In Our Name (Brzezicki, Butler, Watson) (notes)

This is a band that I not only feel extremely proud to be a part of, but continue to do so and truly feel that this CD shows there is so much more to give musically between the three of us. We were very fortunate to have Pete Brown produce this album, and this is a snapshot of were we are right now, it was just like the old days with all of us being very creative with contributions, just like in the spirit of Big Country one would expect. 
 
To me, this is more of a tast of things to come. 
 
Time has changed things but the band has and will continue to evolve and this album signals a new potenial and a continuation of the bands journey. Big Country is one big journey. We often took the scenic route, which was more fulfilling, and rewarding than the arrival. 
 
To be continued, 
 
Mark Brzezicki - 2008

After Bruce, mark and I had rehearsed a few times, to prepare ourselves for the 25th anniversary gigs, I had taken a more keen interest in some songs I had been writing, songs that I really had no ambition for. Playing with the guys made me re-focus on them, and I began hearing them with new ears. 

A Time So Wild became my tribute to the hey day of Big Country, a time when we all really enjoyed what we were doing and the fruits of our reason for being a group. 

When the three of us started jamming new stuff, I (and I'm sure they felt it too) felt the old creative juices flowing again. I immediately set about writing lyrics and melodies to the new ideas (we recorded the jams on my laptop and I took them home to develop them), Bruce also took the material home to develop in the same way. Coming back together to put the finished ideas in a live band form, was the closest thing to exciting I believe we all had felt since making Driving To Damascus. 

Working with Pete Brown was not a too dissimilar experience to working with Steve Lillywhite. he worked with us with a determined professionalism and sympathetic touch. He worked ua all very hard to come up with what you hear on this EP. This is an EP because it is a statement of a time. It's in our name because it is the 3 of us. 

ps, working at Joe Browns' studio and meeting him was awesome. 

Tony Butler - October 2008

25 years, what a scary thought. 19 years touring and recording and 6 out in the wilderness playing with other friends. Plans were afoot to celebrate Big Country's Anniversary. We decided to keep the line-up original with no session players or additional musicians. There were discussions about special guests but there is no way we would replace Stuart. Tony decided to do lead vocals and I would amalgamate Stuart's guitar parts with my own. Mark had more backing vocals to do as well as drum duties. 

We rehearsed at the Substation in Rosyth and after kicking around the back catalogue we started jamming new material, which you are listening to now. As usual the music came naturally and we nailed them pretty quick. The 5 songs were recorded with Pete Brown just a few miles from the T in the Park festival in a remote place called Path Of Condie. Mark and Tony completed the vocals down south then left Pete to get on with the mix. By this time we started playing our weekend Anniversary shows which ended up in true Big Country fashion in Glasgow during the festive period. We kept our stage positions the same as we always did and kept centre stage empty on purpose. It was great meeting fans who had travelled from all over the world to attend the shows. These will never happen again but as a have learned from experience, there's always something round the corner. 

Bruce Watson - 2008

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Management - Ian Grant Management
Recorded, co-produced and mastered - Pete Brown
Artwork - Ra
Photography - Kirsty Grant
Thanks to Willie Tocher, Derek Hagger, Alan Morrison, Jamie Watson, Debbie & James Grant and all those who worked with us in 2007
All songs written by Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, Bruce Watson.
Publishing - Copyright Control

Mark Brzezicki
Drums and vocals

Tony Butler
Bass Guitar and vocals

Bruce Watson
Guitar and vocals

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1. TIME SO WILD
2. YOU LIFT ME UP
3. HOPE AND WATERLOO
4. MAKE FOR THE WIRE
5. IN MY NAME
6. YOU LIFT ME UP
(EXTENDED MIX)
7. YOU LIFT ME UP
(PETE BROWN MIX)

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