[2] During March 1990, Big Country spent time recording two new songs, "Save Me" and "Heart of the World" at Livingston Studios in London.

[12] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Gone are the E-bow guitars, the traditional Celtic melodies, and the 'grandeur' of the old Big Country sound.

"[13] Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News gave a mixed review, describing the lyrics as "dire", but adding that the "bright chorus bobs along with spirit".

[14] Iestyn George of Record Mirror was negative in his review, writing, "The word 'rousing' was invented so that there would be a suitable description for Big Country's music.

Clichéd, overblown and unimaginative also spring to mind, and 'Save Me' kicks off with a dreadful guitar solo from which Adamson leads us on an unremarkable voyage to tedium and back.

"[15] Jon Wilde of Melody Maker was also critical, describing the song as "yet another clod-hopping anthem, scraped off the sides of what must now be a very worn toilet-bowl".