Peace in Our Time (Big Country album)

Peace in Our Time is the fourth studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1988.^[8]

Peace in Our Time
Studio album by Big Country
Released	26 September 1988^[1]
Genre	Alternative rock, new wave, Celtic rock
Length	65:38
Label	Reprise (US) Mercury^[2]
Producer	Peter Wolf^[3]
Big Country chronology
The Seer (1986) Peace in Our Time (1988) Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits (1990)
Singles from Peace in our Time
"King of Emotion" Released: August 1988 "Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)" Released: 1988 "Peace in Our Time" Released: January 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[3]
Record Mirror	^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]
The Village Voice	C^[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "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]

Track listing

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

1996 remastered reissue bonus tracks

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

Chart performance

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
U.S. Billboard 200^[15]	160

Personnel

Big Country

• Stuart Adamson - guitar, piano, vocals, e-bow
• Mark Brzezicki - drums, percussion
• Tony Butler - bass, guitar, vocals
• Bruce Watson - guitar, harmonica, mandolin, sitar, vocals, e-bow

Additional personnel

• Peter Wolf - keyboards
• Maxine Anderson - backing vocals
• Merry Clayton - backing vocals
• Donna Davidson - backing vocals
• Josh Phillips - keyboards

References

1. Smith, Robin (24 September 1988). "News: Releases". Record Mirror. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 594.
3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 105.
4. Ruhlmann, William. "Big Country: Peace in Our Time" at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
5. Paisley, Pete (1 October 1988). "33". Record Mirror. p. 40. ISSN 0144-5804.
6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 58.
7. Christgau, Robert (29 November 1988). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
8. "Big Country | Biography & History". AllMusic.
9. "Big Country". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
10. Heim, Chris (21 October 1988). "BIG COUNTRY HAS GENTLER STYLE, CRISPER SOUND". Chicago Tribune: 98.
11. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Big Country". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 30. ISBN 978-952-7460-01-6.
12. "Big Country, Peace In Our Time" (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 20 September 2011.^{[dead link]}
13. "Big Country - Peace In Our Time". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
14. "BIG COUNTRY - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
15. "Big Country > Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 20 September 2011.