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132-767: New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) is the fifth studio album by Scottish band Simple Minds . The album was released in September 1982 by record label Virgin . It is considered one of the defining albums of the new pop movement of the early 1980s. It spawned the commercial successful singles “ Promised You a Miracle ” released in April 1982, “ Glittering Prize ” released in August 1982 and “ Someone Somewhere in Summertime ” released in November 1982. The albums title track, "New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)", saw

264-618: A DSD copy of the HD stream. Sound quality parameters achievable by the Red Book CD-DA and SACD formats compared with the limits of human hearing are as follows: In September 2007, the Audio Engineering Society published the results of a year-long trial, in which a range of subjects—including professional recording engineers—were asked to discern the difference between high-resolution audio sources (including SACD and DVD-Audio ) and

396-451: A Kid Jensen session for Radio 1 and released as a single in April 1982. Producer Peter Walsh was hired on the recommendation of guitarist Charlie Burchill, who had been impressed by Walsh's work on the remix of the band's previous single " Sweat in Bullet ." During the recording sessions, Walsh became dissatisfied with Mike Ogletree's drumming, so he recruited session drummer Mel Gaynor for

528-519: A London -born drummer called Mel Gaynor , a 22-year-old session musician with plenty of experience from playing with funk-bands such as Beggar and Co and Light of the World , who then played drums on the majority of the record, while Ogletree played drums on three tracks. " Promised You a Miracle " was released in April 1982 and became Simple Minds first Top 20 single in the UK, peaking at No. 13 and also reaching

660-444: A frequency response of 20 kHz can be achieved along with a dynamic range of nearly 120 dB, which is about the same dynamic range as PCM audio with a resolution of 20 bits. To reduce the space and bandwidth requirements of DSD, a lossless data compression method called Direct Stream Transfer ( DST ) is used. DST compression is compulsory for multi-channel regions and optional for stereo regions. It typically compresses by

792-1146: A 2014 study, however, Marui et al. found that under double-blind conditions, listeners were able to distinguish between PCM (192 kHz/24 bits) and DSD (2.8 MHz) or DSD (5.6 MHz) recording formats, preferring the qualitative features of DSD, but could not discriminate between the two DSD formats. The Sony SCD-1 player was introduced concurrently with the SACD format in 1999, at a price of approximately US$ 5,000. It weighed over 26 kilograms (57 lb) and played two-channel SACDs and Red Book CDs only. Electronics manufacturers, including Onkyo , Denon , Marantz , Pioneer and Yamaha offer or offered SACD players. Sony has made in-car SACD players. In order to play back SACD content digitally without any conversion, some players are able to offer an output carrying encrypted streams of DSD, either via IEEE 1394 or more commonly, HDMI . SACD players are not permitted to offer an output carrying an unencrypted stream of DSD. The first two generations of Sony's PlayStation 3 game console were capable of reading SACD discs. Starting with

924-475: A Miracle ", "Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel") continued the formula perfected on Sons and Fascination , other tracks (" Someone Somewhere in Summertime ", " Glittering Prize ") were pure pop. Jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock , who recorded in the studio next door, performed a synth solo on the track "Hunter and the Hunted". The band embarked on their extensive New Gold tour in September 1982, which included dates in

1056-497: A North American leg of their Floating World tour (named after the instrumental track which closes Cry ), their first in seven years. With Goudie opting to remain studio bound (and Mark Kerr leaving the band again), Simple Minds once again recruited Mel Gaynor as tour drummer. The live band was completed by the returning Eddie Duffy on bass guitar and by new keyboard player/programmer Andy Gillespie (of SoundControl). On 28 October 2003, Capitol released Seen The Lights – A Visual History ,

1188-547: A Time was released; former Chic singer Robin Clark , who performed call-and-response vocals with Kerr throughout the album (effectively becoming a second lead singer), and was heavily featured in Simple Minds music videos of the time. The record reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 10 in the US, despite the fact that their major-league breakthrough single "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

1320-514: A Time days. With Gaynor now out of the picture, the remaining instrumentation was covered by session musicians (although Malcolm Foster was included among the bass players used for recording). Good News from the Next World was released in 1995. The album reached No. 2 in the UK and produced the Top 10 hit " She's a River " and the Top 20 single "Hypnotised". The band toured to promote Good News from

1452-456: A break. MacNeil played his last concert with Simple Minds in Brisbane a week later. At the time, MacNeil's departure was put down to health concerns, but he had been gradually suffering disillusionment with the band's lifestyle and touring schedule (as well as what Kerr has referred to as "a number of animated quarrels". ) At around the same time, long-term manager Bruce Findlay was dismissed and over

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1584-432: A club tour in the US and Canada. In May 1981, Simple Minds' first release on Virgin, the single "The American" reached No. 59 on the UK singles chart. The band recorded their next album with producer Steve Hillage and an abundance of new material under much time pressure. At the end of the recording sessions drummer Brian McGee decided to leave the band, citing exhaustion at Simple Minds' constant touring schedule, and

1716-422: A compact disc audio (44.1 kHz/16 bit) conversion of the same source material under double-blind test conditions. Out of 554 trials, there were 276 correct answers, a 49.8% success rate corresponding almost exactly to the 50% that would have been expected by chance guessing alone. When the level of the signal was elevated by 14 dB or more, the test subjects were able to detect the higher noise floor of

