Peace in Our Time
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| Studio album by Big Country | ||||
| Released | September, 1988 | |||
| Genre |
Alternative rock New Wave Folk rock |
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| Length | 65:38 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Big Country, Ina Wolf and Peter Wolf | |||
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| Robert Christgau | (C)[2] |
For the Eddie Money song, see Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money.
Peace in Our Time is the fourth studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1988. (see 1988 in music).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Stuart Adamson; except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "King of Emotion" | 4:50 | ||
| 2. | "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" | 5:10 | ||
| 3. | "Thousand Yard Stare" | Adamson, Bruce Watson | 3:57 | |
| 4. | "From Here to Eternity" | 4:54 | ||
| 5. | "Everything I Need" | 4:39 | ||
| 6. | "Peace in Our Time" | 4:34 | ||
| 7. | "Time for Leaving" | Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Watson | 5:01 | |
| 8. | "River of Hope" | 4:29 | ||
| 9. | "In This Place" | 4:21 | ||
| 10. | "I Could Be Happy Here" | Adamson, Watson | 4:28 |
| 1996 remastered reissue bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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| 11. | "The Travellers" | 3:13 | ||||||||
| 12. | "When the Drum Beats" | 5:01 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Starred and Crossed" | Adamson, Watson | 4:25 | |||||||
| 14. | "Longest Day" | 6:36 | ||||||||
Chart performance
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| German Albums Chart[3] | 40 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[4] | 25 |
| UK Albums Chart[5] | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[6] | 160 |
Personnel
Big Country
- Stuart Adamson - guitar, piano, vocals, e-bow
- Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion
- Tony Butler - bass, guitar, vocals
- Bruce Watson - guitar, harmonica, mandolin, sitar, vocals, e-bow
Additional personnel
- Peter Wolf - keyboards
- Maxine Anderson - backing vocals
- Merry Clayton - backing vocals
- Donna Davidson - backing vocals
- Josh Phillips-Gorse - keyboards
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Big Country: Peace in Our Time" at Allmusic. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Big Country". robertchristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=big+country. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Big Country, Peace In Our Time" (in German). charts.de. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Big+Country&title=Peace+In+Our+Time&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Big Country - Peace In Our Time". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Big+Country&titel=Peace+In+Our+Time&cat=a. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Peace In Our Time". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=44126. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Big Country > Chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-country/chart-history/4083?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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