''Non!'' is an extended play by Scottish rock band
Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981.
The height of the band's popularity was in the early to mid 1980s, although it has retained a cult following for many years since. The band's music incorporated Scott ...
, which was released in the UK in 1995 as an action awareness record for
Greenpeace
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. ''Non!'' reached No. 77 in the
UK Singles Chart
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in December 1995.
Background
''Non!'' was released as an action awareness record for Greenpeace in their campaign against France's nuclear testing at
Moruroa
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. The EP was rush-released in November 1995 to "add energy to the movement and to try and raise much-needed funds". The band's late 1995 UK tour was also organised to benefit Greenpeace and raise awareness of the campaign.
Three of the four songs on the single were taken from the band's seventh studio album ''
Why the Long Face''.
Adamson revealed in a press release associated with the EP: "Of the tracks we had on ''Why the Long Face'', "Post Nuclear Talking Blues" and "Blue On a Green Planet" seemed the most fitting. We have been on tour all summer so unfortunately the time wasn't available to record any new tracks."
''Non!'' peaked at No. 77 in the UK Singles Chart.
The four-track EP's leading track "Post Nuclear Talking Blues" was issued as a one-track promotional single to generate radio play.
The band's manager Ian Grant told the official Country Club fanzine in 1996: "No money was raised to speak of with regard to the EP but over £10,000 was raised on the tour, new members were recruited and a lot of publicity was generated."
Critical reception
In a retrospective review, JT Griffith of
AllMusic
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gave the EP three out of five stars and described "All Go Together" as the "standout track", with the EP's "political context giv
ngthe song a new depth and poignancy".
Track listing
;CD EP
#"Post Nuclear Talking Blues" - 3:22
#"Blue On a Green Planet" - 4:52
#"God's Great Mistake" - 4:50
#"All Go Together" (Acoustic) - 3:19
;CD single (promo)
#"Post Nuclear Talking Blues" - 3:22
Personnel
Big Country
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Stuart Adamson
William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding member and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he ...
– vocals, guitar
*
Bruce Watson – guitar
*
Tony Butler – bass, backing vocals
*
Mark Brzezicki
Mark Michael Brzezicki ( , ; born 21 June 1957) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Scottish rock band Big Country. He has also played with the Cult, Ultravox, From the Jam, Procol Harum, Rick Astley, the Crazy World of ...
– drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production
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Chris Sheldon
Chris Sheldon (born 25 September 1962) is an English record producer, particularly of rock music based in London, England. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Big Country, Feeder, Therapy?, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize, Pix ...
– producer on all tracks except "All Go Together"
* Big Country – producers (all tracks)
Other
* S.W.I.M. Multimedia – Chirac illustrations
Charts
References
{{Big Country
1995 EPs
Anti-nuclear movement
Big Country albums
Greenpeace