Simple Minds- Someone Somewhere in Summertime (REACTION//DISCUSSION)

[@benoitrenaud519]

That album is brilliant from start to finish. That was a good gift.

[@karenglenn6707]

Still have the cassette.

[@bulliboyz]

One of the greatest albums of that decade, and baring in mind there were some fantastic new bands that appeared on the 80’s scene, that’s some accolade. Star of the album is the legend that is Derek Forbes...elite level bass playing on every track.

[@amnril]

Yes, Derek is up there with Chris Squires when it comes to the Bass.

[@musicdroog4562]

This is my favorite album from Simple Minds. Other songs of note - "Waterfront" and "Alive and Kicking". Solid tunes.

If you want the darker songs off this album, you should go for Big Sleep, the Hancock tinted Hunter And The Hunted or the epic closer King Is White And In The Crowd. The latter is also a signifier of the group’s earlier, experimental sounds.

[@leashacarey9106]

I was so ecstatic they did Hunter and the Hunted when I saw them in 2018. I was 3rd row in Denver and Jim sang with me in a long 30 second eye lock... I will never forget it, and got teased by my friends who were there after it. Sigh... reliving my teenage dreams!

[@bobholtzmann]

"Sanctify Yourself" is my favorite Simple Minds track - strange how it doesn't show up in Spotify's Top Ten Popular list.

[@Hornet71]

Herbie Hancock played a keyboard segment on Hunter and the Hunted. Which is my favourite track on the album

[@michaelaotearoa3839]

Same here, great track

[@jenniferkilzer5080]

My start point with Simple Minds was this song and 'Promised You a Miracle'. Dance floor favorites of mine.

[@jonsmith9518]

“Speed your love to me”, Promised you a miracle”, “All the things she said”, “Up on the catwalk” are solid tunes. “Alive and Kicking” has some great pop vocal harmonies. Nice choice today. Great band.

[@thebrysmith3]

A fantastic tune by them that's more aggressive and driving then this one is "The American" of "Sister Feelings Call" from 81. The guitarist Charlie Burchill kills it.

[@tommym1966]

Mick McNeill knocks it out of the park on tracks like the American, Love Song and I Travel. They were incredibly danceable.

[@thebrysmith3]

@@tommym1966 Yes! the textures he adds are incredible!

[@suz5862]

The Sons and Fascination/Sisters Feeling Call album came from a divine space which Simple Minds never again inhabited. Big shout out to Derek and Mick.

[@suz5862]

@@tommym1966 … and coincide with the peak of Simple Minds’ creative output☺️

[@James-hd6ez]

​@@suz5862My favourite Simple Minds Album/ Albums...which ever way you look at them, I still play their Albums recorded between 1979-82 but " Sons and Fascination/ Sister Feelings call " just out of this world, I love loads of legendary bands and solo artists but that Album is in my all time top ten.

[@julienixon2686]

They have recorded New Hold Dream live from Paisley Abbey. Worth a listen. This track and Big Sleep are my favourites from this album.

[@annewoodard6803]

You have to do New Gold Dream next 😁❤️

[@davidwylde8426]

I’d recommend the ‘Sons And Fascination’ album, one of their earlier albums. Back in those days Jim Kerr at least, was very open about being influenced by Genesis, (I’m not sure many of their fans would know that). The opening track ‘In Trance As Mission’ has a very similar feel to the 9/8 riff in Supper’s Ready, although it’s a little faster paced and is I think in 12/8 ( Derek Forbes, great bass player).

[@a.k.1740]

But unlike the multi-part Genesis suite, the Simple Minds track in question is very repetitive and hypnotic (which makes it so special and attractive !). I agree, the double album Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call is a great one !

