* * From OOR magazine* *
(meaning "ear" - it's the biggest music paper in Belgium and Holland)
"Unmistakably Big Country - already after the first couple of bars of "You Dreamer," it is obvious that Stuart Adamson and his men haven't changed a bit. The first song is as strong as iron and sets the tone for the rest of WTLF, an avalanche of well-known Celtic guitar riffs, working man's rock from the rough Scottish land.
With rolled sleeves they again tear one epic after-another out of Adamson's inexhaustible musical brain. Straightforward, no frills, and every now and then a romantic contemplation about women and life.
In the past, Big Country has tried to sail another course (for example, with PIOT), but blood starts running faster after a strong portion of WTLF - "You Dreamer," `Thunder and lightning," "Blue On A Green Planet," and especially "God's Great Mistake" (hopefully out as a single soon) - every one of them exciting songs with a very high stage potential for their live concerts. Big Country is back from never having been away."
* * From Algemeen Dagblad* *
(the largest daily newspaper in Holland)
"You are surprised that some bands still exist. Big Country is an example of this. With exactly the same band members as in 1983 during the recording of 'The Crossing," there is again out a new cd from this Scottish quartet, their seventh already! Loud guitars which sometimes sound like bagpipes have always been the trademark of former punker Stuart Adamson and his friends. Big Country makes raw, typical Scottish rock music with songs featuring a lot of rain, thunder, and lightning. "You Dreamer," the first song on the cd, is one of the most balanced songs Big Country has ever written. "Post-Nuclear Talking Blues" surprises as an exciting honky-tonk folklore. The other twelve songs are solid as a rock, but do not add much to what the band has produced in the past"
(thanx to Peter Hornberg for both of these reviews)