1848-471: A concert held at Wembley Stadium , London, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela . Bands involved were asked to produce a song especially for the event – Simple Minds were the only act which produced one. This was " Mandela Day ", which the band played live on the day (alongside cover versions of "Sun City" with Little Steven and a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on which Gabriel himself took on lead vocals). "Mandela Day"

1980-581: A desire for more time at home with family. In an interview shortly after, he also cited disappointment that he was not getting enough credit in the band. McGee joined Glasgow band Endgames , and later Propaganda . In August, " Love Song " was released and became their highest charting single to date, peaking at No. 47 on the UK singles chart and an international hit, reaching the top 20 in Australia and Sweden, and no.38 in Canada. In September 1981, Virgin released

2112-782: A factor of between two and three, allowing a disc to contain 80 minutes of both 2-channel and 5.1-channel sound. Direct Stream Transfer compression was standardized as an amendment to the MPEG-4 Audio standard, ISO/IEC 14496-3:2001/Amd 6:2005 (Lossless coding of oversampled audio), in 2005. It contains the DSD and DST definitions as described in the Super Audio CD Specification. The MPEG-4 DST provides lossless coding of oversampled audio signals. Target applications of DST are archiving and storage of 1-bit oversampled audio signals and SA-CD. A reference implementation of MPEG-4 DST

2244-765: A gatefold sleeve as well as bonus material on each disc, including B-sides and remixes). After a gig on 30 March 2012 at the Døgnvill Festival in Tromsø , Norway, the band embarked on 23 June 2012 in Vienna , on a 25-date tour of European summer festivals which ended on 22 September 2012 in Germersheim , Germany. In July they played at the T in the Park festival. Super Audio CD The SACD format allows multiple audio channels (i.e. surround sound or multichannel sound). It also provides

2376-520: A higher bit rate and longer playing time than a conventional CD. An SACD is designed to be played on an SACD player. A hybrid SACD contains a Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) layer and can also be played on a standard CD player. The Super Audio CD format was introduced in 1999, and is defined by the Scarlet Book standard document. Philips and Crest Digital partnered in May 2002 to develop and install

2508-430: A lack of affinity with the new music). The live band was once again expanded by recruiting three additional touring members: Level 42 backing singer Annie McCaig, percussionist Andy Duncan and violinist Lisa Germano . Touring began in May 1989, and included the first and only time that the group headlined Wembley Stadium , where they were supported by fellow Scottish bands The Silencers , Texas and Gun . In September,

2640-537: A less positive review in Rolling Stone which criticised the band for what the reviewer considered to be political vacuity. "This Is Your Land" was chosen as the lead single for the U.S., and even with guest vocals from Lou Reed , the single failed to make a mark on the pop charts. Reunited with Mel Gaynor, Simple Minds hired Malcolm Foster (ex- Pretenders ) as the new bass player, following a failed attempt to re-recruit Derek Forbes (who declined due to family reasons and

2772-551: A limited release in Italy in March 1983 following the bands Italian leg of their supporting tour. The release of New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) was considered a turning point for the band, who had previously failed to gather any significant commercial success with the release of their previous studio albums, with lead singer Jim Kerr claiming that "every band or artist with a history has an album that’s their holy grail, I suppose New Gold Dream

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2904-506: A live version of "New Gold Dream". Bono also appeared on stage at Simple Minds Croke Park concert and sang "Sun City" during the "Love Song" medley. Derek Forbes also appeared on stage at the Croke Park concert and performed on several songs during the encore. To document their worldwide Once Upon a Time Tour , Simple Minds released the double-live set Live in the City of Light in May 1987, which

3036-423: A major influence on them at the time. In June 1979 "Chelsea Girl" was released as the second single from the album, failing to reach the chart, while the band continued to tour the UK on their own. In September 1979 Simple Minds recorded their next album, Real to Real Cacophony at Rockfield Studios with producer John Leckie . The songs were mostly conceived in the studio and was a significant departure from

3168-569: A management deal with Bruce Findlay, owner of the Bruce's Records chain of record shops and the Zoom Records label. Championed by his journalist friend Brian Hogg, Findlay was persuaded to sign Simple Minds to his Zoom label which had a licensing deal with Arista Records . In November 1978, Barnwell was ousted from the band. From 1979 through until 1981, Simple Minds would continue as a quintet of Kerr, Burchill, MacNeil, Forbes and McGee, operating as

3300-552: A meta-analysis on 20 of the published tests that included sufficient experimental detail and data. In a paper published in the July 2016 issue of the AES Journal, Reiss says that, although the individual tests had mixed results, and that the effect was "small and difficult to detect," the overall result was that trained listeners could distinguish between high-resolution recordings and their CD equivalents under blind conditions: "Overall, there

3432-416: A more repetitive, dance-orientated sound inspired by disco music they had heard in nightclubs while touring Europe. Empires and Dance was released in September 1980. Many of the tracks were minimal and featured a significant use of sequencing , further exploring their repetitive Krautrock-influences with electronic dance grooves. McNeil's keyboards and Forbes' bass became the main melodic elements in

