Peace in Our Time (Big Country album)

Peace in Our Time
Studio album by Big Country
Released	September, 1988
Genre	Alternative rock, new wave, Celtic rock
Length	65:38
Label	Reprise
Producer	Big Country, Ina Wolf and Peter Wolf
Big Country chronology
The Seer (1986)The Seer1986 Peace in Our Time (1988) No Place Like Home (1991)No Place Like Home1991

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Peace in Our Time is the fourth studio album by Scottish band Big Country, released in 1988. (see 1988 in music).

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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
German Albums Chart	40
Swedish Albums Chart	25
UK Albums Chart	9
U.S. Billboard 200	160

Personnel

• 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-Gorse - keyboards