[@bulliboyz]

I think most of their fans knew about the Peter Gabriel era Genesis being on of Jim Kerr’s favourite bands. And in fact Gabriel was such a big fan of Simple Minds, he asked them to be his support act on his early solo tours

[@davidwylde8426]

@@bulliboyz I’d make a distinction between ‘serious’ fans of the band, and the bulk of their huge fanbase in the mid 80’s, ( and even possibly many of the fans who came on board quite early either through the post-punk or slightly later new romantic route). I knew a fair few of those people and they’d have been horrified if they’d heard their band compared to Genesis or any prog band on any level.

[@a.k.1740]

@@bulliboyz Totally correct ! I unfortunately missed the Peter Gabriel 1980 'Melt' tour so I couldn't enjoyed both at the time !

[@kenl2091]

Simple Minds was a truly progressive band in the late 70s/early 80s in that their albums moved from a punky vibe to electronic dance to a highly produced funky intelligent pop quite quickly. imo, this track/album was the last of the good stuff as the progression stopped and the US called. S&F/SFC is their best.

[@bryanforis1839]

Great sounds great music live show great

[@michaelbochnia5686]

One of my favorite 80's albums. Great album and still listen to it today.

[@benoitrenaud519]

The bass is remarkable throughout. So are the drums. One of the great bands of the early 80’s. With REM, the Cure, the Police…

[@a.k.1740]

@@Katehowe3010 If memory serves, I think Mel Gaynor didn't stay very long with Samson and didn't have time to record in the studio with the band... He only played live with them.

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Good lyrics. Never paid attention to them. Thanks, Justin. (this is my favorite song, it had a some kind dark mood, although it's light pop...

[@gogsie6572]

Heard this song along with The American and was hooked. Thank you for the memory.

[@palantir135]

Great hit back then. Yes I also have that album. You may also know Belfast child.

[@damonramirez]

Love this album!! This whole album is fantastic!!! “Promise You A Miracle” and the title track, awesome 👏

[@Ignatius1972]

new gold dream is my second favourite Simple Minds album after Real to Real Cacaphony. I suggest for the people that only know "Don't you forget...." that begin with the compilation Celebration.

[@gbcrowne271]

Love this song! ‘Alive and Kicking’, ‘Sanctify Yourself’ and ‘Waterfront’ are worth checking out too!

[@davidyoung7418]

I knew Kenny Hislop. He played drums with Simple Minds during their early period. I was on an audio engineering course with him some time in the late 90's/early 2000's and he was a colourful guy. He liked Bruford and we jammed Yours Is No Disgrace together...and other stuff.

[@glennthompson1173]

Great drummer.

[@a.k.1740]

Kenny Hyslop didn't play with Simple Minds for long. probably over a six months period at the most and touring only, except for just one studio track "Promised You a Miracle" he performed on. He's a good drummer and I enjoy him but I find him a bit 'stiff' for my taste with Simple Minds. I prefer their original drummer Brian McGee which formed a great team with bassist Derek Forbes.

[@vinsgraphics]

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is their most well-known tune, but it’s not their writing. Initially they didn’t want to record it because they didn’t write it. They begrudgingly recorded it and forgot about it. Then the movie “The Breakfast Club” came out and put Simple Minds on the map.

[@bulliboyz]

On the American map. They were already pretty big in Europe and Australia.. let’s remember the American music scene was absolute dross, until the ‘second British Invasion’ came and shook things up 😀

[@greghackenberg1209]

I will say, in the 80's era of "let's get an up and coming band to record our movie theme song" they made it there own, unlike most of the others. Tune, lyrics, not theirs, but the music is another thing.

[@jackreed7287]

This was Simple Minds crossover album from their first four Post Punk albums and before their Anthemic Rock albums that followed; and is considered by many to be their best album.

