| Amazing Things | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 15 March 1993 | |||
| Studio | Castlesound Studios, Pentcaitland, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Celtic rock | |||
| Length | 57:40 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis [1] | |||
| Producer | Chris Harley | |||
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Amazing Things is the eighth studio album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1993. [2]
The cover features a close-up photo of the Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial, near Langholm, created by sculptor Jake Harvey. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Calgary Herald | B [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
The Waterloo Region Record wrote that "Runrig is relentlessly serious, their music always skirting the edges of overkill." [7] The Times opined that the band sounds "like a rockier version of Chris De Burgh on 'Dream Fields' and 'Move a Mountain'." [8]
AllMusic noted that "the folk genre that dominated their early independent albums had virtually disappeared and had been replaced by an anthemic rock sound heavily influenced by their fellow Scots countrymen Big Country and Irish band U2." [4]
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 47 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [10] | 2 |
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