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Big Country - Without the Aid of a Safety Net Audio CD

A fair review of the Big Country "Without the Aid of a Safety Net" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Big Country reviews here, or go back to the Big Country tabs.

Big Country Band: Big Country
Title: Without the Aid of a Safety Net
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Release Date: 2005-06-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Introduction 2: Harvest Home 3: Peace in Our Time 4: Just a Shadow 5: 13 Valleys 6: Winter Sky [#] 7: Storm 8: Chance 9: Tracks of My Tears [#] 10: Rockin' in the Free World [#] 11: All Go Together [#] 12: We're Not in Kansas [#] 13: Look Away 14: What Are You Working For 15: Steeltown 16: Stuart and the Audience [Non Music Work] 17: Ships 18: Wonderland 19: Long Way Home 20: Alone [#] 21: In a Big Country 22: Audience -Encore [Non Music Work] 23: Lost Patrol 24: (Hey Hey My My) Out of the Blue (Into the Black) [#] 25: Fields of Fire [#]

My Favorite Live Album Just Got Better

Recorded in Glasgow, Scotland's Barrowlands Ballroom in front of a rabid hometown crowd, this concert shows a band that had been around long enough to give a very polished, professional rock & roll show, while still retaining the energy and passion that made their early concerts so memorable. Big Country were one of the most under-appreciated bands of the last 25 years, and if you want proof of this, just pick up this excellent live album and see them at the top of their game.

The first 10 tracks are acoustic performances, giving an earthy, authentic folk-rock feel to classics like "Chance", "Harvest Home", "13 Valleys", and "The Storm". The electric portion of the set kicks off in fine fashion with "All Go Together", while "Look Away", "Wonderland", and "Long Way Home" have never sounded better. Thankfully, this edition of the complete concert includes the unlisted, "spontaneous" performance of "Wild Mountain Thyme", a Scottish folk classic that sounds right at home in the hands Mr. Adamson and company.

If you think "In A Big Country" was the only good song this band ever recorded, this album will be a real eye-opener. And if you have the one-disc version of this album released in 1994, this full version is well worth having, if only for the jaw-dropping, six-minute-plus version of "Fields Of Fire".

The only drawback to this CD is the annoying, unnecessary copy-protection, but apart from that, it's an incredibly satisfying, invigorating live album.

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