Big Country The Crossing RIAA Gold Album Award import Purportedly Public Enemy planned to

Purportedly Public Enemy planned to make the hip hop social commentary equivalent of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On with this

The album peaked at #20 on the Billboard album chart

Released during a time when no new material was released

Remember Dolores O'Riordan (1971-2018) with this award

Big Country The Crossing RIAA Gold Album Award import Purportedly Public Enemy planned toRIAA Gold LP award for Big Country's The Crossing album, which was released on July 29, 1983. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold on Jan. 19, 1984. Remember lead singer guitarist Stuart Adamson (1958 2001) with this award. The album, the Scottish group's debut, produced the hit "In A Big Country" which went to #17 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles chart. The group used a pitch transposer to make guitars sound like