3564-567: A pull-out from the Fleadh Festival to be replaced by British rock band James ). As Simple Minds' main writing team, Kerr and Burchill had continued to demo and originate material by themselves. For the latest sessions they had shared studio space with a band called Sly Silver Sly who featured Jim Kerr's brother Mark (previously the drummer with Gun ) and bass guitarist Eddie Duffy, and who were working with American songwriter Kevin Hunter. While in

3696-410: A reputation as an exciting live act (usually performing in full makeup). Tony Donald quit in April 1978 and was replaced by Duncan Barnwell's friend Derek Forbes (formerly the bass player with The Subs). In May 1978 Simple Minds recorded their first demo tape , including "Chelsea Girl" and some other tracks that would appear on their debut album. The group were turned down by record companies, but gained

3828-626: A second guitarist (allowing for an optional two-guitar line-up while also enabling Burchill to play violin). Meanwhile, Kerr had abandoned keyboards to concentrate entirely on vocals. In March 1978, Kerr, Burchill, Donald, Barnwell and McGee were joined by the Barra -born keyboard player Mick MacNeil . The band got a residency at the Mars Bar in Glasgow and played various other venues in Scotland and rapidly established

3960-480: A short tour of the UK to celebrate their 30th anniversary. During these concerts, the band performed the entire New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) album and songs from their other albums in a two-part concert performance. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill also played a number of concerts with Night of the Proms across Europe in spring, followed by further shows in late 2008. In June 2008, Kerr and Burchill briefly reunited with

4092-656: A single and the band embarked on their Sparkle in the Rain Tour. The opening show at Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow was filmed for the "Waterfront" video. "Waterfront" became their most successful single to date; hitting No. 1 in New Zealand, No. 5 in Ireland, the Top 20 in Australia and Sweden, and No. 13 on the UK chart. Sparkle in the Rain was released in February 1984. It entered

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4224-668: A song written by Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff; which had previously been offered to Billy Idol and Bryan Ferry before Simple Minds agreed to record it. The song soon became a chart-topper in many other countries around the world. At around this point, the camaraderie that had fuelled Simple Minds began to unravel, and over the next ten years the band's line-up underwent frequent changes. Jim Kerr subsequently recalled "We were knackered. We were desensitized. The band started to fracture. We were lads who had grown up together, we were meant to grow together, politically, spiritually and artistically. But we were getting tired with each other. There

4356-413: A tight-knit collective. Subsequent line-up changes would shrink and diminish this core band, with only founder members being considered to be full members of the creative and compositional team. During late 1978 and early 1979, Simple Minds began rehearsing the set of Kerr/Burchill-written songs which appear on their debut album. On 27 March 1979 the band made their first television appearance, performing

4488-421: Is determined by numbers encoded in the bit stream. Both modulations require neighboring samples to reconstruct the original waveform; the more neighboring samples, the lower the frequency that can be encoded. DSD is 1-bit , has a sampling rate of 2.8224  MHz , and makes use of noise shaping quantization techniques in order to push 1-bit quantization noise up to inaudible ultrasonic frequencies. This gives

4620-493: Is known to be considerable, yet even I am jarred by the constant beauty of this music. New Gold Dream robs me of my breath." Record Mirror 's Mark Cooper wrote: "They have stunned and impressed me but they have rarely moved me. Suddenly, in New Gold Dream , they’ve conquered their fear of feeling and come out shining.” Journalist David Stubbs places New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) alongside ABC 's The Lexicon of Love and

4752-603: The Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include " Promised You a Miracle " (1982), " Glittering Prize " (1982), " Someone Somewhere in Summertime " (1982), " Waterfront " (1983), " Alive and Kicking " (1985), " Sanctify Yourself " (1986), " Let There Be Love " (1991), " She's a River " (1995), and the UK number one single " Belfast Child " (1989). Simple Minds have achieved 24 top 40 singles on

4884-657: The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors (BASCA). Other notable recognitions include nominations for both the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction and MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" in 1985, nomination for the Brit Award for British Group in 1986 and for the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group in 1987. "Belfast Child"

5016-611: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra started the Chicago Resound label to provide full and burgeoning support for high-resolution SACD hybrid discs, and the London Symphony Orchestra established their own LSO Live label. Many SACD discs that were released from 2000 to 2005 are now out of print and available only on the used market. By 2009, the major record companies were no longer regularly releasing discs in

5148-854: The New Gold Dream sessions) and three new compositions: "Stagefright", "On The Rooftop" and "Broken Glass Park". From 10 June to 3 July 2011, Simple Minds embarked on the Greatest Hits Forest tour, playing a series of seven dates in woodland locations of England, as part of Forestry Commission Live Music. From 16 June to 28 August 2011, the Greatest Hits + tour visited European countries: the UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, Gibraltar and Serbia mainly at summer festival venues. Simple Minds played several free concerts (on 4 July 2011 in Potsdam, Germany, on 4 July 2011 in Florence, Italy for

5280-651: The Poll Tax , the Soweto townships, the Berlin Wall and the stationing of nuclear submarines on the Scottish coast. The band underwent further line-up changes during the recording of Street Fighting Years . Mel Gaynor and John Giblin both contributed to the recording (and, in Giblin's case, to some of the writing) but both had left the band by the time of the album's release, by which time

