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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
From the first time I heard this album on vinyl back in 1983 I loved it. From the wall of sound drum intro of In a Big Country to the lengthy atmospheric build up of Porroh Man, The Crossing is not just a masterpiece of guitar rock, it is an album that perfectly captured the zietgiest of the early eighties. An album that musically and emotionally outstripped other highly lauded contemporary works such as War by U2 and Sparkle In The Rain by Simple Minds. An album that recieved two Grammy nominations. The drums are faultless, intelligently using polyrhythms, parradiddles and some very impressive high-hat work , the bass playing is up and down the fret board a la John Entwistle and the dual guitars are a tour de force. To say that this is the greatest ever debut album is not strictly true as the rhythm section had already worked with Pete Townshend on Empty Glass and Stuart Adamson had already produced three albums with The Skids (I highly recommened these albums also!!!) a group which heavily influenced a young U2 and metamorphasised from Punk(Scared to Dance), to producing some of the most intelligent use of synthesiser in Rock since The Who(Days In Europa) and finally to a musical style which Big Country continued(The Absolute Game); The Crossing just reaffirmed the fact that Adamson was among the most innovative and talented guitar players that rock has produced. Looking back now, two weeks after his tragic death it is hard to imagine that someone whose music was always so uplifting and life affirming chose to leave life and some of the most ardent fans behind, but if he is to be remembered as he certainly deserves to be, The Crossing is a truly great legacy.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This review is a plea to anyone who has missed out on Big Country, the most underrated British band in musical history. Forget U2, Oasis etc. and just listen to this stuff! Searing guitars, pounding drums, haunting melodies and faultless musicianship. These are themes which followed Big Country throughout their amazing career, in the studio and live on the stage. "The Crossing" blew us all away in the '80's and set a standard that others have rarely (if ever) reached. How Big Country are not revered as the greatest British band ever I'll never know (maybe it's something to do with not being "in fashion"). Look up their back catalogue and just buy all of it!!!!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Big Country accompanied me through my early teens through to today, my early thirties. No other group has moved me so much with their music. This Album remains for me the finest, perhaps because it was the first i bought. The rubbish that my peers used to listen to is long forgotten but BC still deliver the goods on every level. To all Big Country fans out there: Come Up Screaming!
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One of the greatest debut albums ever!
This is an incredible reissue of the debut album of one of the best bands of the eighties and of all time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by michael bragg
Big Country
Excellent album. Bought it many years ago on it's release and loved it. The digital remastering makes it sound fresh
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Published 2 months ago by Rikardo
This album is worth your time and/or money
I'm going to preface this review in the fact I'm a Yank...born and brought up in the Pacific Northwest of America, eastern Washington State as a matter of fact. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Steven
Wow! A Jewel of an Album Gets Scrubbed Up and Sympathetically Expanded
I was very pleasantly surprised to stumble across this reissue of BC's the Crossing. We all know that this is a fabulous album, laden with great tracks and the superlative `Fields... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Vilson
Rediscover Big Country
I first owned "The Crossing" when it was released on vinyl in 1983 and it was an instant favourite of mine. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Colin Mccartney
Big Country - Top Band
Band from 1983 that is still touring today with new lead singer Mike Peters. The tracks on this album are legendary and rank alongside anything that U2 or other bands from that era... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Chelsea_Punk
KINGS OF EMOTION
I HAVE FOLLOWED BIG COUNTRY FROM THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASE OF HARVEST HOME,AND HAVE BEEN WITH THEM EVER SINCE,A BAND THAT GIVES YOU WHAT "YOU" WANT. Read more
Published 3 months ago by paul happy
A Timeless Classic!
I first saw Big Country in 1982 or 83 at a very early small gig before 'The Crossing' was released, there was only about 30 or 40 people at this gig, we all thought the Band would... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jag54F
So glad I bought this
I hadn't realised this deluxe edition was coming out until I saw Tony Butler and Bruce Watson interviewed on the BBC a couple of weeks ago. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert Coogan
Dreams stay with you...
The Crossing was the soundtrack to my summer in 1983. Bought on cassette at the end of the summer term of my third year at secondary school on the basis of seeing the boys on TOTP... Read more
Published 3 months ago by darthsmaull
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