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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 15]
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, 84] – 4 [continued from previous post] The album began with the incredible warmth and romance of “Someone, Somewhere [In Summertime],” a song that would have been inconceivable by the band … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1982, New Gold Dream, Rock GPA, Simple Minds
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 14]
Simple Minds | New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, 84] – 4 The previous Simple Minds album, “Sons + Fascination,” was the gateway to the top ten UK album chart for the long-gestating Scot art rockers. Their kettle was beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1982, New Gold Dream, Rock GPA, Simple Minds
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 13]
Simple Minds | Sister Feelings Call – 4 I’m actually glad that the final part of my “Sister Feelings Call” review was bumped a day on the emergence of the “Sparkle In The Rain” mega box. It’s given me more time … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1981, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sister Feelings Call
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 12]
Simple Minds | Sister Feelings Call – 4 When Simple Minds mooted issuing two albums separately at once, it must have occurred to some that this might be the “chaff” from their productive sessions which would have been B-sides in another … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1981, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sister Feelings Call, Sons + Fascination
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 11]
Simple Minds | Sons + Fascination – 4 [continued from last post] When the needle hit side two, Simple Minds thought nothing of nestling the most commercial song on the album there in the typical lead single position, but “Love … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA
Tagged 1981, Love Song, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sons + Fascination
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 10]
Simple Minds | Sons + Fascination – 4 [continued from last post] This album began with the admission that it was now all about the bass. “In Trance As Mission” was practically a précis of the band’s compositional methodology by this time. The naked … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sons + Fascination, Sweat In Bullet
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 9]
Simple Minds | Sons + Fascination – 4 By 1981 changes came fast and furious for Simple Minds. With the band threatening to break up to get out of their contract, Arista let them go and Virgin Records were more than eager to give … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1981, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sons + Fascination, Virgin Records
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