5412-561: The UK Singles Chart , and 23 top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart , including five number one albums: Sparkle in the Rain (1984), Once Upon a Time (1985), Live in the City of Light (1987), Street Fighting Years (1989), and Glittering Prize 81/92 (1992). They have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, and were the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s. Simple Minds have had chart success in

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5544-621: The X5 box set. In 2016, Virgin Records issued a six-disc deluxe box set including the original album, single versions, alternative takes and demos, B-sides, 1982 radio sessions and a DVD with the 2005 5.1 mix of the album and performances on Top of the Pops . Virgin also reissued the album as a digital download , a two-CD set, a single CD and a vinyl LP. The album received several positive reviews. In NME , Paul Morley wrote: "My loyalty towards Simple Minds

5676-554: The punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers, formed in early 1977 on Glasgow's South Side , as the brainchild of Alan Cairnduff. Cairnduff left the organisation of the band to John Milarky, suggesting that he enlist two strangers, singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill . Kerr and Burchill, who had been acquainted since age eight, roped in their school friends Brian McGee and Tony Donald to play drums and bass respectively. Milarky served as singer, guitarist and saxophonist, and recruited his friend Allan McNeill to be

5808-555: The Associates ' Sulk in a group of albums that he describes as the "zenith" of pop music. In a 2016 review in Record Collector , journalist Tom Byford wrote: " New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) stands shining and singular in the Simple Minds canon... Now it not only takes its place among the greatest future-pop albums of the 80s ( Dare , The Lexicon Of Love ), it sits comfortably among the greatest pop albums of all time." The album

5940-626: The Australian Top 10. The song earned the band performances on Top of the Pops and interviews in teen-orientated pop magazines. New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) was released in September 1982. The album was a commercial breakthrough, spending 53 weeks on the UK Albums Chart , peaking at No. 3 in October 1982. It generated charting singles including " Glittering Prize ", which also reached the UK Top 20 and Australian Top 10. While some tracks (" Promised You

6072-539: The Bonnie Wee Studio — in Scotland. Following the lengthy period of touring to support Once Upon a Time , the remaining core members (Kerr, Burchill and MacNeil) began new writing sessions in Scotland: Gaynor and Giblin pursued session work elsewhere while waiting to be called in. Initially the band began work on an instrumental project called Aurora Borealis (mostly written by Burchill and MacNeil). This project

6204-565: The CD layer. Conversely, if a conventional CD is placed into an SACD player, the laser will read the disc as a CD since there is no SACD layer. SACD audio is stored in Direct Stream Digital (DSD) format using pulse-density modulation (PDM) where audio amplitude is determined by the varying proportion of 1s and 0s. This contrasts with compact disc and conventional computer audio systems using pulse-code modulation (PCM) where audio amplitude

6336-454: The CD-quality loop easily. The authors commented: Now, it is very difficult to use negative results to prove the inaudibility of any given phenomenon or process. There is always the remote possibility that a different system or more finely attuned pair of ears would reveal a difference. But we have gathered enough data, using sufficiently varied and capable systems and listeners, to state that

6468-861: The Festhalle in Bern . In early October 2010, a new line-up of Simple Minds - Burchill, Kerr, Gaynor, Gillespie with new bassist Ged Grimes (ex- Danny Wilson and Deacon Blue ) - completed four weeks at the Sphere Recording Studios in London during which four songs were recorded and mixed for a new compilation album to be called Greatest Hits + and for the new Simple Minds studio album. The sessions were produced by Andy Wright and engineered and mixed by Gavin Goldberg. The four songs recorded were an eight-minute-long version of "In Every Heaven" (originally recorded in 1982 during

6600-694: The Moon (1973) sold over 800,000 copies by June 2004 in its SACD Surround Sound edition. The Who 's rock opera Tommy (1969), and Roxy Music 's Avalon (1982), were released on SACD to take advantage of the format's multi-channel capability. All three albums were remixed in 5.1 surround , and released as hybrid SACDs with a stereo mix on the standard CD layer. Some popular artists have released new recordings on SACD. Sales figures for Sting 's Sacred Love (2003) album reached number one on SACD sales charts in four European countries in June 2004. Between 2007 and 2008,

6732-497: The Next World , with Malcolm Foster and Mark Taylor as touring bass and keyboard players and Mark Schulman (who had played on the album) on drums. This was Foster's last work with the band, and Schulman returned to session work at the end of the tour. After being released from their contract with Virgin Records , Simple Minds made use of the skills of their original rhythm section, Derek Forbes and Brian McGee (returning after respective eleven- and fourteen-year absences). Although McGee

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6864-603: The November/December Graffiti Soul UK tour they were supported by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark as special guests. A new record label, W14/Universal label, had purchased the Sanctuary label in early 2009. Former Sanctuary Records A&R head John Williams (who had signed the band to Sanctuary) kept his position with the new label, and exercised the option to pick up the remaining Simple Minds albums owed as part of

6996-569: The Proms tour (a series of orchestral concerts featuring a mixture of light classical and pop music). The duo played versions of "Alive And Kicking", "Belfast Child" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" backed by a full orchestra and were billed as Simple Minds. The new album, Néapolis featured Forbes playing bass guitar on all tracks, and Gaynor on one song, "War Babies". Other drum tracks were recorded by session players Michael Niggs and Jim McDermott, with additional percussion programming by Transglobal Underground / Furniture drummer Hamilton Lee. It