[@sspsfivefivefive]

Simple Minds - Someone, somewhere in summertime entered the UK Top 40 on 13th November 1982 and peaked at no.36. This week's Top 10 included: 1 - Human League - Mirror man 2 - Eddy Grant - I don't wanna dance 3 - Marvin Gaye - Sexual healing 4 - Wham - Young guns (Go for it) 5 - Blancmange - Living on the ceiling 6 - The Jam - Beat surrender 7 - Clannad - Theme from Harry's Game 8 - Rene & Renato - Save your love 9 - Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker 10 - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater Also included in this week's Top 40: Duran Duran - Rio Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney - The girl is mine Lionel Richie - Truly Donna Summer - State of independence A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I had a photograph of you) Tears For Fears - Mad world Modern Romance - Best years if our lives Culture Club - Time (Clock of the heart) Talk Talk - Talk talk Supertramp - It's raining again Ultravox - Hymn Madness - Our house Japan - Night porter Simple Minds - Someone, somewhere in summertime. Takes me right back these do. I remember going to some fabulous parties over the winter of '82. Great days for music. Fab reaction

[@erndog64]

Talk Talk Talk Talk!!!!!!❤ that tune is in my heart for ever.

[@erndog64]

Mad World too.

[@thishappybreed6505]

Nice! Another early 80s banger in the same vein was The First Picture of You, by The Lotus Eaters.

[@markfilla9305]

Love Simple Minds! One of their hits - Alive and Kicking - is one of my favorite songs to crank up the volume up to 11 when I'm in my car. Of course there's the obligatory bad singing on my part that goes along with it 😀

[@mistamishto]

Perfect vocals on this track. Takes me way back 😍

[@erndog64]

I remember the first time hearing this song it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Still does.

[@karenglenn6707]

Played this cassette to death in my car back in the day. Still have that cassette. Love this album. Saw them live in Melbourne Australia in1984. Brilliant!!

[@kevinm4138]

Awesome album with lots of lush synths and great bass lines. Try “ Love Song “ from an earlier album.

[@vinsgraphics]

A great start to a great album.

[@tszirmay]

They started out almost at the same time as U2. But Simple Minds made such gorgeous music , still going strong even today. Kerr is in fact as good a showman as Bono, but without the BS.

[@gamechanger6285]

Such a beautiful song! It takes you trough a journey.

[@SteveMenardDesignDXM]

Oh to be 22 again! That's how old I was when I bought this LP (yes, it was still pre-CD days), and to discover Simple Minds, and 4 or 5 months later Tears For Fears, I could feel the world opening up before me.

[@benoitrenaud519]

Big Sleep is my favorite track. There is a variety of pace and mood in the album. But each track sticks to one mood. Similar to Remain in Light.

[@gog583]

That's one of my favorites as well, though top track by them is "Soul Crying Out".

[@amnril]

I thought I knew the words to big sleep after listening to it on cassette and playing snippets of the song maybe a hundred times but no, when I recently checked online recently, I was only 90’ish% right.

[@SmartCookie2022]

Went to their New Gold Dream Tour at the London Lyceum Ballroom in 82 when you could stand right in front of the band while they performed. They even played extra new songs from their forthcoming Sparkle in the Rain album: Waterfront, Up on the Catwalk and Speed Your Love to Me. What a show!! So many good tracks on this classic album, but my favourite has always been the title track "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" And I don't hear Bryan Ferry at all, never have. I hear Jim Kerr's unique vocals from Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and Empires and Dance.

[@paulockenden4278]

Simple Minds best album by far. Love the ambience of this track

[@annewoodard6803]

I owned this album and it was a picture disc, gold and purple swirls all over it. 😁❤️

[@therealtwiggyleaf]

To me, this was one of the great pop albums of its time. "Big Sleep" and "Promised you a Miracle" are both well worth having a listen to. 😎 Thanks for the review.

[@georgedavis-stewart4225]

I fear I don't even know the song that you sang for us. This is of its time, which is a time when I didn't have much time to listen to a radio. A useful briefing, JP.

[@ytcai4535]

Pleased you got to this group. One of my favorite 80's groups. I have the double CD set Live in the City of Light which is great. Gotta agree with some others here that Waterfront is my favorite.

