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- Summary: Mark Brzezicki, Bruce Watson, his son Jamie Watson, Derek Forbes, and the Alarm's Mike Peters release the first new album from the Scottish rock band since Stuart Adamson's death.
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- Record Label: MRI
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Punk/New Wave, College Rock, New Wave
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| I laid me down besides the water I close my eyes it’s a dream about The road ahead is forever calling The chance to live to begin again In another... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Classic Rock MagazineAug 2, 2013What The Journey lacks in subtlety--nothing here quite matches the beauty of Porrohman or the sheer exuberance of In A Big Country--it makes up for in heart. [Jun 2013, p.92]
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Aug 2, 2013“The past is a foreign country,” sings a defiant Peters on the reliably impassioned opener In A Broken Promise Land, while both the ensuing title track and the chest-beating Return are powered by the sort of Ben Nevis-sized, heartstring-tugging Celtic guitar figures that made The Crossing such a compelling debut. It does, admittedly, fall short elsewhere.
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Aug 2, 2013Amazingly, 14 years since their last studio album, the clock has been turned back and Big Country have produced an album on a par with some of their earlier work, probably surpassing 1988’s Peace In Our Time.
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Aug 2, 2013It's not fun but it's not meant to be: it's a bunch of lifers in their middle age reconnecting with the things they found important back then.
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Q MagazineAug 2, 2013These songs won't set the charts alight, but they're no insult to Adamson's memory and will fill the gaps between the fan favorites well at the band's shows. [May 2013, p.96]