Steeltown (1984)

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Title: Steeltown
Artist: Big Country
Genre: Rock
Released: 1984

Tracks:
1 - Flame of the West - 5:01
2 - East of Eden - 4:29
3 - Steeltown - 4:39
4 - Where the Rose Is Sown - 4:58
5 - Come Back to Me - 4:35
6 - Tall Ships Go - 4:38
7 - Girl With Grey Eyes - 4:47
8 - Rain Dance - 4:19
9 - The Great Divide - 4:50
10 - Just a Shadow - 5:38

Overview:
Steeltown is the second studio album by Scottish band Big Country. The album was recorded at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm with Steve Lillywhite producing. It was released on October 29, 1984, in the United States and 19 October 1984 in the UK. It was released on CD only in Germany, as well as remastered and reissued there.

Steeltown is the band's only UK number 1 album. Topping the chart for 1 week in October 1984. The title track Steeltown was written about the town of Corby, telling how many Scots went to work at the Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks when it opened in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, but later found themselves unemployed when the steelworks declined in the early 1980s. (Source: Melody Maker, 1984)

The 1996 reissue contains all of the B-sides from the album's single releases as well as the extended version of "Wonderland"

"East of Eden" was the only Top 20 single from the album, reaching #17 in the UK chart.
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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