[@keithjones6023]

I've got that live album on vinyl, listened to it again last week, great stuff!

[@pianocovers4227]

Hi Justin !! Another Great Album ! You can also listen to Empires and Dance and Sons and Fascination ! Herbie Hancock play Synth solo in Hunter and the Hunted (5th track) !

[@parissimons6385]

Glad you continue to venture out, Justin. Interested that you know one song by Simple Minds before listening to this one. While perhaps not as well known, I liked Jim Kerr and the boys' early, more angular sounding LP, Reel to Reel Cacophony. The single from that album, "Changeling", is a slightly darker song. Also like "Love Song", and a few others from the Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call album. Btw, Bryan Ferry was a star starting in the early 1970s, and had an impact on lots of singers from the later 70s and into the 80s and beyond. And hope you will listen to all of Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure (it includes "In Every Dream Home A Heartache"), and their third, Stranded, which Brian Eno has said is his favourite, even though it was recorded after he left the band. Sounding like a skipping LP myself, but if you want a somewhat more progressive sound from the late 70s and early 80s post-punk UK scene, hope you'll venture onto Manchester's great undervalued band, Magazine, with songs like: "Definitive Gaze", "Motorcade", "Burst", "Cut Out Shapes", "Feed the Enemy", "Talk To The Body", "You Never Knew Me", "I Want to Burn Again", "Stuck". Just three songs from each of the first three albums. Have fun!

[@kevinm4138]

The “Light pours out of me” from Magazine as well.

[@parissimons6385]

@@kevinm4138 Great one, and one of the "hits", for sure. I was just choosing some 'progressive' sounding songs (almost at random) from each of the first three LPs. While skipping Magic, Murder and the Weather, I could also have chosen three from the strong reunion album, No Thyself.

[@franckb8279]

AT last! One of my favourite band. This album is a jewel. Simple Minds never missed. Don't you forget about me is not their own song, it was made for a movie.

[@davidnorth4703]

Love this 80's Gold. Actually prefer the "Live At The City Of Light" version. Great to hear your take on it, JP

[@Ignatius1972]

Lisa Germano's violin makes a big difference in that live version

[@Pulsar77]

"Live At The City Of Light" is such an amazing album. That was Simple Minds at their peak. Honestly better than any studio work they've done.

[@greggilmore2766]

I knew it would come - thank you!

[@cedricmilford5254]

I bought Sons And Fascination in a bargain bin and LOVED EVERY SONG! I’ve never heard this one, but I like it too! Here’s hoping you’ll get to Sons… 👍🏻👍🏻

[@foxandscout]

My favorite album of theirs.

[@poppad331]

"Are you OK?" "Not very much" "what's wrong with you?" "Oh, i was just singing" lmao at this conversation

[@JustJP]

😅🤭

[@keriford54]

I loved this album, "I Travel", shows another aspect of Simple Minds more experimental.

[@plushy9849]

Yep, I was going to mention that one if you want something a bit different from them.

[@willrichardson519]

This earth that you walk upon is a lovely, trancey song

[@moog67]

"Waterfront" and "Up On The Catwalk" from the Sparkle In The Rain album are essential songs of theirs.

[@bloodnokgoon5020]

Simple Minds - one of the bands that made the 80's so iconic. So many great songs, and many still feel timeless somehow 😎 Great album, but remember I was disappointed by the recording level back in the day - always felt I had to turn it up loads more than others which could result in some nasty surprises if you switch albums without adjusting the volume first 😂

[@scifimonkey3]

One of my favourite bands of the 80s and into the 90s they have some real bangers. Well worth a deeper dive. You may be the first reactor to do it. Can I recommend the Live album, ‘Live In The City of Light’ (1987)which has stunning versions of their greatest hits from the first phase of their career.

[@keithjones6023]

I've got that live album on vinyl, listened to it again last week, great stuff!

