The Crossing (Big Country album)

The Crossing
Studio album by
Big Country
Released29 July 1983
RecordedJune 1982, January & May 1983
StudioThe Manor (Oxfordshire)
RAK (London)
Genre
Length48:24
LabelMercury
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Big Country chronology
The Crossing
(1983) 		Steeltown
(1984)
Singles from The Crossing
  1. "Harvest Home"
    Released: 17 September 1982
  2. "Fields of Fire"
    Released: 18 February 1983
  3. "In a Big Country"
    Released: 20 May 1983
  4. "Chance"
    Released: 26 August 1983

The Crossing is the debut album by Scottish band Big Country, released in July 1983. The album reached number three in the United Kingdom; overseas, it hit number four in Canada on the RPM national Top Albums Chart and number 18 in the United States on the Billboard 200 in 1983. It went on to be certified platinum in the UK and Canada. It contains the song "In a Big Country" which is their only US top 40 hit single.

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