The Seer
Artist Big Country
Genre Rock
Style Pop Rock

The Seer is the third studio album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1986. The album featured very traditional Scottish musical settings, reminiscent of the band’s debut album The Crossing (1983). Kate Bush worked on the title song in a duet with lead singer and lyricist Stuart Adamson. The album’s first single, “Look Away”, was an Irish number one, and was also the group’s biggest hit single in the UK, reaching #7.The album reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart.

Tracklisting

  1. Look Away
  2. The Seer
  3. The Teacher
  4. I Walk The Hill
  5. Eiledon
  6. One Great Thing
  7. Hold The Heart
  8. Remembrance Day
  9. The Red Fox
  10. The Sailor

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seer_(Big_Country_album)
Format Vinyl LP Album
Label Mercury
Catalog Number MERH 87
Notes Contains a printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. Some copies comes with a sticker on front: " Includes The Hit Singles Look Away Teacher MERH 87" N.B. This is the ‘Sterling’ version, a ‘Town House’ version is also available - [r=8013006]. [Inner sleeve] Thanks to: Ian Grant, Alan Edwards - Management Les King, Dave Davies, Pete Barnes, Kevin Hartman, Joe Seabrook, Peter Stevens - The Crew Katie, Catherine, Jennette, Paulette - The Office Pearl (drums), Zildjian (cymbals), Fender (guitars), Jimmy Moon (Guitars) Recorded at The Power Plant & Rak Studios. Mixed at Maison Rouge Kate Bush appears courtesy of EMI Records Management Address: [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/1663082-Grant-Edwards-Management]Grant/Edwards Management[/url] 30 Bridstow Place, Talbot Road London W2 5AE Fan Club: c/o Andy Marlow Acme House 26-40 St. Andrews Street Northampton NNI 2HL [Rear sleeve] ℗ 1986 Phonogram Ltd (London) © 1986 Phonogram Ltd (London) Also available on Chrome Cassette [url=http://www.discogs.com/Big-Country-The-Seer/release/1196309]MERHC 87[/url] and Compact Disc. A Promo version exists with a gold embossed stamp on the rear stating: “Promo Copy Not For Resale”, which is otherwise identical. [Labels] Produced by Robin Millar for Modern Media Ltd All tracks 10 Music Ltd Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd.(London) ℗ 1986 Phonogram Ltd.(London) [Runouts] The first “MERH-87-A” on side A and “MERH-87-B” on side B are hand-etched, the remainder of the text is stamped.
Discogs URL Big Country - The Seer