Song · Big Country
“The Teacher” by Big Country
From the album The Seer (1986)
“The Teacher” by Big Country appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1986 on the album The Seer. Its best result is #2006 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,612 alternative song of all time.
The Seer, the third studio album from the Scottish rock band Big Country, sent "The Teacher" out as its second single in 1986. Stuart Adamson wrote it alone and sings it, Robin Millar produced, Will Gosling engineered and Walter Turbitt mixed, and it climbed to 28 on the UK chart and 14 in Ireland, with a video to push it.
The reviewers were not kind. In Sounds, Jack Barron heard it open like a modern-day Shadows, lurch into a lyrical tantrum about land and sky, then get ambushed by guitars in kilts; in Smash Hits, Duncan Wright waved it off as another monstrously epic, very Scottish guitar anthem from an Adamson taking himself too seriously. On stage it could change shape: Billboard's Sharon Liveten, at a 1986 show in Los Angeles, heard it turn into a melange of psychedelic, metal and folk guitars.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2006 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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