[@markr324]

Promise You A Miracle is Miraculous!

[@pflynn581]

This is them at their best before they slipped into stadium rock bores.Brilliant shimmering album.

[@SmartCookie2022]

Sparkle in the Rain sits very comfortably next to this album. There's a slight progression but it's minor compared to their Once Upon a Time album where they became more Americanized. But I do agree with you about the stadium rock label, which was where they lost me but gained new listeners in the US market.

[@Scary__fun]

This album got me interested in the band, their sound evolved over time. Their following album Sparkle In The Rain had a more heavy rock sound and the next Once Upon A Time (which came out after the success of the single Don't You Forget About Me) added more soul elements with girl backup singer). The lead singer Jim Kerr was married to Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders from 1984-90 and have a kid together.

[@mcolford]

They've got a lot of great songs, New Gold Dream, Speed Your Love to Me, Promised You a Miracle, Alive and Kicking, Waterfront... lots of really great songs. If you keep going with this album you'll catch a few of those.

[@garypennison2558]

This album takes me right back,perfection.

[@josmith6684]

the best album ever ☀️☀️☀️🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@mthraves]

"Love Song" is another great Simple Minds tune.

[@foxandscout]

This!

[@joelledeschanel2528]

The best Song of the world . From france

[@cathiecraig5730]

Great band from Scotland ❤

[@francislester8720]

Fantastic album and reminds me of my youth love it, 👍🏻 their earlier stuff is quite eclectic aswell and a different direction from this album try Sons and fascination. The American, love song👍🏻

[@Pcrimson1]

This is a perfect 80s album! I love every track on this one, including this song. Jim Kerr gave Bono a run for his money back in the day. I'm in if you do the whole shebang! Also you have to do Waterfront, killer!

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Obscure track from a great album. "Up on the Catwalk", "Waterfront", "Alive And Kicking", "Speed Your Love to Me", "East At Easter", "All the Things She Said" are some more great tracks.

[@a.k.1740]

For me New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) is the last good album from Simple Minds but also a transition album because the beginning of their 'commercial' phase with its polished production and its more pop and mainstream compositions but still valid and not completely sanitized. You mentioned the similarity in Jim Kerr's voice to Bryan Ferry, so listen to the track "Seeing Out the Angel" on the previous album Sons and Fascination (1981), you'll be blown away !

[@a.k.1740]

@@Katehowe3010 Easy my friend ! from the Bowie track "The Jean Genie" ("So simple minded he can't drive his module...").

[@a.k.1740]

@@Katehowe3010 Probably not, but It's just a way to test me in a sense ! .-)

[@davidellis5141]

The drums 🥁 by Mel Gaynor are epic !

[@keithjones6023]

Simple Minds could be classed both a singles and an album band. Some superb songs would include Alive and Kicking, Waterfront, Sanctify Yourself, She's a River, Mandela Day, Hypnotised, See the Lights, and the wonderful Belfast Child. Plus many many more!

[@leashacarey9106]

I adore this album! Great pick! Oh, you are in for a "Glittering Prize" with Simple Minds. Definitely, Hunter and the Hunted is darker (and has Herbie on it) and Big Sleep.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Simple Minds' most essential song is "Promised You A Miracle."

[@amnril]

One of many pre 1984 Simple Minds gems

[@davidbull7210]

Absolutely beautiful album. If you are able to, listen to the title track. I would also recommend "Big Sleep" and Someone Up There Likes You" as two experimental tracks.

[@marianneohagan2784]

Scottish band....absolutely beloved at home! Pandemic fucked my gig tickets up last year!

[@thebrysmith3]

"Are you okay?"😂😂😂

[@tdog9818]

Simple Minds great band. Huge catalogue. Jim K’s voice and Charlie’s guitar. Early 80s pre Don’t You, my favorite period. Hit and miss after that. Live 5 x 5 and City of Light are two great live albums.

