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The Best Of Simple Minds (CD)

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Simple Minds Artist Snapshot:

Scotland's Simple Minds rose from the ashes of the punk group Johnny & the Self Abusers to experiment with art rock and electro-dance rhythms. Eventually their post-Roxy Music sound grew more anthemic and by the mid-'80s they achieved worldwide success, aided by the huge hit "Don't You Forget About Me," featured on the soundtrack to THE BREAKFAST CLUB. The outfit, led by affably bombastic frontman Jim Kerr (one-time hubby of Chrissy Hynde), became regular features on the American pop charts during the '80s with hits like "Alive & Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself." Simple Minds would continue to perform well on college radio well into the following decade.

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DISC 1 for The Best Of Simple Minds (CD) Album By Simple Minds (Artist)
1   Don't You (Forget About Me)
2   Promised You A Miracle
3   Waterfront
4   Alive And Kicking
5   Glittering Prize
6   All The Things She Said
7   Sanctify Yourself
8   Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
9   Ghostdancing
10   Up On The Catwalk
11   Speed Your Love To Me
12   Theme For Great Cities
13   Love Song
14   American, The
15   Sweat In Bullet
16   Life In A Day
17   I Travel
 
DISC 2 for The Best Of Simple Minds (CD) Album By Simple Minds (Artist)
1   Let There Be Love
2   This Is Your Land
3   Kick It In
4   Let It All Come Down
5   See The Lights
6   Stand By Love
7   Real Life
8   She's A River
9   Hypnotised
10   Glitterball
11   War Babies
12   Mandela Day
13   Biko
14   Belfast Child
15   Real Life, The (Raven Maize)
 

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Review

Uncut (12/01, p.114) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...They made some cracking records..."

Title Note

Simple Minds include: Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill.

Additional personnel: Raven Maize.

Producers include: Keith Forsey, Peter Walsh, Steve Lillywhite, Bob Clearmountain, Jimmy Iovine.

Includes liner notes by Billy Sloan.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Over the course of two discs, THE BEST OF SIMPLE MINDS chronicles all the phases of the Scottish band's eclectic career. They began as a gritty young post-punk outfit in the late 1970s. But by the turn of the decade, they had incorporated a precocious mix of punk, dance beats, and synthesizers, for a sound that helped create the template for much of what followed in UK pop for the next several years. This golden age of the group is represented by percolating, synth-laced tunes such as "I Travel" and "Sweat in Bullet."

By the mid-'80s, Simple Minds had become worldwide stars by expanding their sound to stadium size, a la U2 or Peter Gabriel. Epitomized by "Alive and Kicking" and "Promised You a Miracle," this period is the one with which casual observers most frequently associate the band. The collection continues further still, following Simple Minds into more organic-sounding territory, during a phase where they'd earned their stripes as elder rock statesmen. From edgy punks to gilded popsters, Simple Minds are comprehensively captured on this collection.

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