7128-538: The SACD layer. Some reissues retain the mixes of earlier multi-channel formats (examples include the 1973 quadraphonic mix of Mike Oldfield 's Tubular Bells and the 1957 three-channel stereo recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Mussorgsky 's Pictures at an Exhibition , reissued on SACD in 2001 and 2004 respectively). Objective lenses in conventional CD players have a longer working distance, or focal length , than lenses designed for SACD players. In SACD-capable DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray players,

7260-455: The UK albums chart at number one. It was preceded by the single " Speed Your Love to Me " which reached No.20 on the singles chart. A third single from the album, " Up on the Catwalk ", was subsequently released and also reached the Top 30 in the UK. Sparkle in the Rain hit the top 20 in several other countries (including Canada, where it reached No. 13). The band spent much of 1984 touring

7392-524: The UK albums chart, and was subsequently placed as No. 18 on Sounds "Album of the Year"-chart. The next single "Sweat in Bullet" was a remixed version by Peter Walsh and included two songs recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon in September. During this period, the band's visual aesthetic was established, masterminded by Malcolm Garrett 's graphic design company Assorted iMaGes. Characterised at first by hard, bold typography and photo-collage, Garrett's designs for

7524-511: The UK charts. In the United States, A&M issued some limited-edition translucent gold with maroon-coloured marble vinyl pressings of the album. The albums spawned a total of three of singles which all reached the top forty of the UK Singles Charts – " Promised You a Miracle " (released in April 1982) became the band's first top 20 hit, reaching no.13 on the UK Singles Chart during an 11 week chart run. " Glittering Prize " (August 1982)

7656-418: The UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Mike Ogletree played on the first leg of the tour, but was asked to leave the band in November 1982, later joining Fiction Factory . Mel Gaynor was recruited for the remaining dates and retained afterwards, eventually becoming the band's longest-standing drummer (and longest-standing member other than mainstays Burchill and Kerr) despite thrice leaving and returning in

7788-421: The UK, Europe, Canada and Australia, Simple Minds remained essentially unknown in the US. The band's UK releases on Arista were not picked up by Arista USA who had 'right of first refusal' for their releases. The 1985 film The Breakfast Club broke Simple Minds into the US market, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U.S. pop hit in April 1985 with the film's opening track, " Don't You (Forget About Me) ",

7920-427: The UK, but again failed to reach the singles chart. In early 1981, Simple Minds frustration with poor support and marketing by Arista made them threaten to split up rather than continue working with them. They were released from Arista and instead signed to Virgin Records . After the band had left the label, Arista decided to release "Celebrate" as the second single from Empires and Dance in February 1981 to promote

8052-450: The UK, where it also spawned four Top 40 singles. In the US, " See the Lights " was the band's last Top 40 pop single. The band toured to support the release, playing as a basic five-piece (Kerr, Burchill, Gaynor, Foster and Taylor) and cutting down on the extended arrangements of the last few large tours. Mel Gaynor left the band in 1992 to pursue session work and other projects, and for the next two years Simple Minds were on hiatus, releasing

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8184-597: The US. It reached No. 37 in the UK and was not released in North America. The band spent 2006 touring throughout Europe, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand on the Black And White Tour (with Mark Taylor on keyboards). 2007 marked the band's 30th anniversary and saw the band embarked on a brief tour of Australia and New Zealand as guests of INXS . The band continued to release audio and video download "bundles" through their official website, featuring live music and several short documentary-style videos recorded during their 2006 tour in Edinburgh and Brussels (including

8316-411: The United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy and New Zealand. Despite various personnel changes (and the reduction of the core band to founder members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill ), they continue to record and tour. In 2014, Simple Minds were awarded the Q Inspiration Award for their contribution to the music industry and an Ivor Novello Award in 2016 for Outstanding Song Collection from

8448-403: The album on SACD in 2003. In 2005, Virgin released a DVD-Audio version that was remixed by Ronald Prent. All of the tracks except "Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel" and "Promised You a Miracle" (for which the multitrack tapes were lost) were remixed in 5.1 surround sound , and a downmixed 2.0 stereo version was created for DVD-Audio setups without surround sound. The DVD-Audio version contains

8580-421: The album's liner notes. Simple Minds Additional musicians Technical Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Simple Minds Simple Minds are a British rock band formed in Glasgow Scotland , United Kingdom in 1977, becoming best known internationally for their song " Don't You (Forget About Me) " (1985), which topped

8712-403: The album, with the earlier single "Changeling" on the b-side to promote Real to Real Cacophony , but this single too sold poorly and failed to chart. The following year, Arista put out a compilation album, Celebration , featuring tracks from the three previous albums which reached No. 45 on the UK albums chart. Following their change of record company, the band demoed new songs and embarked on

8844-425: The album. Furthermore, Arista did not release a single to promote the album. "I Travel" was not released as a single until October to promote the Empires and Dance tour. The single sold poorly and did not reach the UK chart, but the 12" version became popular in the US club scene and (based on import sales only) entered the Billboard Disco Chart at no.80 in early 1981. "I Travel" was subsequently reissued twice in

8976-399: The album. Following Ogletree's departure, Gaynor became a full-time member of the band. Jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock guested on the album and plays a synthesizer solo on the song "Hunter and the Hunted." Released in September 1982, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number six and reached its peak position of number three the following week. It would spend a total of 53 weeks on

