Big Circumstance
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Studio album by Bruce Cockburn | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Folk, pop rock | |||
Length | 61:03 | |||
Label | True North | |||
Producer | Jon Goldsmith | |||
Bruce Cockburn chronology | ||||
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Big Circumstance is the sixteenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1989 by True North Records. Rounder Records issued a remastered CD of the album in 2005 with a new acoustic version of "If a Tree Falls" as a bonus track.
Reception
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In his retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Rob Caldwell wrote the album "was a move away from the somewhat dated, overblown sound of his previous World of Wonders, toward a leaner, more guitar-dominated sound... he takes pains to differentiate himself from right-wing Christianity and express his different view of the faith."[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn.
- "If a Tree Falls" – 5:43
- "Shipwrecked at the Stable Door" – 3:38
- "Gospel of Bondage" – 5:45
- "Don't Feel Your Touch" – 4:49
- "Tibetan Side of Town" – 6:59
- "Understanding Nothing" – 4:26
- "Where the Death Squad Lives" – 4:28
- "Radium Rain" – 9:22
- "Pangs of Love" – 5:18
- "The Gift" – 6:04
- "Anything Can Happen" – 4:31
The 2005 reissue also contains an acoustic version of If A Tree Falls.
Personnel
- Bruce Cockburn – composer, vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Fergus Jamison Marsh – bass, Chapman Stick
- Hugh Marsh – violin
- Jon Goldsmith – keyboards, autoharp
- Michael Sloski – drums, percussion
- Myron Schultz – clarinet
- Judy Cade – background vocals
- Mary Margaret O'Hara – background vocals
- Mose Scarlett – background vocals
Production
- Jon Goldsmith – producer
- George Whiteside – photography
- Bart Schoales – art direction
References
- ^ a b Caldwell, Rob. "Bruce Cockburn - Big Circumstance Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
External links
- Bruce Cockburn – Big Circumstance at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Bruce Cockburn (1970)
- High Winds, White Sky (1971)
- Sunwheel Dance (1972)
- Night Vision (1973)
- Salt, Sun and Time (1974)
- Joy Will Find a Way (1975)
- In the Falling Dark (1976)
- Further Adventures Of (1978)
- Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws (1979)
- Humans (1980)
- Inner City Front (1981)
- The Trouble with Normal (1983)
- Stealing Fire (1984)
- World of Wonders (1986)
- Big Circumstance (1988)
- Nothing but a Burning Light (1991)
- Christmas (1993)
- Dart to the Heart (1994)
- You've Never Seen Everything (2003)
- Life Short Call Now (2006)
- Small Source of Comfort (2011)
- Goin' Down the Road (1970)
- Discography
- Kick at the Darkness (1991; tribute album)