[@widespoon2599]

Something to consider with Simple Minds, they were in their very early 20's in 1982, Derek Forbes was a bit older. This was their 5th album. They;d had time to nurture their sound. For me the period between Real to Real Cacophony and this album they were creatively untouchable. Only a handful of other bands had a similar impact on me at the time. Fellow Scots, The Associates were one. Difficult to think of stand out tracks because I would listen to them as albums. It's interesting how a lot of these reaction videos go into trying to understand the lyrics, I would just (and still do) listen to the sound of the voice as an instrument.

[@frankschlanker]

Go further back and listen to an album called Sister Feelings Call and Sons And Fascination

[@frankschlanker]

HUNTER AND THE HUNTED from the same album

[@samstevenson5328]

If you really want to hear their very early experimental side I’d highly recommend their albums “Real to Real Cacophony” & “Empires and Dance”

[@nomisnestral6956]

Sure way to get me on a dancefloor.

[@gog583]

A deeper band than you may think.......or they get credit for. My favorite album by them is "Street Fighting Years" Favorite song by them is "Soul Crying Out". They also did a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on that album.

[@keithjones6023]

Great song!

[@delllittle5692]

This was the very first Simple Minds song I heard when it was released. I was an instant fan. The vinyl for this album was gorgeous. Simple Minds didn't write Don't You Forget About Me. Definately a Bowie, Roxy Music influence. Yes continuing on to this album gets a bit more progressive. plus next album as well. Don't worry too much about the lyrics, Kerr goes for sounds versus context.

[@garysteinert8040]

Alive and kicking.

[@shangrilana]

Somehow New Gold Dream has stuck with me as a very good music memory. I didn’t have the social media to ruin my experience back then😂 It was simple

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Awesome band in the day. "Up On The Catwalk, Let It All Come Down, Alive & Kicking"

[@robertrathje7770]

Quick intro to the Simple Minds catalogue and the width of the band - I'd suggest I Travel (1980), Up On The Catwalk (1983), Belfast Child (1989)

[@amnril]

I’d avoid Belfast’s Child, it’s so awful, so pretentious, political drivel which Simple Minds became after the mid 80’s. The other two songs are excellent though.

[@Ignatius1972]

@@amnril I agree totally. I travel and Upon the Catwalk are great. Belfast Child is the worst track that U2 didn't write. Really awful

[@robertrathje7770]

Political content in pop songs is omnipresent, though sometimes more obscure than others. Regardless of political views I tend to enjoy that track for it's own musical purpose. "Awful" is always a subjective term - isn't it? :)

[@Ignatius1972]

@@robertrathje7770 to be clear: I'm a supporter of "peace" and the way uk treated Ireland and North Ireland never were less than criminal and terrible. That said, I remember the sadness of the first time I've watched the video of Belfast Child on Brazilian television on my teens and thought about it: "For God sake, what happened to the amazing band that I've been in love since when I had a little understanding about what "good music" is? About the "Irish question" and much more specifically about the Troubles, I think politically and with a bigger artistic approach, we have "Sunday Bloody Sunday", by u2, "Invisible Sun" (both the original by the Police and the Therapy? cover) and, that's for sure, "Zombie" by Cranberries. There's very subtle references in "Angel" by Everthing But the Girl. I simply cannot stand the political pastiche of U2 that Simple Minds became in that time.

[@amnril]

@@Ignatius1972 agree, loved Simple Minds with a passion but by the mid/late 80’s they weren’t the band they were and it was songs like BC that was the last nail in the coffin for me. Oh, I just remembered the other ‘god awful’ political song they did…. Mandela Day…..

[@manhattenman6075]

This is the best Simple Minds album period

[@Pulsar77]

Best studio album, yes. But "Live At The City Of Light" is the best thing they've ever done. The live versions blow the studio versions out of the water.

