The Ultimate Collection Review

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Big Country
The Ultimate Collection
Classic Pictures /Track DVD 7023X
The DVD is exactly what it says on the box, The Ultimate Collection of Big Country’s finest visual moments. For some people Big Country will forever be the band that "Made Guitars Sound Like Bagpipes". Watching this DVD however many may be forced to admit that besides performing some incredibly catchy songs over the years which still stand the test of time. Big Country became an incredibly sophisticated rock band that deserved your attention and also that of the critics. For those long-time fans the early videos still have a charm to them and perhaps invoke memories of the early eighties when the band first broke onto the scene. For me however it is the latter material such as Alone and Fragile World that features fellow Scot Eddi Reader alongside the band’ As a visual timeline of the band however this DVD can’t be faulted and it’s twenty tracks stand as a fine body of work and also a fine testament to the talent of the late Stuart Adamson who’s presence permeates every one of the videos contained here. Ore for the fans then but also one for those who remember the early days of Big Country when songs like Fields Of Fire Big Country and the quite wonderful Chance resounded around theatres and stadiums the world over. Highly recommended