Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Alternativni Rok, Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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The Crossing is the debut album released by Scottish band Big Country. The album reached #3 in the UK; overseas, it hit #4 in Canada on the RPM national Top Albums Chart and #18 in the US on the Billboard 200 in 1983. It went on to be certified platinum in the UK and Canada. It contains the song `In a Big Country` which is their only U.S. Top 40 hit single. Stuart Adamson and fellow guitarist Bruce Watson used the MXR Pitch Transposer 129 effect pedal to create a guitar sound reminiscent of bagpipes.[citation needed] Also contributing to the band`s unique sound was their use of the e-bow, a hand-held device which, through the use of magnets, causes the strings of an electric guitar to vibrate producing a soft attack which sounds more like strings or synthesizer.[citation needed]

The album has been remastered and reissued on three occasions. The latest version released by Universal in 2012 in advance of the album`s 30th anniversary includes a second disc of previously unissued demos. Also included in the set is a track produced by Chris Thomas from the first abortive attempt to record the band`s debut album. The demos include the earliest recordings done by Adamson and Bruce Watson, some of which were recorded on four-track prior to recruiting either a drummer or bassist for the band.

The set also includes a booklet with interviews (new in the case of the current band members and archived in the case of the late Stuart Adamson) by the journalist and author Tim Barr. Lyrics for all of the key songs are also included, and the album has been remastered by Paschal Byrne from the original master tapes. In total, ten previously unreleased tracks were included in the deluxe, digitally remastered edition.
Studio album by Big Country
Released 29 July 1983
Recorded May 1983
Studio The Manor (Oxfordshire); RAK (London)
Genre
Alternative rocknew wavefolk rockCeltic rockpost-punk
Length 48:24
Label Mercury
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Big Country chronology
The Crossing
(1983) Steeltown
(1984)

Side one
`In a Big Country` – 4:44
`Inwards` – 4:36
`Chance` – 4:26
`1000 Stars` – 3:50
`The Storm` – 6:19
Side two
`Harvest Home` – 4:19
`Lost Patrol` – 4:52
`Close Action` – 4:15
`Fields of Fire (400 Miles)` – 3:31
`Porrohman` – 7:52

Personnel
Big Country
Stuart Adamson – vocals, guitar, piano, e-bow
Bruce Watson – guitar, mandolin, sitar, vocals, e-bow
Tony Butler – bass, vocals
Mark Brzezicki – drums, percussion, vocals
with:

Christine Beveridge[11] – additional vocals