Harvest Home (song)

"Harvest Home" was the debut single of the Scottish celtic rock band Big Country. It was first released as a single in 1982 and included on the band's debut album The Crossing.

Debut release

In early 1982, a newly formed Big Country declined a trade agreement with the Ensign label but later signed a recording contract with Mercury-Phonogram Records. The band went to London to begin work on their upcoming debut album. Late that year, they issued "Harvest Home". Despite missing a place in the UK Singles Chart,^[2] the band shortly after found themselves supporting post-punk heavyweights The Jam, on their sell-out farewell tour.^[3]

Critical praise

In their album review of The Crossing, Rolling Stone said that the "bagpipelike single-string riffs on such crackling tracks as" the "grandly martial Harvest Home are a nonstop, spine-tingling delight."^[4]

Music video

At the beginning of the music video, the members of the band are shown having a picnic together in the bushes. They later abandon the picnic area and enter a large building. Their musical instruments are inside, and the band walk in and start playing their instruments inside this building. Towards the end of the video, lead vocalist Stuart Adamson puts down his instrument and starts dancing.^[5]

References

↑ "Ultimate Music Database". Umdmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 56–7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "RetroUniverse: Big Country - The Settlement Years". Rqsretrouniverse.blogspot.com. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "Album Reviews and Ratings". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

External links

Big Country

Bruce Watson Mark Brzezicki Jamie Watson Derek Forbes Simon Hough Stuart Adamson Pete Wishart Alan Wishart Clive Parker Tony Butler Pat Ahern Mike Peters

Studio albums and EPs	The Crossing Wonderland EP Steeltown The Seer Peace in Our Time No Place Like Home The Buffalo Skinners Why the Long Face Driving to Damascus The Journey

Other albums	Without the Aid of a Safety Net One in a Million Radio 1 Sessions BBC Live in Concert Eclectic King Biscuit Flower Hour Brighton Rock Come Up Screaming Das Fest Live in Germany 95 Live in Cologne Without the Aid of a Safety Net The Complete Concert Big Country at the BBC

Singles	"Harvest Home" "Fields of Fire" "In a Big Country" "Chance" "Wonderland" "East of Eden" "Where the Rose Is Sown" "Just a Shadow" "Look Away" "The Teacher" "One Great Thing" "Hold the Heart" "King of Emotion" "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" "Peace in Our Time" "Save Me" "Heart of the World" "Republican Party Reptile" "Beautiful People" "Alone" "Ships (Where Were You)" "The One I Love" "I'm Not Ashamed" "You Dreamer" "Fragile Thing" "Another Country"

Related articles	Discography Skids

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