Tag Archives: 1984

Record Review: Carmel – The Drum Is Everything [part 2]

[…continued from last post] Side one of the album winds down with a real anomaly. “The Prayer” was another of the six and a half minute tracks that anchored the album, but while “More, More, More” and “Bad Day” were the … Continue reading

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Record Review: Carmel – The Drum Is Everything

Carmel: The Drum Is Everything GER CD [1986] More, More, More Stormy Weather The Drum Is Everything I Thought I Was Going Mad The Prayer Rockin’ On Suicide Rue St. Denis Willow Weep For Me Tracks On My Tears Bad … Continue reading

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Record Review: The Nails – Mood Swing DLX RM

The Nails: Mood Swing DLX RM US CD [2007] Every Time I Touch You Dark Brown 88 Lines About 44 Women Home of The Brave Let It All Hang Out Mood Swing Phantom Heart Juanita Juanita She Is Everything To … Continue reading

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Simple Minds Sidebar 1: Ranking The Cover Art [part 4]

ALBUM 7: Sparkle in The Rain | 1984| designer: Assorted iMaGes When Simple Minds followed a dramatically different tangent on their follow up to the breakthrough “New Gold Dream” album, designer followed along, albeit with one foot in the past. The … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 19]

Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 [continued from previous post] Side two of “Sparkle In the Rain” began with an anomaly in Simple Minds career up to that point. A cover version! At least they picked a … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 18]

Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 [continued from previous post] It was immediately apparent when the needle dropped on “Sparkle In The Rain” that Simple Minds were undergoing another metamorphosis. The band had already had three distinct … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 17]

Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 Following on the commercial breakthrough of “New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, 84],” Simple Minds found themselves moving up in the world. The end of their previous “Sons + Fascination” world … Continue reading

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