Simple Minds formed in the late 70's in Glasgow in Scotland. To my mind they made their best music from their first album "Life In A Day" through to their album "Sparkle In The Rain" from 1984.
After this time they seemed to loose their way and they also got too commercial and they became a "stadium rock band". The music after this mid eighties period became mainstream and their popularity went down with the record buying public.
They are back again now and touring with a new album which is not a bad collection of songs and have had great reviews from the critics.
But to really know what Simple Minds was all about you really should listen to the early stuff.


Check out this video for the song The American form the 1981 album Sister Feelings Call.This is one of my favourite Simple Minds Tracks.



Here is another classic track from Sister Feelings Call called Theme For Great Cities. It is an instrumental but just listen to the track. Its hard to believe its nearly 30 years old!

Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Sparkle In The Rain



Sparkle In The Rain is from 1984 and is to my mind Simple Minds last great album before they went a bit commercial. There are some great tracks on this album. You can listen to some of them below.

Speed Your Love To Me..



Up On The Catwalk..



Waterfront..



The Kick Inside Of Me..

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