The Seer by Big Country

The Seer, Big Country's third album, came out on Mercury in 1986, and it's the Dunfermline band going back to the hills. Robin Millar produced, and the settings are as traditionally Scottish as anything since their debut, The Crossing: guitars that skirl like pipes, drums that march, and Stuart Adamson singing his own words with his chin up and his heart on his sleeve. Bruce Watson was the other guitarist, with Tony Butler on bass and Mark Brzezicki on drums, the classic lineup at full gallop.

The big surprise is the title track, where Kate Bush joins Adamson for a duet. "Look Away" was the first single and the band's biggest hit at home, reaching number 7 in the UK and going all the way to number one in Ireland. The album itself climbed to number 2 on the UK chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.