Why the Long Face (album)

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Why the Long Face
Big Country - Why the Long Face.jpg
Studio album by Big Country
Released June 5, 1995
Recorded 1994-1995
Genre Alternative rock, celtic rock
Label Transatlantic
Producer Big Country and Chris Sheldon
Big Country chronology
The Buffalo Skinners
(1993)The Buffalo Skinners1993
Why the Long Face
(1995)
Driving to Damascus
(1999)Driving to Damascus1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [1]

Why the Long Face is the seventh studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1995. (see 1995 in music).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Stuart Adamson; except where noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "You Dreamer"     4:50
2. "Message of Love"     4:05
3. "I'm Not Ashamed"     4:13
4. "Sail into Nothing"     3:47
5. "Thunder & Lightning"     3:38
6. "Send You"     4:11
7. "One in a Million"     5:05
8. "God's Great Mistake"   Adamson, Tony Butler 4:48
9. "Wildland in My Heart"     4:04
10. "Take You to the Moon"     4:55
11. "Far from Me to You"     4:11
12. "Charlotte"   Adamson, Bruce Watson 3:54
13. "Post Nuclear Talking Blues"   Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Butler, Watson 3:21
14. "Blue on a Green Planet"   Adamson, Brzezicki, Butler, Watson 4:52
CD release bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
15. "Vicious"   Lou Reed  
16. "In a Big Country" (Unplugged Version) Adamson, Brzezicki, Butler, Watson  

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 48

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Big Country: Why the Long Face [Bonus Tracks]" at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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