9108-478: The audio data, with a key encoded on a special area of the disc that is only readable by a licensed SACD device. The HD layer of an SACD disc cannot be played back on computer CD/DVD drives, and SACDs can only be manufactured at the disc replication facilities in Shizuoka and Salzburg . Nonetheless, very early versions of the PlayStation 3 with an SACD-compatible drive and appropriate firmware and certain Blu-ray players can use specialized software to extract

9240-471: The band later incorporated pop-religious iconography in clean, integrated package designs that befitted the band's idealised image as neo-romantic purveyors of European anthemic pop. To replace McGee as drummer (although not as full band member), Simple Minds hired Kenny Hyslop (ex- Skids , Slik , Zones) to play on the first leg of the Sons and Fascination tour, which included Simple Minds first visit to Australia, touring with Icehouse . Hyslop also played on

9372-453: The band was not appearing at the festival, formed a new band of their own to play the same concert. Having delivered Our Secrets Are the Same to Chrysalis, Simple Minds then found themselves caught up in record company politics while Chrysalis, EMI and other companies attempted to merge with each other. Originally due for release in late 1999, the album remained unreleased after the band mired themselves in lawsuits with Chrysalis. In 2000,

9504-422: The band was officially listed as a trio of Kerr, Burchill and MacNeil. In a new development for the band, various bass guitar and drum tracks were performed by high-profile guesting session musicians. Gaynor's departure from the band was brief (he was rehired for the following tour). Released in 1989, the album rose to No. 1 in the UK charts and received a rare five-star review from Q magazine. It received

9636-493: The band's rehearsal space and was a session musician who had worked with Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush . Giblin made his debut with Simple Minds at Live Aid in Philadelphia , where the band performed "Don't You (Forget About Me)", a new track called " Ghost Dancing " and "Promised You a Miracle". During 1985, Simple Minds were in the studio with former Tom Petty / Stevie Nicks producer Jimmy Iovine . In November, Once Upon

9768-484: The band's sound, with Burchill's heavily processed guitar becoming more of a textural element. With this album, Kerr began to experiment with non-narrative lyrics based on observations he had made as the band travelled across Europe on tour. While a modest commercial success, Empires and Dance received enthusiastic response in the British music press Simple Minds had caught the attention of Peter Gabriel who selected them as

9900-536: The band's third guitarist. Kerr doubled on keyboards, and Burchill also played violin. On 11 April 1977, Johnny & The Self-Abusers held their first performance at the Doune Castle pub in Glasgow, following up two weeks later as the opening act for Generation X in Edinburgh. They performed concerts in Glasgow over the ensuing summer, but a split developed in the band, with Milarky and McNeill forming one faction and

10032-525: The bonus track "In Every Heaven," which had previously been lost as it was not labelled properly on the master tape. An instrumental version of the song titled "Soundtrack for Every Heaven" had been the B-side of the "Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime)" 12-inch single and was also included in the Methods of Dance Volume 2 compilation on Virgin. An alternative version of "In Every Heaven" from the same sessions appears in

10164-649: The burden of proof has now shifted. Further claims that careful 16/44.1 encoding audibly degrades high resolution signals must be supported by properly controlled double-blind tests. Following criticism that the original published results of the study were not sufficiently detailed, the AES published a list of the audio equipment and recordings used during the tests. Since the Meyer–Moran study in 2007, approximately 80 studies have been published on high-resolution audio, about half of which included blind tests. Joshua Reiss performed

10296-561: The campaign for the release of Beirut -held hostage Brian Keenan , kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad . The next album Street Fighting Years (produced by Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson ) moved away from the American soul and gospel influences of Once Upon a Time in favour of soundtrack atmospherics and a new incorporation of acoustic and folk music-related ingredients. The lyrics were also more directly political, covering topics including

10428-536: The charts. In March they supported Gary Numan on a couple of gigs, and continued their Real to Real Cacophony Tour until June 1980 with dates mainly in Germany, France and the Netherlands. In June 1980 Simple Minds entered the studio to record their next album, again with producer John Leckie at Rockfield Studios. The band again had a new approach to their music that differed from the previous album, this time aiming for

10560-421: The compilation album Glittering Prize 81/92 in 1992. Simple Minds returned to activity later in 1994. By now the band was officially a duo of Kerr and Burchill (with the latter taking on keyboards in the studio, as well as guitar). Hiring Keith Forsey (the writer of "Don't You (Forget About Me)") as producer, they began to put together an album which returned to the uplifting arena rock feel of their Once Upon

10692-516: The complete show on 16 February 2006 at the Ancienne Belgique , Brussels, Belgium as "Live Bundles" No. 1 to No. 5 and 6 tracks from the show on 28 August 2006 at the " T on the Fringe " music festival, Edinburgh, as "Live Bundles" No. 6 & No. 7). On 27 June 2008, Simple Minds played the 90th birthday tribute to Nelson Mandela in London's Hyde Park. The band then undertook

10824-700: The concert in the Roman amphitheatre Verona Arena in Italy was recorded for the live video Verona , released by Virgin in 1990, and later included on the Seen the Lights DVD in 2003. At the end of the Street Fighting Years tour, Simple Minds laid plans to go to Amsterdam to begin recording a new album. Just before the end of the tour, keyboardist Michael MacNeil announced to the band that he would not be joining them as he needed

