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Why the Long Face | 
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| Artist: Big Country
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
Buy New: $7.38
You Save: $8.60 (54%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 437882
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5017615885224
ASIN: B00004GLQ7
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | You Dreamer | | • | Message Of Love | | • | I'm Not Ashamed | | • | Sail Into Nothing | | • | Thunder & Lighting | | • | Send You | | • | One In A Million | | • | God's Great Mistake | | • | Wildland In My Heart | | • | Take You To The Moon | | • | Far From Me To You | | • | Charlotte | | • | Post Nuclear Talking Blues | | • | Blue On A Green Planet |
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Album Description
UK reissue of 1995 release and seventh studio album from new wave act out of Scotland. 14 tracks including 'You Dreamer'. Features new artwork. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details
Reissue of their Tenth Release from 1995.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Why spend the money? May 2, 2002
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
Big Country had a great sound back in the day, but that day's gone now. Try listening to Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot instead--it's simply the greatest cd ever released in our lifetime.
 Why the Long Face - Why Haven't You Heard It? January 12, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The fact that Big Country continued to make records long after the MTV fave 'In a Big Country' seems to surprise most listeners. I absolutely loved BC in the 80s, but even I let them drop off my radar around '89 or so. Anyone that listened to BC way back when and got caught up by the anthemic sounds of their early work should definitely invest in 'Why the Long Face.' The sound isn't quite as majestic as the first LPs, but it's harder, it's louder, and Stuart Adamson's lyrics are - dare I say it? - even better than the old stuff. Once I discovered the CD, it quickly became my favorite.
 WTLF Reissue Worth Reconsidering May 27, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've heard this reissue of the 1995 studio album from Big Country has a different mix. It certainly has the same tracks, but it does have a different cover. I preferred the original cover's visual pun. This must be one of my favorite BC studio albums, else why would it get played so much in my office. I still say to those 1980s fans of the band: get Buffalo Skinners, Why the Long Face, and the new Driving to Damascus and you will not be disappointed. I love this group and I love their 1990s studio stuff as much as the 1980s. When the US rediscovers this band Stuart Adamson will be recognized as a songwriter and instrumentalist on par with Pete Townsend or Paul Weller--none too soon.Perhaps radio will catch on to them and give Buffalo Skinners, this lp, and Driving to Damascus some airplay?
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