Glittering Prize falls short of being a true anthology of Simple Minds, eliminating many key tracks (not even "Glittering Prize," the song the album is named after, is...
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Simple Minds' astonishingly rapid ascent from humble and derivative post-punk to platinum and transcendent art pop is just as remarkable as the descent that followed it....
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The evolution of Simple Minds from fresh-faced new wavesters to overblown stadium rockers takes place in relatively short order on this compilation of the band's videos;...
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One of Scotland's finest imports, Simple Minds deliver a strong synth-reared release on New Gold Dream. This album harks the darker side of the band's musicianship, and such...
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Simple Minds' sellout album, released shortly after the success of "Don't You (Forget About Me)," features big rawk production that doesn't serve them well at all, although...
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Riding the coat tails of the John Hughes flick The Breakfast Club, Simple Minds finally broke America with their theme song "Don't You Forget About Me," and their 1985...
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To the delight of some open-minded post-punk fans -- fans who also had space for the relatively new, untraditional likes of Devo, Kraftwerk, and Eno in their record...
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One prize Simple Minds will never win is for being the most consistent band in the world. Some of their albums have been strong (New Gold Dream, Sparkle in the Rain, and...
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One of the quintessential albums of the '80s, this poignant, synth-laced piece is the legacy of Simple Minds at their best. Kerr's songwriting and emotional vocals are their...
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Scotland's Simple Minds get creative and passionate on Sparkle in the Rain, their seventh album released prior to their mid-'80s heyday of heralding the charts. Produced by...
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Two separate works were recorded during the same sessions and originally released as a double album, Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call--the best of their early, more...
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Sister Feelings Call was initially a bonus LP sold with part of the initial pressing of 1981's Sons and Fascination. A month after Sons and Fascination was released, Sister...
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Their first proper new release since the commercial breakthrough of Once Upon a Time (a live album intervened) and Simple Minds makes a decidedly, noncommercial follow-up....
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Just when you thought rock's bombastic optimism had uttered its last gasp with
U2's senile Zooropic projections of alienation in a technological world,
Simple Minds comes...
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Simple Minds attempted to rectify their glory days as an act classic with signature hooks and dreamy lyrical stories on 1995's Good News From the Next World and 1997's...
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Go back to 1993 and try to imagine this: Radiohead releases their debut album in April, skips right over the Bends/OK Computer era, and puts out their second album, Kid A,...
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For their fourth album in three years, Simple Minds signed on with Virgin and enlisted Gong's Steve Hillage as producer. The sessions continued the group's impressive run of...
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Simple Minds, the Scottish group led by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, has had a very different career in the U.S. from the one it's enjoyed in its native U.K., and that...
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Simple Minds signed to Chrysalis for Néapolis and saw the return of Derek Forbes on bass. Néapolis signals a return to form while remaining on the cutting edge. Unlike U2,...
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Hardly content with fumbling around with the same sound, Simple Minds shifted gears once again for album number three, Empires and Dance. The "dance" aspect of the title...
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For their fourth album in three years, Simple Minds signed on with Virgin and enlisted Gong's Steve Hillage as producer. The sessions continued the group's impressive run of...
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