Just a Shadow

"Just a Shadow"
Single by Big Country
from the album Steeltown
Released11 January 1985[1]
Songwriter(s)Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, and Bruce Watson
Big Country singles chronology
"Where the Rose Is Sown"
(1984) 		"Just a Shadow"
(1985) 		"Look Away"
(1986)

"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

  1. ^ "Just A Shadow". Bigcountryinfo.com. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Official Charts Company - Big Country - Just a Shadow". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ Dome, Malcolm (24 January 1985). "Singles". Kerrang!. No. 86. p. 21. ISSN 0262-6624.
  5. ^ Gardiner, Mike (12 January 1985). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 6. ISSN 0144-5804.