Why the Long Face [Deluxe Expanded Edition]

by Big Country

Overview

Big Country's seventh studio album was released on an indie, reflecting the group's relative decline into obscurity and making the title ironic. Notwithstanding their low profile, the band actually put on a brave face here, turning in a set full of impassioned guitar-dominated rock that sometimes bordered on heavy metal. But no matter how loud the guitars got, they still took a backseat to Stuart Adamson's impassioned vocals, his lyrics conflating the anguish of romance with the anguish of social conditions. The band's career may bave been embattled, but Adamson's conflicts were of a smaller, and a larger, nature. The CD version contained two bonus tracks, a cover of Lou Reed's "Vicious" and an "unplugged" version of the band's early hit, "In a Big Country." ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	06/29/2018
Label:	Cherry Red
UPC:	5013929105805

Tracks

Disc 1

1. You Dreamer
2. Message Of Love
3. I'm Not Ashamed
4. Sail Into Nothing
5. Thunder & Lightning
6. Send You
7. One In A Million
8. God's Great Mistake
9. Wildland In My Heart
10. Take You To The Moon
11. Far From Me To You
12. Charlotte
13. Post Nuclear Talking Blues
14. Blue On A Green Planet

Disc 2

15. I'm Not Ashamed [Single Edit]
16. One In A Million [1st Visit]
17. Monday Tuesday Girl
18. In A Big Country [Acoustic Version]
19. Crazytimes
20. Blue On A Green Planet [Cool Version]
21. You Dreamer [Single Edit]
22. Ice Cream Smile
23. Magic In Your Eyes
24. Bianca
25. Hardly A Mountain [Hitw Tapes]
26. Golden Boy Loves Golden Girl [Hitw Tapes]
27. Can You Feel The Winter [Hitw Tapes]
28. I'm Eighteen
29. Vicious
30. On The Road Again
31. All Go Together [Acoustic Version]

Disc 3

32. River Of Hope
33. King Of Emotion
34. Big Yellow Taxi
35. The Buffalo Skinners
36. Summertime
37. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
38. Eleanor Rigby
39. Winter Sky
40. Sling It
41. I'm On Fire
42. Where The Rose Is Sown
43. Come Back To Me
44. Ruby Tuesday
45. Teenage Lament
46. Down On The Corner
47. Hey Hey My My
48. You Dreamer [Acoustic Version]
49. I¿¿¿m Not Ashamed [Acoustic Version]

Disc 4

50. You Dreamer
51. Message Of Love
52. I¿¿¿m Not Ashamed
53. Sail Into Nothing
54. Thunder And Lightning
55. Send You
56. God¿¿¿s Great Mistake
57. Wildland In My Heart
58. Take You To The Moon
59. Far From Me To You
60. Charlotte
61. Post Nuclear Talking Blues
62. Crazytimes
63. What About Peace
64. Normal
65. God¿¿¿s Great Mistake [Alternate Version]