10956-488: The entirety of Simple Minds recent studio sessions on two albums: Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call . The latter album was initially included as a bonus disc with the first 10,000 vinyl copies of Sons and Fascination , but it was later re-issued as an album in its own right. (For the CD release, it was paired on a single disc with Sons and Fascination  – at first with two tracks deleted, but in full on later issues). The album reached No. 11 on

11088-412: The first SACD hybrid disc production line in the United States, with a production capacity of up to three million discs per year. SACD did not achieve the level of growth that compact discs enjoyed in the 1980s, and was not accepted by the mainstream market. By 2007, SACD had failed to make a significant impact in the marketplace; consumers were increasingly downloading low-resolution music files over

11220-499: The first-ever Simple Minds commercial (double) DVD, featuring over four hours and twenty minutes of archive footage. The first disc includes the majority of the band's promotional videos. The second disc is devoted to Verona , the band's first live home video release, which was originally released in VHS format in 1990. It was upmixed to 5.1 surround sound for the DVD, but otherwise remains the same as

11352-722: The following decades. The band's late 1982 UK dates included a show at City Hall in Newcastle that was recorded by Virgin and later included on the 2003 Seen the Lights DVD. On these dates the band was supported by China Crisis . The second leg of the New Gold Dream tour started in March 1983 and included dates in Europe, USA and Canada. In July they performed at festivals such as Roskilde Festival in Denmark and Rock Werchter in Belgium. Prior to

11484-636: The format a greater dynamic range and wider frequency response than the CD. The SACD format is capable of delivering a dynamic range of 120  dB from 20 Hz to 20 kHz and an extended frequency response up to 100 kHz, although most available players list an upper limit of 70–90 kHz, and practical limits reduce this to 50 kHz. Because of the nature of sigma-delta converters , DSD and PCM cannot be directly compared. DSD's frequency response can be as high as 100 kHz, but frequencies that high compete with high levels of ultrasonic quantization noise . With appropriate low-pass filtering ,

11616-489: The format, with new releases confined to the smaller labels. SACD discs have identical physical dimensions as standard compact discs. The areal density of the disc is the same as a DVD . There are three types of disc: A stereo SACD recording has an uncompressed rate of 5.6  Mbit/s , four times the rate for Red Book CD stereo audio. Commercial releases commonly include both surround sound (five full-range plus LFE multi-channel) and stereo (dual-channel) mixes on

11748-498: The full original band lineup for the first time in twenty-seven years, when meetings with Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee led to a studio rehearsal date. However, the reunion rapidly foundered over disagreements regarding control of the band and equal status for all members. Reverting to the Kerr/Burchill/Duffy/Gaynor lineup, Simple Minds released a new studio album entitled Graffiti Soul on 25 May 2009. On

11880-640: The idea of the band alive. In 2001, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill began working with multi-instrumentalist Gordon Goudie (ex- Primevals ) on a new Simple Minds album to be called Cry . Mark Kerr also contributed to the project (this time as an acoustic guitarist and Burchill's co-writer on several songs) while Kerr brought in various Italian musicians as collaborators, including Planet Funk and Punk Investigation. In parallel to Cry , Simple Minds also recorded an album of covers called Neon Lights , featuring Simple Minds versions of songs from artists including Patti Smith , Roxy Music and Kraftwerk . Neon Lights

12012-521: The internet rather than buying music on physical disc formats. A small and niche market for SACD has remained, serving the audiophile community. By October 2009, record companies had published more than 6,000 SACD releases, slightly more than half of which were classical music . Jazz and popular music albums, mainly remastered previous releases, were the next two genres most represented. Many popular artists have released some or all of their back catalog on SACD. Pink Floyd 's album The Dark Side of

12144-490: The live line-up. Because of Simple Minds' powerful stage presence and lyrics that were now beginning to adopt Christian symbolism , the band was criticised by some in the music press as a lesser version of U2 , despite the fact that both bands were now heading in different musical directions. The two groups were well-acquainted with one another, and Bono joined Simple Minds on-stage at the Barrowlands in Glasgow in 1985 for

12276-549: The name "Lostboy! AKA". Explaining the project name and ethos, he commented "I didn't want to start a new band. I like my band...and I didn't want a point blank Jim Kerr solo album either." A Lostboy! AKA 10-date European tour followed from 18 to 31 May 2010. The band played a mini-concert on 2 October 2010 at the Cash For Kids Ball organised by Radio Clyde at the Hilton in Glasgow, and a full-length concert on 10 December 2010 at

12408-513: The next few years the band gradually altered to the point where it was a shifting set of musicians around the only remaining core members, Kerr and Burchill. In December 2009, Kerr retrospectively defended the changes in an online diary entry, although he said that MacNeil's departure had been a "colossal fracture". He also paid tribute to his former bandmate and said that MacNeil had been irreplaceable. Simple Minds continued to record, hiring keyboard players as and where required. The first of these

12540-524: The opening act on several dates of his European tour starting in August 1980. The tour as support act for Peter Gabriel gave the band the opportunity to play at bigger venues. Empires and Dance peaked at no.41 on the UK Albums Chart and dropped out of the chart after three weeks. The band's manager Bruce Findlay later blamed Arista for poor handling of the album and it not being more commercially successful. Initially Arista only released 7500 copies of

