guitar sound that's unlike anything else around, anywhere ... Like the Irish band U2 (with whom they share young, guitar-wise producer Steve Lillywhite), Big Country has no use for synthesizers, and their extraordinary twin-guitar sound should make The Crossing a must-own item for rock die-hards.[5]}}

Track listings

All songs written by Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson, except as indicated. On the USA vinyl LP, the songs "1000 Stars" and "Fields of Fire" are in reversed order. The USA CD release keeps the same order as below.

Side one
  1. "In a Big Country" – 4:44
  2. "Inwards" – 4:36
  3. "Chance" – 4:26
  4. "1000 Stars" – 3:50
  5. "The Storm" – 6:19
Side two
  2. "Harvest Home" – 4:19
  3. "Lost Patrol" – 4:52
  4. "Close Action" – 4:15
  5. "Fields of Fire (400 Miles)" – 3:31
  6. "Porrohman" – 7:52
Additional tracks (cassette release)
  1. "Angle Park" (Adamson, Watson) – 4:08
  2. "Fields of Fire (400 Miles)" - (Alternate Mix) – 5:19
  3. "Heart & Soul" – 5:13
  4. "In a Big Country" - (Pure Mix) (Listed as '12" Mix') – 6:19

1996 re-issue

Bonus tracks:

  1. "Angle Park" (Adamson, Watson) – 4:08
  2. "All of Us" - 4:09
  3. "The Crossing" – 7:09
  4. "Heart & Soul" - 4:33 (This version fades out earlier than the version on the 1983 cassette release)

Wonderland EP (US only, 2002)

  1. "Wonderland" – 3:58
  2. "All Fall Together (Jimmy Iovine remix)" – 5:16
  3. "Angle Park" (Adamson, Watson) – 4:08
  4. "The Crossing" – 7:10
  5. "Chance" (re-recorded single version) – 4:37

2012 re-issue

Disc 1 (bonus tracks)

  1. "Balcony"
  2. "Flag of Nations (Swimming)"
  3. "Angle Park"
  4. "All of Us"
  5. "Heart and Soul"
  6. "The Crossing"
  7. "Tracks of My Tears" (Live)

Disc 2

  1. "Angle Park" (Demo)
  2. "Harvest Home" (Demo)
  3. "We Could Laugh" (Demo)
  4. "In a Big Country" (Demo)
  5. "The Storm" (Demo)
  6. "Big City" (Demo)
  7. "Fields of Fire" (Riverside BBC TV)
  8. "Lost Patrol" (Demo)
  9. "Inwards" (Demo)
  10. "1000 Stars"
  11. "Lost Patrol"
  12. "Inwards"
  13. "Close Action"
  14. "Fields of Fire" (Demo)
  15. "1000 Stars" (Demo)
  16. "Ring Out Bells" (Demo)
  17. "Chance" (Demo)

Personnel

  • Stuart Adamson – vocals, guitar, piano, e-bow
  • Bruce Watson – guitar, mandolin, sitar, vocals, e-bow
  • Tony Butler – bass, vocals
  • Mark Brzezicki – drums, percussion, vocals

Chart performance

Album
Chart (1983)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[7]21
Canadian Albums Chart[8]4
Dutch Albums Chart[9]11
New Zealand Albums Chart[10]8
Swedish Albums Chart[11]17
UK Albums Chart[12]3
U.S. Billboard 200[13]18
Single
YearSingleChartPosition
1983In a Big CountryBillboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play47
1983In a Big CountryBillboard Mainstream Rock3
1983In a Big CountryBillboard Hot 10017
1983In a Big CountryRPM 50 Singles (Canada)[14]3
1984Fields of FireBillboard Hot 10052

Certifications

OrganizationLevelDate
BPI – UKGold15 September 1983
CRIA – CanadaGold1 November 1983
CRIA – CanadaPlatinum1 December 1983
RIAA – USAGold19 January 1984
BPI – UKPlatinum9 February 1984

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crossing-mw0000189226 |title=The Crossing – Big Country |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Demalon |first=Tom}}
2. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_861.html |title=Big Country: The Crossing |work=Blender |accessdate=6 July 2016 |last=Pruzan |first=Jeff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040426203133/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_861.html |archivedate=26 April 2004}}
3. ^{{cite book |last=Larkin |first1=Colin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter=The Crossing |edition=4 |location=London, UK |publisher=Virgin Books |date=1 March 2002 |isbn=978-1852279233}}
4. ^{{cite book |last=Strong |first1=Martin C. |authorlink=Martin C. Strong |title=The Essential Rock Discography |chapter=The Crossing |edition=1 |location=Edinburgh, UK |publisher=Canongate Books |date=4 October 2006 |page=87 |isbn=978-1841959856}}
5. ^1 {{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigcountry/albums/album/250904/rid/5944030/ |title=Big Country: The Crossing |journal=Rolling Stone |issue=404 |issn=0035-791X |date=15 September 1983 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Loder |first=Kurt |authorlink=Kurt Loder |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329001229/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bigcountry/albums/album/250904/review/5944030/the_crossing |archivedate=29 March 2007}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-93.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=27 September 1983 |accessdate=18 September 2011 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}
7. ^{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, NSW |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
8. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6720a&type=1 |title=RPM 100 Albums |date=12 November 1983 |magazine=RPM |issue=Volume 39, No. 11 |publisher=archived at Library and Archives Canada |accessdate=15 September 2011}}
9. ^{{cite web |first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=The+Crossing&cat=a |language=Dutch |title=Big Country - The Crossing |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=15 September 2011}}
10. ^{{cite web |first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=The+Crossing&cat=a |title=Big Country - The Crossing |publisher=charts.org.nz |accessdate=15 September 2011}}
11. ^{{cite web |first=Steffen |last=Hung |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=The+Crossing&cat=a |title=Big Country - The Crossing |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=15 September 2011}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20162/big+country/|title=BIG COUNTRY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=5 November 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/search/albums/the+crossing|title=Album Search for "the crossing"|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 November 2018}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+39-No.+13-November+26%2C+1983.pdf|title=RPM Magazine - Volume 39, Number 13|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
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