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Their first hit was 1983's "Fields of Fire", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was rapidly followed by the album The Crossing. The album was a crossover hit in the United States, powered by the single "In a Big Country". The song featured heavily engineered guitar playing strongly reminiscent of bagpipes, and the band have spent every day of the next two decades answering the question "How did you make your guitars sound like bagpipes?" with slowly eroding patience.

Their second album Steeltown appeared in 1984, and was a hit out of the gate, but soon faded as fans and critics turned away from Big Country's bombastic sound. One more hit followed with "Look Away" from 1986's The Seer, but since then Big Country have been a minor act, popping up in the lower echelons of the charts in the UK and Europe every now and then while churning out mild-selling album after album.

Of some concern, however, was the mental health of lead singer Adamson. In 1999 he disappeared for a time before resurfacing stating that he had needed some time off. There were also reports of battles with alcohol. In November 2001 he disappeared once again; this time he did not return, and was found dead in a room at the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 16December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 15 days remaining. Events 1392 Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imp, 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap.[1], http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=50&id=1700742001

Discography

• The CrossingThe Crossing is the first studio album released by Scottish band Big Country in 1983. see 1983 in music). Track listing all songs by Big Country #"In a Big Country" 4:44 #"Inwards" 4:38 #"Chance" 4:25 #"A Thousand Stars" 3:53 #"The Storm" 6:21 #"Harvest H ( 1983)
• SteeltownSteeltown is the second studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1984. see 1984 in music). Track listing #"Flame of the West" (Big Country) #"East of Eden" (Butler) #"Steeltown" (Big Country) #"Where the Rose Is Sown" (Big Country) #"Come Ba ( 1984)
• Kings of Emotion (EP) ( 1984)
• The SeerThe Seer is the third studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1986. see 1986 in music). Track listing #"Look Away" (Adamson) 4:23 #"Seer" (Adamson, Watson) 5:26 #"Teacher" (Adamson) 4:05 #"I Walk the Hill" (Adamson, Butler) 3:30 #"Eiledon" ( 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa)
• Peace in Our Time ( 1988)
• No Place Like Home ( 1991)
• The Buffalo Skinners ( 1993)
• Without the Aid of a Safety Net (live) ( 1994)
• Radio 1 Sessions (live) ( 1994)
• Why the Long Face? ( 1995)
• BBC Live in Concert ( 1995)
• Eclectic (live) ( 1996)
• King Biscuit Flower Hour (live) ( 1997)
• Brighton Rock (live) ( 1997)
• Restless Natives & Rarities ( 1998)
• Going Out Screaming (live) ( 2000)
• Come Up Screaming (live) ( 2000)
• Big Country: The Nashville Album ( 2000)
• Undercover ( 2001)
• Live in Cologne ( 2002)
• Driving To Damascus ( 2002)
• John Wayne's Dream ( 2002)
• From The Front Row...Live! ( 2003)