Listen to the demo versions of the songs from this album and you may like them better than the produced album.

This has a reputation of being one of Big Country's weakest albums, it was apparently not well recieved back in 1988 when it was released. So I came to this with low expectations.
How pleasantly surprised I was to discover that this was excellent, at least as good as BC's previous three albums.

The highlights of this album in my view are the rock tracks 'King of Emotion' {the opening track} and 'River of Hope' and the catchy 'Time For Leaving'. This also has two beautiful ballads, the atmospheric 'Everything I Need' and the heartfelt 'In This Place' which in my view should be considered one of BC's finest songs.

If the negative publicity has put you off this album, take no notice, this well worth listening to.

This does have a different sound to BC's other albums, but that does not detract from the excellent songs and songwriting.

this one is not as bad as everyone wrights. In fact I played this album dozens of times during my summerhildays in 1989

This is a much maligned album, largely for it's softer, more American sound. But it does have some great tracks - Broken Heart, Thousand Yard Stare and Time For Leaving are my favourites.

Definitely not the best of the albums, but still worth listening to.