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Big Country - The Seer (1986)

Posted By: Designol
Big Country - The Seer (1986)

Big Country - The Seer (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 301 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 107 Mb
Label: Mercury | # 826 844-2 | Time: 00:46:51 | Scans ~ 52 Mb
Alternative Rock, Celtic Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave

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 number 2 in the UK Albums Chart.

The third proper album by Scottish quartet Big Country kicks off with the stellar "Look Away," a rocking outlaw tale with very cool guitar work from Bruce Watson and lead singer Stuart Adamson. However, the simple, anthemic choruses and effects-laden guitars are beginning to wear a little thin four years after the band's promising breakthrough. Big Country does little to expand on their sound or lyrical themes and The Seer is somewhat disappointing. There are a few solid tracks like the moody title song (with Kate Bush lending vocals) and the stirring "Eiledon," but the band had done these songs better. It managed to chart three singles in the U.K., with "Look Away" going Top Ten, but the American audience had dwindled to hard-core fans. It's the hardcore fans that The Seer is most likely to be of interest to.

Review by Tom Demalon, Allmusic.com

Big Country - The Seer (1986)



Tracklist:

01. Look Away (4:24)
02. The Seer (5:25)
03. The Teacher (4:06)
04. I Walk The Hill (3:31)
05. Eiledon (5:37)
06. One Great Thing (4:03)
07. Hold The Heart (6:08)
08. Remembrance Day (4:30)
09. Red Fox (4:12)
10. Sailor (4:56)


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 20. January 2015, 17:21

Big Country / The Seer

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Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%


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foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-02-16 22:14:49

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Big Country / The Seer
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 0.00 dB -14.26 dB 4:24 01-Look Away
DR13 -0.49 dB -16.27 dB 5:25 02-The Seer
DR13 0.00 dB -13.88 dB 4:06 03-The Teacher
DR13 0.00 dB -15.41 dB 3:31 04-I Walk The Hill
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DR13 -0.27 dB -15.90 dB 4:12 09-Red Fox
DR13 0.00 dB -15.52 dB 4:56 10-Sailor
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 899 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Big Country - The Seer (1986)

Big Country - The Seer (1986)

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