Big Circumstance

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Big Circumstance
Big Circumstance (Bruce Cockburn album) front cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Bruce Cockburn
Released1989
Recorded1988
Genre Folk, pop rock
Length61:03
Label True North
Producer Jon Goldsmith
Bruce Cockburn chronology
World of Wonders
(1986)		Big Circumstance
(1989)		 Nothing but a Burning Light
(1991)

Big Circumstance is the sixteenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1989 by True North Records. Rounder Records issued a remastered CD of the album in 2005 with a new acoustic version of "If a Tree Falls" as a bonus track.

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Reception

Professional ratings
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In his retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Rob Caldwell wrote that the album "was a move away from the somewhat dated, overblown sound of his previous World of Wonders, toward a leaner, more guitar-dominated sound... he takes pains to differentiate himself from right-wing Christianity and express his different view of the faith." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.

  1. "If a Tree Falls" – 5:43
  2. "Shipwrecked at the Stable Door" – 3:38
  3. "Gospel of Bondage" – 5:45
  4. "Don't Feel Your Touch" – 4:49
  5. "Tibetan Side of Town" – 6:59
  6. "Understanding Nothing" – 4:26
  7. "Where the Death Squad Lives" – 4:28
  8. "Radium Rain" – 9:22
  9. "Pangs of Love" – 5:18
  10. "The Gift" – 6:04
  11. "Anything Can Happen" – 4:31

The 2005 reissue also contains an acoustic version of If A Tree Falls.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Caldwell, Rob. "Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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