The Teacher (Big Country song)

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"The Teacher"
Big Country The Teacher 1986 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Big Country
from the album The Seer
B-side "Home Came the Angels"
Released13 June 1986 [1]
Length4:07
Label Mercury
Songwriter Stuart Adamson
Producer Robin Millar
Big Country singles chronology
"Look Away"
(1986)		"The Teacher"
(1986)		"One Great Thing"
(1986)

"The Teacher" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, which was released in 1986 as the second single from their third studio album The Seer . It was written by Stuart Adamson and produced by Robin Millar. [2] "The Teacher" reached No. 28 in the UK, [3] and No. 14 in Ireland. [4] A music video was filmed to promote the single. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Upon its release, Jack Barron of Sounds remarked, "This begins like a modern day Shadows, falls into a lyrical tantrum about needing to know about the bond between the land and the sky, and is suddenly attacked by guitars wearing kilts and playing porridge." [6] Duncan Wright of Smash Hits commented, "Another very Scottish guitar anthem, monstrously epic and a definite case of Adamson taking himself too seriously once again. Big Country sound as though they've just wheeled out another ode to their own majestic tediousness." [7] In a review of one of the band's 1986 concerts in Los Angeles, Sharon Liveten of Billboard stated that the song was "transformed from a typical, anthemic, Scottish-sounding Big Country tune into a melange of psychedelic/metal/folk guitars". [8]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "The Teacher" - 4:07
  2. "Home Came the Angels" - 2:27
12" single
  1. "The Teacher (Mystery Mix)" - 5:40
  2. "Home Came the Angels" - 2:27
  3. "The Teacher (7" Mix)" - 4:07
12" single (UK release)
  1. "The Teacher (Mystery Mix)" - 5:40
  2. "Restless Natives The Soundtrack Part 2" - 18:08

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart [4] 14
UK Singles Chart [3] 28

Personnel

Big Country
Production

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Robin (7 June 1986). "Hot for Teacher". Record Mirror . p. 2.
  2. ↑ Tom Demalon. "The Seer - Big Country | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. 1 2 "BIG COUNTRY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. 1 2 Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  5. ↑ "The Teacher". Mtv.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ↑ Barron, Jack (14 June 1986). "Singles". Sounds . p. 19. ISSN   0144-5774.
  7. ↑ Smash Hits magazine - Review: singles - Duncan Wright - 18 June-1 Jul 1986 - page 53
  8. ↑ "Billboard - Google Books". 1986-10-04. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
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