The Crossing (Big Country album)

The Crossing
Studio album by
Released29 July 1983
RecordedJanuary and May 1983
StudioThe Manor (Oxfordshire)
RAK (London)
Genre
Length48:24
LabelMercury
ProducerSteve Lillywhite
Big Country chronology
The Crossing
(1983)
Steeltown
(1984)
Singles from The Crossing
  1. "Harvest Home"
    Released: 17 September 1982
  2. "Fields of Fire"
    Released: 18 February 1983
  3. "In a Big Country"
    Released: 20 May 1983
  4. "Chance"
    Released: 26 August 1983

The Crossing is the debut album released by Scottish band Big Country in July 1983. The album reached #3 in the UK; overseas, it hit #4 in Canada on the RPM national Top Albums Chart and #18 in the US on the Billboard 200 in 1983. It went on to be certified platinum in the UK and Canada. It contains the song "In a Big Country" which is their only U.S. Top 40 hit single.