Best BC album yet!
cjelephant | 03/19/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Having been a Big Country fan since their debut album 'The Crossing' I thought it would be difficult to top their early albums especially 'Steeltown' but that was before I heard 'Driving To Demascus'. This album is solid from beginning to end and includes some of their finest work to date. The music on this album moves even farther away from their old bagpipe guitars and into a more diverse arrangement that fuse rock, country and blues. Gone are the rousing anthems replaced with a more contemporary style. Do not get me wrong, this is not adult contemporary and they show they can still rock. Standout tracks include 'Spirit to me', 'Fragile Thing', and 'Grace'. Hopefully with the release of 'Driving To Demascus' Big Country will finally get the attention they deserve."
Solid
dimike@bestweb.net | New York | 08/09/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Now nearly twenty years removed from their only hit song, Big Country keep on plugging away, giving us a new album of solid, big guitar anthems every couple of years. Driving to Damascus follows the path laid down by the last two albums, with Stuart Adamson singing passionately while the band careens along behind him, showing no signs of slowing down as the years go by. This is too melodic and well played to be heavy metal, but too loud and crunchy for the current watered down radio formats, and thus it gets lost in the shuffle. That's too bad, because there is a lot of good stuff here. There are a few slower songs here and they are some of the best moments. "See You" is an excellent mid-tempo song of heartbreak. This is a solid album, but it could use a couple of real standout tracks to raise it to the level of past works."
Big Country: The old meets the new
Grant Hussey | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Australia | 08/28/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I haven't heard from Big Country since the Best of Album (The UK import) and thought they were dead and buried, it wasn't till I pulled up their website and found that they had made several other albums (maybe due to a lack of intrest from other Australians), I also heard "Perfect World" from this album. This song was just the best, and brought back alot of memories. I then downloaded a lot of the songs from the album from Napster and I just had to buy it. I must admit I found alot of the songs reminisant of a Nashville bluesy sort of nature. There is a great variety of songs, something that will suit everyone (Even my 65yr old mother liked one of them). If your a Big Country fan it is a definite buy and if your not it's an album to try. It is a true reflection of their full range of musical capabilities, positively reflecting talents gained by Stuart Adamson's move to the US. In my opinion a definate buy."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1