[@thetom73]

A recommendation.... The live album City of lights One of the best live albums i know. The songs from this album live are so powerful that i think they are better than the studio versions

[@benjamincharrier3527]

simple minds have a very long career until 1979. their most beautiful songs are belfast child dolphins street fighting years waterfront let there be love see the lights oh jungleland alive and kicking banging on the door (with the intro) this time tis is your land

[@smackeye]

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)... many would say Simple Minds magnum opus... in a long and extremely varied career from one album to the next, no two albums even similar really - especially in the first 20 years. New Gold Dream is a journey into beautiful mystical ambience. It is Simple Minds coming into bloom on their 5th studio album (or 6th/7th depending on whether you count a compilation and a double album release prior to this point). It really is a gorgeous album to be played in sequence - don't let it pass you by, it is an album much loved by fans and critics alike. Shut yourself off to the rest of life for an hour and soak it in and enjoy. The title track is outrageously good. Probably best not to try and dissect all the lyrics line by line. They're often more of a feeling, a sketch, fragments of memories, observations, a bit of a patchwork quilt, but it's easy to get the general vibe from them and the song titles. It's really rather poetic and beautiful and is married with some of the most beautiful ambient 80's music you will ever stumble upon. Special shoutout to the mixing and production throughout this record - it is first class.

[@stephaneelfassi8797]

Cet Album est iconique

[@grayham37]

New Gold Dream Side 2 would be the first choice to play try Theme for great Cities from the Sons And Fascinations album Jim Kerr was a big Roxy Music Fan

[@tommym1966]

If you want to delve deeper into the rabbit hole of great Scottish bands I recommend The Blue Nile. Either A Walk Across the Rooftops from 1984 or Hats from 89. I suspect both will be up your street.

[@thebrysmith3]

I believe that Justin is a Blue Nile fan.

[@musicdroog4562]

We can't forget Jesus and Mary Chain.

[@tommym1966]

@@musicdroog4562 Psychocandy would be good for a review.

[@onsesejoo2605]

"Promised You A Miracle" is catchy song but with rather somber lyrics, and their breakthrough song from this album.

[@thannaske5371]

They do a good cover of Lou Reed's "Street Hassle!"

[@jamesmccallum209]

Brilliant tune brilliant album a better u2. And Scottish.

[@progqueen6219]

I love your wife for her concern! 😂 I'm not gonna bash your singing, I'm just gonna state that you were within the singing parameters for alot of people in general.... 😉 Ah the perils of wearing closed back headphones.... On Simple Minds, not a huge fan of 80's pop, but I've probably heard more Simple Minds than I know over the years. I'll be able to handle hearing some more.

[@jeezoh000]

You have to go early Simple Minds for their interesting stuff. Try I Travel, Chelsea Girl, The American, Love Song.

[@foxandscout]

The American and Love Song: 2 of my very favorites

[@StephaneBergeronPixelyzed]

This song was a club hit back then (at least in alternative clubs). The repetitiveness was intentional. If you haven't, check out Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi's Dead which is even more repetitive, The Smiths How Soon is Now is similar. The rest of this album is very good too. This album established them. It has a very strong mood and it definitely brings me back to those years ;) But, for me, by far their best album is Street Fighting Years which came out after “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and the title song as well as Belfast Child are especially noteworthy. Belfast Child is very emotional and poignant and is probably their best song ever.

[@JeromeDukes]

I don't know if 80's new wave bands were trying to emulate Bryan Ferry or Roxy Music but I agree there were similar tonal vocal qualities in many bands of that era. Maybe it was just a genre thing where the male lead singer with a high range was more desired in the 70's hard rock bands. Heaven 17, haven't heard that band name is years, they had some songs that got radio play like "Come Live with Me".

[@suz5862]

The dark progressive songs can be found in their previous albums. Sons and Fascination was (and is) an utterly brilliant album. New Gold Dream represented the band’s foray into commercialism.