Amazing Things (Runrig album)

Amazing Things is the eighth studio album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1993.^[2]

Amazing Things
Studio album by Runrig
Released	15 March 1993
Studio	Castlesound Studios, Pentcaitland, Scotland
Genre	Celtic rock
Length	57:40
Label	Chrysalis^[1]
Producer	Chris Harley
Runrig chronology
The Big Wheel (1991) Amazing Things (1993) Mara (1995)

The cover features a close-up photo of the Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial near Langholm created by sculptor Jake Harvey.

The cover features a close-up photo of the Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial, near Langholm, created by sculptor Jake Harvey.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Calgary Herald	B^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]

The Waterloo Region Record wrote that "Runrig is relentlessly serious, their music always skirting the edges of overkill."^[7] The Times opined that the band sounds "like a rockier version of Chris De Burgh on 'Dream Fields' and 'Move a Mountain'."^[8]

AllMusic noted that "the folk genre that dominated their early independent albums had virtually disappeared and had been replaced by an anthemic rock sound heavily influenced by their fellow Scots countrymen Big Country and Irish band U2."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Amazing Things" – 4:18
2. "Wonderful" – 4:11
3. "The Greatest Flame" – 5:04
4. "Move a Mountain" – 5:13
5. "Pòg Aon Oidhche Earraich" (A Kiss One Spring Evening) – 3:38
6. "Dream Fields" – 5:54
7. "Song of the Earth" – 4:52
8. "Forever Eyes of Blue" – 4:09
9. "Sràidean na Roinn-Eòrpa" (Streets of Europe) – 5:24
10. "Canada" – 5:12
11. "Àrd" (High) – 6:00
12. "On the Edge" – 3:53

Personnel

• Iain Bayne – drums, percussion
• Malcolm Jones – guitars, banjo, mandolin, accordion, pipes, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Calum Macdonald – percussion, spoken vocals
• Rory Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar, accordion
• Donnie Munro – lead vocals
• Peter Wishart – keyboards

Charts

Chart performance for Amazing Things

Chart (1993)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	47
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	2

References

1. Horn, David (5 October 2017). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11: Genres: Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781501326103 – via Google Books.
2. "Runrig Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. Windsor, Alan (10 September 2020). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781000160529 – via Google Books.
4. "Runrig – Amazing Things Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
5. Bell, Mike (23 May 1993). "Runrig: Amazing Things". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
6. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
7. Randall, Neil (22 April 1993). "Amazing Things Runrig". Waterloo Region Record. p. D9.
8. Sinclair, David (19 March 1993). "RUNRIG Amazing Things". Features. The Times. p. 37.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Runrig – Amazing Things" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 September 2021.