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The Greatest Hits Of Big Country And The Skids: THE BEST OF STUART ADAMSON

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Big Country (Artist), The Skids (Artist) Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	The Skids (Into The Valley )
2	The Skids (Masquerade )
3	The Skids (Working For The Yankee Dollar)
4	Big Country (Fields Of Fire)
5	Big Country (In A Big Country )
6	Big Country (Chance )
7	Big Country (Wonderland )
8	Big Country (East Of Eden)
9	Big Country (Where The Rose Is Sown )
10	Big Country (Just A Shadow)
11	Big Country (Look Away )
12	Big Country (The Seer)
13	Big Country (Alone)
14	Big Country (King Of Emotion)
15	Big Country (Ships )
16	Big Country (Fragile Thing)
17	CD ROM of German footage 'In A Big Country

Disc: 2

1	The Skids (Charles )
2	The Skids (Charade )
3	The Skids (The Circus Games )
4	The Skids (The Saints Are Coming)
5	Big Country (Harvest Home)
6	Big Country (The Teacher)
7	Big Country (Broken Heart/Thirteen Valleys)
8	Big Country (Peace In Our Time)
9	Big Country (Save Me)
10	Big Country (Heart Of The World)
11	Big Country (Republican Party Reptile)
12	Big Country (Beautiful People)
13	Big Country (You Dreamer)
14	Big Country (Perfect World)
15	Big Country (See You)
16	Big Country (Somebody Else)
17	The Raphaels (Simple Man)
18	The Raphaels (Learning To Row)
19	The Raphaels (Too Many Ghosts)

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Released as a tribute to the late, great Stuart Adamson 'The Greatest Hits of Big Country & The Skids' takes a tear-stained look back at a 23-year recording career that spawned 17 Top 30 singles, 7 Top 30 albums & worldwide sales of over ten million. On two CDs the album features36 tracks, including all the hits, 'Into The Valley', 'Fields Of Fire', 'Wonderland', 'In A Big Country' & many, many more, plus rare CD-ROM material of previously unreleased German concert footage. 2002.

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Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 14.61 x 1.27 cm; 81.65 g
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Music TV
Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 731458698920
Label ‏ : ‎ Universal Music TV
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000066TSQ
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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M. Owen

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2002

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Whilst I was a fan of Big Country, and previously The Skids, more years ago than I care to admit it wasn't until I listened to this double CD that I remembered just what powerful and unique music Stuart Adamson and the band(s)created. Even though many of the tracks on the CD were first recorded some 20 years ago they are still fresh, vibrant and relevant.
I thoroughly enjoyed the CD and would readily recommend it to Skids / Big Country fans and also to anyone who enjoys this genre of music.
The fact that Stuart Adamson died recently adds to the poignancy of the music. The haunting, almost bagpipe like guitar sound seems to have taken on a new meaning.
The icing on the cake is the fact that if you play the CD on a computer you can view / hear an excellent live on stage video of the classic track 'In a Big Country'.

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brent cole

the greatest hits of big country and the skids

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2013

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very good cd and was worth the money first class and a must for all fans of big country great

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Dave Harris

Stuart Adamson - much missed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2021

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As with almost any compilation album, there will always be tracks that we might have preferred to be on the albums. This is no exception. All the big hits from Stauart's career are here along with some of the more interesting "misses" & album tracks. Listening to these two CDs will hopefully want you to dig more deeply into the repotoires of all three bands. Put these CDs on loud and sing along.

