The Buffalo Skinners

The Buffalo Skinners
Studio album by Big Country
Released	March 1993
Genre	Alternative rock, Celtic rock
Length	59:45
Label	Compulsion Fox (US)
Producer	Big Country
Big Country chronology
No Place Like Home (1991) The Buffalo Skinners (1993) Why the Long Face (1995)
Singles from The Buffalo Skinners
"Alone" Released: 1 March 1993 "Ships (Where Were You)" Released: 1993 "The One I Love" Released: 1993

The Buffalo Skinners is the sixth studio album by the Scottish band Big Country, which was released in 1993. Two songs, "We're Not In Kansas" and "Ships", are re-recordings of songs from their previous album. The difference is more noticeable on "Ships" which features heavy use of guitars (in contrast to the guitar-free 1991 version). The album featured two UK top 30 hits, "Alone" (No. 24) and "Ships" (No. 29).

In 2020, Cherry Red Records released a deluxe box-set Out Beyond the River: The Compulsion Years which featured an expanded version of the original album augmented with bonus tracks and the previously released live album Without the Aid of a Safety Net. The set also included a DVD with highlights from the Glasgow Barrowlands concert and promo videos for "Ships" and "Alone". The set is housed in a clamshell box.^[1]