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Simple Minds Sidebar 1: Ranking The Cover Art [part 5]
ALBUM 9: Live In The City of Light | 1987| designer: Assorted iMaGes Malcolm Garrett returned to the design duties for the next album, but I must ask… at what cost? Jim Kerr has quipped in the press five years earlier that … Continue reading
Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 72]
A crucial line was crossed in 1985 when “Once Upon A Time” was released. I can honestly say that the measure of a band’s albums is this: If this were the first thing you were exposed to by an act, … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1986, 1988, 1989, Live In the City of Light, Once Upon A Time, Real Life, Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 30]
Simple Minds | Street Fighting Years – 0 [continued from previous post] It’s official. This thread is now tied with the longest one I’ve ever had at PPM, 2013’s “30 Days – 30 Albums” series. We’ve still got quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1989, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years, Trevor Horn
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 29]
Simple Minds | Street Fighting Years – 0 That’s right. Your eyes are not deceiving you. There are some albums so wanting, in my opinion, that they merit the once-in-a-lifetime zero rating in the Rock G.P.A. game. Trust me. A zero rating … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Mid-80s Malaise, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1989, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years, This Is Your Land, Trevor Horn
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