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The Seer
Studio album by Big Country
Released 14 July 1986
Recorded Nov 1985 - Feb 1986
Genre Alternative rock, new wave, Celtic rock
Length 46:46
Label Mercury
Producer Robin Millar
Review scores
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars
Kerrang! 3/5 stars
Martin C. Strong (6/10)
The Seer is the third studio album by the 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 an Irish number one, and was also the group's biggest hit single in the UK, reaching #7. The album reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart.
Reception
Critic Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone gave The Seer a positive review, calling it "possibly [the band's] strongest effort to date":
“Happily, Big Country's vision – articulated by Adamson's songwriting – is as generous and determined as ever. The single "Look Away" and the ballad "Hold the Heart," both chronicles of lost love, capture Adamson's grim romanticism, his characteristic urge to transcend but not deny emotional ravishment. "One Great Thing," "I Walk the Hill" and "Eiledon" are stirring expressions of the desire for individual integrity and a future filled with peace.”
Track listing
All songs written by Stuart Adamson, except where noted.
Side One
1. "Look Away" – 4:23
2. "The Seer" (featuring Kate Bush) (Stuart Adamson/Bruce Watson) – 5:26
3. "The Teacher" – 4:05
4. "I Walk the Hill" (Stuart Adamson/Tony Butler) – 3:30
5. "Eiledon" - 5:35
Side Two
6. "One Great Thing" (Stuart Adamson/Tony Butler) - 4:00
7. "Hold the Heart" - 6:04
8. "Remembrance Day" - 4:28
9. "The Red Fox" - 4:09
10. "Sailor" - 4:52
Personnel
Big Country
Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion, vocals
Tony Butler - bass, steel guitar, vocals
Bruce Watson - guitar, mandolin, sitar
Additional personnel
Kate Bush - backing vocals
June Miles-Kingston - backing vocals
Davie Duncan - bodhran
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