One Big Day Explained

One Big Day
Type:	studio
Artist:	Face to Face
Border:	yes
Released:	1988
Genre:	Country rock
Length:	43:33
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Anton Fier
Prev Title:	Confrontation
Prev Year:	1985

One Big Day is the third album by the American band Face to Face, released in 1988.^[1] It was produced by Anton Fier.^[2] It was the band's final album; they disbanded shortly after its release.^[3]

Critical reception

The Orlando Sentinel deemed the album "flat out good," noting that the band had shifted from "electrobeat pop to country-flavored rock." The Washington Post wrote that "the songs are smart, the arrangements are countrypolitan with a metallic glint, and [Laurie] Sargent meets them with a warm clarion call that's often multi-tracked."^[4] Trouser Press opined that in a "misuse of talent, Syd Straw and Bernie Worrell contribute to the tunefully bland proceedings."^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Laurie Sargent and Angelo Petraglia except as indicated.

1. "As Forever as You"
2. "Change in the Wind" (Petraglia)
3. "A Place Called Home"
4. "Never Had a Reason" (Sargent, Petraglia, Stuart Kimball)
5. "The Day I Was Born" (Petraglia)
6. "She's a Contradiction"
7. "I Believe in You"
8. "Ever Since Eve (Blood Gone Bad)"
9. "Some Stories" (Petraglia)
10. "Grass Is Greener"

Notes and References

1. Coleman . Bill . 'One Big Day' Overdue for Face to Face . Billboard . Apr 23, 1988 . 100 . 17 . 22.
2. News: Jaeger . Barbara . Face to Face One Big Day . The Record . June 23, 1988 . Hackensack . F11.
3. Web site: Face to Face Biography by Chris True . AllMusic . 19 April 2023.
4. News: Brown . Joe . Women Without Musical Hats . The Washington Post . 8 July 1988 . N20.
5. Web site: Face to Face . Trouser Press . 19 April 2023.