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Amazon Customer

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2017

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quality songs

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RJM

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015

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Back in the eighties again

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gerry scott

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 August 2015

Ace

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2014

Great easy listening in the car! Thank you

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amboline

Pure, visceral music from an under-rated master songwriter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2004

The fact that the late Stuart Adamson could make his guitar sound like bagpipes means it's easy to dismiss the man as one among many tub-thumping Celtic rockers. In fact, he was one of the most prolific and creative songwriters of his generation, beginning his career barely out of school with punk outfit The Skids and finishing it with the unexpected alt-country collaboration that was The Raphaels, crossing continents and all shades of moods in between. For those who happen to like the tub-thumping Celtic rock of "Fields of Fire", this double CD is an excellent introduction to the full range of Stuart Adamson's songwriting craft; for those not so familiar with the repertoire of Big Country, this is as near as anything to a perfect distillation of more than 20 years of one of Britain's finest musicians.
The double CD package divides up approximately into "Hits" and "Misses". CD1 contains most of the familiar material from the Skids and early Big Country; there are a few omissions, as is inevitable in such a large compilation, and no doubt most diehard fans will be miffed that SOMETHING they love hasn't been included (my personal most missed track being the hugely under-rated "Hold the Heart"), but this CD stands up well alongside earlier Greatest Hits compilations and even surpasses them by including a few of the lesser-known, minor hits from the later albums, including "Fragile Thing" (with Eddi Reader) which in my opinion was Big Country's finest song. CD2 is the real gem. The early Skids material on side 1 quite frankly isn't their most interesting material, but the lesser-known tracks on CD2 (particularly "Circus Games") more than make up for this and show the creative promise of things to come. CD2 also benefits from Big Country's best attempt at a folk-song, "Thirteen Valleys" (why this was never a hit is beyond me), and a selection of stand-out tracks from later albums "No Place Like Home", "Why the Long Face" and (especially) "Driving to Damascus". In the latter album especially, Adamson reached a creative pinnacle, but the relative failure of these later works in terms of album sales and publicity have meant that even a lot of die-hard Big Country fans haven't had the chance of a proper exposure to this material. I can speak from personal experience that after a few listens, tracks like "You Dreamer" and "Heart of the World" are every bit as likely to get you singing along as the likes of "King of Emotion" or "Look Away".
The hidden gem of this compilation, for me, is the closing set of three songs from Adamson's alt-country-fusion collaboration, The Raphaels. The pairing of musicians and songwriters here is an unlikely one at first, but the complementarity in the writing and the musical styles are quite remarkable: this is like a lo-fi, more mature, intimate Big Country with acoustic instrumentation in place of the bagpipey guitars. The arrangement of "Too Many Ghosts" here is simply exquisite, suggesting that this song could become a classic on the quiet.
There are a few flaws with this compilation: the occasional missed track, and the fact that the record company's attempts to produce a vaguely chronological arrangement on each disc deprives us of one of Stuart Adamson's trademarks, the ability to write the ultimate album-openers (having both "Look Away" and "Save Me" in the middle of their respective discs doesn't sound quite right somehow). The lack of sleeve-notes, as another reviewer highlighted, is also a missed opportunity. Apart from that though, it's hard to fault it. Stuart Adamson wears his heart on his sleeve whether writing anthems of Celtic pride, or mournful ballads possibly based on his own ultimately tragic life; for instantly singable rock music that grabs you right in the guts and never lets go, he is simply unsurpassed. Honour his legacy and buy this album!

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Paul Gillespie

Wonderful

Reviewed in Canada on 28 November 2020

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Great collection - good sound quality

cecedece

スチュアート・アダムソンの全容が分かる

Reviewed in Japan on 7 May 2021

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若くしてこの世を去ったスチュアート・アダムソンが在籍した３つのグループ、「スキッズ」、「ビッグカントリー」、「ラファエルズ」から選ばれた珠玉の作品。
量的には当然ながらビッグカントリーからが多いです。ヒット曲はほとんど網羅。
僕は中古しか手が出なかったので中古を買い求めましたが、海外から届きしっかりと音が出てます。
スキッズ時代のセインツ・アー・カミン（Ｕ２も歌ってました）も入っています。
意外とですが、最後のグループのラファエルズの3曲がいいです。
こうやって通して聞くと辛いですね。

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J. makar

Big Country

Reviewed in the United States on 12 April 2010

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If you are a fan of Stuart Adamson's and of Big Country and The Skids, then you definately want this cd! It is a GREAT addition
to your collection and GREAT LISTENING!!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

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