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Stuart Adamson: In a Big Country
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'An overdue tribute to a visionary musician and honourable man' - Mojo 'Engaging journey through the peaks and troughs of an ultimately troubled life ... moving and well-judged' - Word magazine 'He was a massive, massive influence on me ... absolute genius' - James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers
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The book that fans of the Skids, Big Country and the Raphaels have been waiting for - a critical perspective not only of Adamson's music and its wider cultural influence, but also the excesses of fame and how the music business really works. Stuart Adamson: In A Big Country tells the story of how a teenager who was raised in a small Fife village released his first single at 19, wrote three Top 40 albums in the next three years and was written off as a has-been at 23, but then went on to form a new band and sell more than 10 million records worldwide, touring with the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Although Adamson was one of the most respected and popular figures in the music industry, his personal life was complex and ultimately tragic, ending with his alcohol-fuelled suicide in a Hawaiian hotel in December 2001.
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Big Country: A Case History of the 1980's Music Scene
26. April 2011
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Although a very elaborately detailed account of the inner workings of the music industry as it pertained to Big Country's history as a group, I found Allan Glen's book far from cathartic. It seems that the author does not have access to the necessary details of Adamson's life that would help the reader better understand him and perhaps provide the listener with a deeper understanding of his music. I believe the only worthwhile biography will have to be written with the full participation and consent of the remaining band members and Adamson's family. That said, I am grateful to Glen for having attempted to honor Adamson by making a history that involves pieces of his life history more widely available to people across the globe.
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Better than some seem to think
2. Januar 2012
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I don't see any point in contradicting the reviews of this book that have already been published here, because some of the observations are true. However, rather than focusing on what this book doesn't seem to offer (and for those of you clamoring to hear interviews with Stuart's widow(s), I am not among you), I was much more taken with what it does have. As an American who has been captivated by Stuart and his work since I was thirteen, I know that I loved the music - both Skids and Big Country - and was saddened that most fans on both sides of the Atlantic failed to hear or appreciate much beyond the products of early success. For just a few days more than a decade now, I have struggled with the man's passsing, but I have also been somewhat incredulous as to why the music didn't reach a bigger audience. I've made my peace with that, to some extent, with the solace that his music will always be here, and new fans are born every day.
This book does chronicle a great deal, and much of it was new to me, despite nearly three decades of devotion to Big Country and the Skids. After listening to each of those albums countless times, it was especially helpful and gratifying to get perspective and context from Dunfermline natives such as Glen and Rankin. And if it's a reach to suggest that such insights have helped me to appreciate memorized music on a different level - if only a little - than it's a reach I feel comfortable making. As it happens, I never fully appreciated what a producer does for a record until I heard rough cuts from the Crossing before Steve Lillywhite began working with the band in the studio. And I will always be somewhat stunned by the notion that Big Country's most artistically valid album, Steeltown, is what ultimately doomed them to commercial failure. You don't have to be a genius to realize that Peter Wolf had no business producing a Big Country album. (Dave Bates, you hack.) I realized as much when I was seventeen. But when you read about why "Fragile Thing" wasn't allowed to chart, or why Radio 1 wouldn't play Big Country songs, you begin to understand just how frustrating Stuart's last few years must have been. Those are insights I needed from this book. And they are well presented.
So thank you very much for that, Mr. Glen. I, for one am quite grateful, and a bit confused by all of these tough critics here at Amazon. They seem to have loved Stuart, and his music as well. But like many of us, wallowing in the absence of a true virtuoso, bard and artistic genius, they are perhaps hoping for a sense of closure that we may never get. Stay alive.
This book does chronicle a great deal, and much of it was new to me, despite nearly three decades of devotion to Big Country and the Skids. After listening to each of those albums countless times, it was especially helpful and gratifying to get perspective and context from Dunfermline natives such as Glen and Rankin. And if it's a reach to suggest that such insights have helped me to appreciate memorized music on a different level - if only a little - than it's a reach I feel comfortable making. As it happens, I never fully appreciated what a producer does for a record until I heard rough cuts from the Crossing before Steve Lillywhite began working with the band in the studio. And I will always be somewhat stunned by the notion that Big Country's most artistically valid album, Steeltown, is what ultimately doomed them to commercial failure. You don't have to be a genius to realize that Peter Wolf had no business producing a Big Country album. (Dave Bates, you hack.) I realized as much when I was seventeen. But when you read about why "Fragile Thing" wasn't allowed to chart, or why Radio 1 wouldn't play Big Country songs, you begin to understand just how frustrating Stuart's last few years must have been. Those are insights I needed from this book. And they are well presented.
So thank you very much for that, Mr. Glen. I, for one am quite grateful, and a bit confused by all of these tough critics here at Amazon. They seem to have loved Stuart, and his music as well. But like many of us, wallowing in the absence of a true virtuoso, bard and artistic genius, they are perhaps hoping for a sense of closure that we may never get. Stay alive.
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Musical Chronology of Stuart Adamson
2. September 2011
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There is definitely a missing feel of the personal life of Stuart. This book provides a ton of detail showcasing the singer/songwriter/musician from the beginning to the end within the music industry but it misses on the personal elemental. Its due to the fact that its missing direct feedback from his widows, all his children and band members. I did enjoy reading through the struggles and exemplifying the frustration all us fans felt on why this band (Big Country) and artist never became a household name. It definitely provides some insight to the idiocy and decision making behind the scenes.
Even after this read I still dont get it. What that is, I dont know other than I like others DID get this. We understood his talent, his incredible contribution to music, the indelible songs, and even his charm. There just seemed to always be this looming need for this band to be as big as lets say U2 but never able to hit that mark. But whats frustrating is that it never mattered. What mattered is what the millions of us understood is, Stuart, the Skids and Big Country did hit that mark. It may not have been 100 million but thousands if not millions understood the brilliance and loved the music. To this day I am still sad that I cant hear just one more new song from Stuart in any manner or format.
This biography is good but a true introspective would complement this chronology. Good read but will leave the reader wanting more.
Even after this read I still dont get it. What that is, I dont know other than I like others DID get this. We understood his talent, his incredible contribution to music, the indelible songs, and even his charm. There just seemed to always be this looming need for this band to be as big as lets say U2 but never able to hit that mark. But whats frustrating is that it never mattered. What mattered is what the millions of us understood is, Stuart, the Skids and Big Country did hit that mark. It may not have been 100 million but thousands if not millions understood the brilliance and loved the music. To this day I am still sad that I cant hear just one more new song from Stuart in any manner or format.
This biography is good but a true introspective would complement this chronology. Good read but will leave the reader wanting more.
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