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("Shattered Cross" and "Too Many Ghosts", subsequently released on the 2001 album ''Supernatural''), although there was no indication in the credits that these were not by Big Country. ''Driving to Damascus'' marks the band's last studio album to feature vocalist Stuart Adamson (who would die in 2001) and bassist Tony Butler (who retired from the band in 2012), and the last studio album until ''

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replacing Butler. The album was re-released on both CD and vinyl format to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary in 2012.

Track listing

Personnel

*Stuart Adamson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, Moog synthesizer *Bruce Watson – guitar, mandolin, sitar, slide guitar *Tony Butler – bass, vocals, vibraphone *Mark Brzezicki – drums, vocals, programming ;Additional personnel *Eddi Reader – backing vocals *Kirsten Adamson – backing vocals *Rafe McKenna – backing vocals *Sally Herbert – string arrangements *Anne Stephenson – strings *Claire Orsler – strings *Dinah Beamish – strings *Ginni Ball – strings *Jules Singleton – strings *Sally Herbert – strings *Josh Phillips – keyboards *Rowan Stigner – loops

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Driving To Damascus 1999 albums Big Country albums Track Records albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios