| Peace in Our Time | ||||
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| Released | 26 September 1988 [1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, new wave, Celtic rock | |||
| Length | 65:38 | |||
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| Producer | Peter Wolf [3] | |||
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| Singles from Peace in our Time | ||||
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Peace in Our Time is the fourth studio album by the Scottish band Big Country, released in 1988. [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
| Record Mirror | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| The Village Voice | C [8] |
Trouser Press wrote, "Big Country took a surprising detour on the deliriously overproduced Peace in Our Time, which submerges its trademark sound in sanitized, synthesized musical settings ... [the] drastic recast feels like commercial desperation rather than artistic restlessness." [9] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album displays "a more gentle and subtle style and a crisper, more delicate sound". [10]
All tracks are written by Stuart Adamson; except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "King of Emotion" | 4:50 | |
| 2. | "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" | 5:10 | |
| 3. | "Thousand Yard Stare" | Adamson, Bruce Watson | 3:57 |
| 4. | "From Here to Eternity" | 4:54 | |
| 5. | "Everything I Need" | 4:39 | |
| 6. | "Peace in Our Time" | 4:34 | |
| 7. | "Time for Leaving" | Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Watson | 5:01 |
| 8. | "River of Hope" | 4:29 | |
| 9. | "In This Place" | 4:21 | |
| 10. | "I Could Be Happy Here" | Adamson, Watson | 4:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "The Travellers" | 3:13 | |
| 12. | "When a Drum Beats" | 5:01 | |
| 13. | "Starred and Crossed" | Adamson, Watson | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Longest Day" | 6:36 |
Big Country
Additional personnel
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 6 |
| German Albums Chart [12] | 40 |
| Swedish Albums Chart [13] | 25 |
| UK Albums Chart [14] | 9 |
| US Billboard 200 [15] | 160 |
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