When Skids fell apart and went their separate ways, Stuart Adamson took that very Celtic guitar sound with him and formed Big Country. It was the same guitar sound, but flavoured with all sorts of other Celtic influences to form a very unique band. Weirdly enough, the record company released Harvest Home first as a single and not In A Big Country, which the American’s released as the first single over there. Of course it was huge, and the Brits had to release it over there as well.
This being the first album, it still has the raw punk edges to some of the tunes like on Inwards and Lost Patrol. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, who became synonymous with the whole new wave scene with his production. I have a Scottish chum who loves this band, as they make him feel like he’s home even though he is a few thousand miles away. This is a great album. Fields Of Fire is a great tune and my favourite from the album.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
