Just a Shadow
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"Just a Shadow" | ||||
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Single by Big Country | ||||
from the album Steeltown | ||||
Released | 11 January 1985[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, and Bruce Watson | |||
Big Country singles chronology | ||||
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"Just a Shadow" is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country on their 1984 album Steeltown.[2] It was released as a single on 19 January 1985 and peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Critical reception
On its release, Malcolm Dome of Kerrang! called it "sheer bliss on a social treadmill" and added, "Now this brings a beam to my cat's eyes. Big Country are inspirational as far as I'm concerned. They could record a version of 'Metal Thrashing Mad' and make it sound awesome."[4] Mike Gardiner of Record Mirror was critical of the song, describing it as a "mediocre album track". He wrote, "The soaring guitars sound like their wings have been clipped and the chest the chorus is trying to swell probably has punctured lungs."[5]
References
- ^ "singles".
- ^ Bishop, Pete (2 December 1984). "Records - Pat Benatar takes a walk on the mild side". The Pittsburgh Press. E. W. Scripps Company. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Official Charts Company - Big Country - Just a Shadow". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (24 January 1985). "Singles". Kerrang!. No. 86. p. 21. ISSN 0262-6624.
- ^ Gardiner, Mike (12 January 1985). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.
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- 1984 songs
- Big Country songs
- Songs written by Stuart Adamson
- Songs written by Mark Brzezicki
- Songs written by Tony Butler (musician)
- Songs written by Bruce Watson (guitarist)