European Rain

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"European Rain"
The Big Dish European Rain 1988 single cover.jpg
Single by The Big Dish
from the album Creeping Up on Jesus
B-side "Voodoo Baby"
Released18 July 1988
Length3:48
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Steven Lindsay
Producer(s) Bruce Lampcov
The Big Dish singles chronology
"Christina's World"
(1987)		"European Rain"
(1988)		"Faith Healer"
(1988)

"European Rain" is a song by Scottish pop band The Big Dish, released on 18 July 1988 as the lead single from their second studio album, Creeping Up on Jesus . [1] The song was written by Steven Lindsay and produced by Bruce Lampcov. "European Rain" reached No. 78 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for four weeks. [2]

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Background

In a 1988 interview with Record Mirror , Lindsay described "European Rain" as "the most obvious single off the new LP". [3] Later in 1991, he revealed that the song was written and recorded after the band's label, Virgin, felt the existing material being recorded for Creeping Up on Jesus lacked hit single potential. The singer told New Musical Express , "We hated it. It was more or less written to order, and maybe it was just as well that it wasn't a hit or we would have been trapped and expected to write the same sort of rubbish over and over again." [4]

Critical reception

On its release as a single, Music & Media described "European Rain" as "a charming and infectious pop song, well produced by Bruce Lampcov". [5] Jerry Smith of Music Week considered it a "strong, dramatic number" with a "smooth American-style sound" which he felt "gives them a good opportunity to break through this time". [6] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner praised it for being a "catchy little number which bounces along quite pleasantly". He added, "Someone can be heard tinkling the ivories in the background, while both trumpet and guitar solos add to the appeal". [7]

Bury Free Press gave the single an 8 out of 10 rating. The reviewer wrote, "The grainy cover of this single looks promisingly moody, but the song is surprisingly cheerful with its component parts working together very well. This track suggests there is more good stuff to come from the Big Dish." [8] In a review of Creeping Up on Jesus, Jim Krajewski of the Reno Gazette-Journal stated, "'European Rain' is the most likely cut to become the first single heard on the airways because it has that sound that Top 40 radio programmers seem to like." [9]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "European Rain" – 3:48
  2. "Voodoo Baby" – 4:08
12" single
  1. "European Rain" – 3:48
  2. "Voodoo Baby" – 4:08
  3. "Time On Your Own" – 4:03
10" single (limited edition)
  1. "European Rain" – 3:48
  2. "Voodoo Baby" – 4:08
  3. "Time On Your Own" – 4:03
  4. "Swimmer" – 5:22
CD single
  1. "European Rain" – 3:48
  2. "Voodoo Baby" – 4:08
  3. "Time On Your Own" – 4:03
  4. "Slide" – 5:06

Personnel

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 78

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References

  1. ↑ "RockTalk". The Courier and Advertiser . 21 July 1988. p. 12.
  2. ↑ "BIG DISH; full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Tim (13 August 1988). "Swimming in the rain". Record Mirror . p. 13. ISSN   0144-5804.
  4. ↑ Staunton, Terry (16 February 1991). "Extreme noise tureen". New Musical Express .
  5. ↑ "Previews: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 13 August 1988. p. 13. Retrieved 24 May 2021– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ "A&R: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 30 July 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 24 May 2021– via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ Hirst, Andrew (6 August 1988). "Reviews: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 14.
  8. ↑ "Soundscene: Sorry Jane, it's snooze music". Bury Free Press . 19 August 1988. p. 87.
  9. ↑ Krajewski, Jim (7 May 1989). "Record reviews". Reno Gazette-Journal . p. 7C.
  10. ↑ "Big Dish: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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