| Big Country discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 18 |
| Compilation albums | 25 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 29 |
The discography of Big Country, a Scottish rock band which formed in 1981, consists of nine studio albums, eighteen live albums, twenty-five compilation albums, one extended play (EP), and twenty-nine singles released on Mercury Records, Reprise Records, Vertigo Records and Cherry Red Records.
Formed by Stuart Adamson following the demise of Skids, the band's classic line-up of Adamson (vocals/guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar), Tony Butler (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums) met with critical and commercial success during the 1980s. After signing to Mercury Records, Big Country's debut album The Crossing, released in 1983, reached number three in the UK Album Chart and their subsequent albums Steeltown (1984), The Seer (1986) and Peace in Our Time (1988) all reached the top ten. By the time of the band's fifth album, No Place Like Home (1991), their commercial success had begun to wane and they released three more albums between 1993 and 1999 before the suicide of Adamson in 2001 led to the band splitting up.
In 2007, Butler, Watson and Brzezicki celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Big Country by reforming for a UK tour, touring again in 2010, this time with Mike Peters joining the band for vocal duties. 2011 saw the release of a new single, the band's first new music for eleven years, before Butler retired in 2012. In 2013 the line-up of Watson, Brzezicki, Peters, joined by Derek Forbes (bass) and Watson's son Jamie (guitar), released a new album, The Journey.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| SCO [1] |
CAN [2] |
FIN [3] |
GER [4] |
NED [5] |
NZ [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
UK [9] |
US [10] | |||||
| The Crossing |
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— | 4 | — | — | 11 | 8 | — | 17 | 3 | 18 | |||
| Steeltown |
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— | 53 | 24 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 70 |
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| The Seer |
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— | 75 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 59 |
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| Peace in Our Time |
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— | — | 6 | 40 | — | — | — | 25 | 9 | 160 |
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| No Place Like Home |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |||
| The Buffalo Skinners |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | |||
| Why the Long Face |
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28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | |||
| Driving to Damascus |
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60 | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | 82 | — | |||
| The Journey |
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32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | EP | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | ||
| 1984 | Wonderland
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65 | — |
| 1995 | Non!
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— | 77 |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[17] | NZ | IRE [18] |
NL | SWI | US | US Alt | US Main | CAN | ||||||
| 1982 | "Harvest Home" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | x | — | — | The Crossing | |||
| 1983 | "Fields of Fire (400 Miles)" | 10 | 26 | 9 | — | — | 52 | x | — | — | ||||
| "In a Big Country" | 17 | 34 | 22 | — | — | 17 | x | 3 | 3 | |||||
| "Chance" | 9 | — | 12 | 18 | — | — | x | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | "Wonderland" | 8 | — | 4 | — | — | 86 | x | 48 | — | Wonderland | |||
| "East of Eden" | 17 | 49 | — | — | — | — | x | — | — | Steeltown | ||||
| "Where the Rose Is Sown" | 29 | — | 25 | — | — | — | x | — | — | |||||
| 1985 | "Just a Shadow" | 26 | — | 11 | — | — | — | x | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "Look Away" | 7 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 18 | — | x | 5 | — | The Seer | |||
| "The Teacher" | 28 | — | 14 | — | — | — | x | — | — | |||||
| "One Great Thing" | 19 | — | 12 | — | — | — | x | — | — | |||||
| "Hold the Heart" | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | x | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | "King of Emotion" | 16 | 24 | 11 | — | — | — | 11 | 20 | 68 | Peace in Our Time | |||
| "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | "Peace in Our Time" | 39 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "Save Me" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Through a Big Country (Greatest Hits) | |||
| "Heart of the World" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-Album song | ||||
| 1991 | "Republican Party Reptile" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Place Like Home | |||
| "Beautiful People" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Alone" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Buffalo Skinners | |||
| "Ships (Where Were You)" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54[19] | |||||
| "The One I Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 34 | — | |||||
| 1995 | "I'm Not Ashamed" | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Why the Long Face | |||
| "You Dreamer" | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1999 | "Fragile Thing" (with Eddi Reader) | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Driving to Damascus | |||
| 1999 | "See You/Perfect World" (Double-A Sided Single) | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | "Somebody Else" | 126[20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | "Another Country" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Journey | |||
| 2013 | "Hurt" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | "In A Broken Promise Land" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes when that chart did not exist. | ||||||||||||||