Showing posts with label Simple Minds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simple Minds. Show all posts
Friday, January 6, 2017
'80s Artists New Releases of 2016 Most Viewed on YouTube
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities 50,404,340 views
David Bowie - Lazarus ('Blackstar') 39,421,320 views
Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids ('Super') 1,135,689 views
Yello - Limbo ('Toy') 186,360 views
Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (Acoustic) 93,679 views
They Might Be Giants - I Love You for Psychological Reasons ('Phone Power') 93,583 views
Jesus And Mary Chain - Amputation ('Damage And Joy' 2017) 76,296 views
Vince Clarke & Paul Hartnoll - Better Have A Drink To Think 23,890 views
Andy Bell (Erasure) - My Precious One 18,474 views
John Foxx & the Maths featuring Gary Numan - Talk (Are You Listening to Me?) 8,843 views
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Simple Minds: Sparkling Again
Simple Minds release a five-disc reissue of their 1984 album Sparkle In The Rain on March 16.
Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album contains the hits Waterfront and Up On The Catwalk, and is the first to feature drummer Mel Gaynor. Kirsty MacColl guests on the songs Street Hassle and Speed Your Love To Me.
The reissue features B-sides and 12” remixes on disc two, a previously-unreleased homecoming show at Glasgow Barrowland from February 1984 on discs three and four, a three-song Radio 1 session and the album’s videos and TV performances from Top Of The Pops and The Oxford Road Show on disc five.
The set also features a 5.1 surround sound version of the original album, which has been remastered at Abbey Road by guitarist Charlie Burchill.
Burchill and singer Jim Kerr are interviewed as part of the set’s 36-page booklet, which also features memorabilia and rare photos from the era. The reissue is available as a 5CD or 2CD version, as well as digital download, vinyl and Blu-Ray formats.
Manic Street Preachers singer James Dean Bradfield said of the album: “it’s a genius stadium album, still with their pretension and ambition. Waterfront was about the decay of working-class industry. Try and find anyone writing a song like that today.”
Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album contains the hits Waterfront and Up On The Catwalk, and is the first to feature drummer Mel Gaynor. Kirsty MacColl guests on the songs Street Hassle and Speed Your Love To Me.
The reissue features B-sides and 12” remixes on disc two, a previously-unreleased homecoming show at Glasgow Barrowland from February 1984 on discs three and four, a three-song Radio 1 session and the album’s videos and TV performances from Top Of The Pops and The Oxford Road Show on disc five.
The set also features a 5.1 surround sound version of the original album, which has been remastered at Abbey Road by guitarist Charlie Burchill.
Burchill and singer Jim Kerr are interviewed as part of the set’s 36-page booklet, which also features memorabilia and rare photos from the era. The reissue is available as a 5CD or 2CD version, as well as digital download, vinyl and Blu-Ray formats.
Manic Street Preachers singer James Dean Bradfield said of the album: “it’s a genius stadium album, still with their pretension and ambition. Waterfront was about the decay of working-class industry. Try and find anyone writing a song like that today.”
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