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| The Big Wheel | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Celtic rock | |||
| Length | 51:30 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Chris Harley | |||
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The Big Wheel is a studio album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig, released in 1991. [1] [2] The album peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Calgary Herald | B [4] |
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record wrote that "Donnie Munro's vocals drive the songs, but Iain Bayne's superbly produced drums power the band itself." [5] The Calgary Herald labeled the album "an inoffensive, watered-down brand of Celtic rock... Uninspiring but professional." [4]
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