Without the Aid of a Safety Net
Appearance
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Released | May 1994 | |||
Recorded | 29 December 1993 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, Celtic rock | |||
Label | Compulsion | |||
Producer | Big Country | |||
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Without the Aid of a Safety Net is the first live album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1994.[1] It contains a portion of the tracks from a concert at The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, and was recorded on 29 December 1993. The full concert was released in 2005, labelled as 2CD Expanded Edition: The Complete Concert. This version features eight tracks not on the original release.
IN June 1994, the album peaked at No. 35 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]
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Track listing
- "Harvest Home" (3:27)
- "Just a Shadow" (3:33)
- "13 Valleys" (5:04)
- "The Storm" (4:51)
- "Chance" (3:44)
- "Look Away" (4:20)
- "What Are You Working For" (4:00)
- "Steeltown" (5:38)
- "Ships" (6:06)
- "Wonderland" (5:54)
- "In a Big Country" (6:21)[1]
The cassette and CD releases include these additional tracks:
- "Peace in Our Time" (3:20)
- "Long Way Home" (6:01)
- "Lost Patrol" (6:10)
2005 release
All tracks written by Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson and Mark Brzezicki, unless stated otherwise.
Disc one
- "Introduction"
- "Harvest Home"
- "Peace in Our Time"
- "Just a Shadow"
- "13 Valleys" (Adamson)
- "Winter Sky"* (Adamson, Watson)
- "The Storm"
- "Chance"
- "Tracks of My Tears"* (William Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Warren Moore)
- "Rockin' in the Free World"* (Neil Young)
- "All Go Together"* (Adamson, Watson)
- "We're Not in Kansas"* (Adamson)
- "Look Away" (Adamson)
- "What Are You Working For" (Adamson)
- "Steeltown"
Disc two
- "Stuart and the Audience"
- "Ships" (Adamson, Watson)
- "Wonderland"
- "Long Way Home" (Adamson)
- "Alone" (Adamson)
- "In a Big Country"
- "The Audience - Encore"
- "Lost Patrol"
- "(Hey Hey My My) Out of the Blue (Into the Black")* (Neil Young)
- "Fields of Fire"*[1]
All tracks marked (*) were previously unreleased.
Personnel
- Stuart Adamson - guitar, vocals
- Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion, vocals
- Tony Butler - bass guitar, vocals
- Bruce Watson - guitar, mandolin[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Without the Aid of a Safety Net - Big Country | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 29 December 1993. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 56–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.