12672-643: The opening of Florence's Hard Rock Cafe, on 18 August in Belgrade, Serbia before 110,000 people and on 27 August in Bad Harzburg, Germany before 25,000 people). To coincide with the 2012 5X5 Live European tour, EMI Music released on 20 February 2012 the X5 box set featuring the first five albums over six discs: Life in a Day , Real to Real Cacophony , Empires and Dance , Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) (with Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call as separate discs in

12804-549: The original VHS copy. On 18 October 2004, Simple Minds released a five-CD compilation entitled Silver Box . This mostly comprised previously unreleased demos, radio and TV sessions and live recordings from 1979 to 1995, but also included the long-delayed Our Secrets Are the Same . In July 2005, the band embarked on the "Intimate Tour", a series of low-key European and UK gigs at smaller venues which ended in December 2005. Andy Gillespie

12936-406: The other consisting of Kerr, Donald, Burchill and McGee; at the same time, Milarky's compositions were being edged out in favour of those of Kerr and Burchill. In November 1977, Johnny & The Self-Abusers released their only single, "Saints and Sinners", on Chiswick Records (which was dismissed as being "rank and file" in a Melody Maker review). The band split on the same day that the single

13068-457: The pop tunes of Life in a Day . German Krautrock was now the band's main influence, adopting a more experimental electronic sound that drew influences from the motorik, repetitive grooves of bands such as Neu! , Kraftwerk and La Düsseldorf . The band began their "Real to Real Cacophony Tour" in Germany and also made a short visit to New York in October 1979. Their performance of the songs "Premonition", "Factory" and "Changeling" at Hurrah

13200-534: The previous deal. In May 2009, Graffiti Soul ' s first single, "Rockets", was released as a digital download single only. On 31 May 2009, the album entered the UK Album chart at No. 10, becoming Simple Minds' first album in 14 years to enter the UK Top 10. The album also entered European Top 100 Album chart at No. 9. Interspersed with Simple Minds activity, Jim Kerr recorded and released his first solo album Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr on 17 May 2010 under

13332-423: The red DVD laser is used for reading SACDs. This means that when a hybrid SACD is placed into a conventional CD player, the infrared laser beam passes through the SACD layer and is reflected by the CD layer at the standard 1.2 mm distance, and the SACD layer is out of focus. When the same disc is placed into an SACD player, the red laser is reflected by the SACD layer (at 0.6 mm distance) before it can reach

13464-513: The release of Sons and Fascination . The band was prompted by this experience to write " Promised You a Miracle " upon their return to Europe. In a 2012 interview, singer Jim Kerr recalled the production of the album as a wonderful time during the late spring and early summer of 1982 in which "everything we tried worked," adding: "There were no arguments. We were in love with what we were doing, playing it, listening to it. You don't get many periods in your life when it all goes your way." The album

13596-443: The rock band Genesis re-released all of their studio albums across three SACD box sets. Each album in these sets contains both new stereo and 5.1 mixes. The original stereo mixes were not included. The US & Canada versions do not use SACD but CD instead. By August 2009 443 labels had released one or more SACDs. Instead of depending on major label support, some orchestras and artists have released SACDs on their own. For instance,

13728-495: The situation became even more complicated when Our Secrets Are the Same was leaked on the internet. Discouraged with their label's failure to resolve the problems, and with both momentum and potential album sales lost, the band once again went on hiatus. Eddie Duffy, Mark Taylor and Mark Kerr all moved on to other projects. Jim Kerr moved to Sicily and took up a part-time career as a hotelier, although both he and Burchill continued working together on various business interests and kept

13860-496: The songs "Chelsea Girl" and "Life in a Day" on BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test . The first Simple Minds album, Life in a Day , was produced by John Leckie and released by Zoom Records in April 1979. The album's title track "Life in a Day" was released as Simple Minds' first single and reached No. 62 in the UK Singles Chart , with the album reaching No. 30 in the UK Albums Chart . In April/May 1979 they made their first UK tour as supporting act for Magazine , who were

13992-462: The songs "Promised You a Miracle" and "King is White and in the Crowd" were premiered on a BBC session for Kid Jensen . The band then moved to Townhouse Studios for recording sessions with producer Peter Walsh . The band told Walsh they wanted the album to represent their live sound, so Walsh decided to record it as a live studio album. Unsatisfied with Ogletree's drumming style, Walsh introduced them to

14124-701: The studio recording of " Promised You a Miracle ", a song originating in a riff from a tape of funk music Hyslop played on the tour bus, that would become the band's next single. Despite this contribution, Hyslop ultimately "didn't fit in" with the band or their management and was replaced for the second leg of the Sons and Fascination tour by the Kilmarnock -born percussionist Mike Ogletree (the former drummer for Café Jacques ) in early 1982. Simple Minds started working on their next album in an old farmhouse in Fife . In February 1982

14256-607: The studio, the two writing and recording projects (including the Hunter co-writes) merged to become the sessions for the next Simple Minds album, Our Secrets Are the Same . Once again, Forbes and Gaynor found themselves out of the band: Mark Kerr became the new drummer and Eddie Duffy joined on bass guitar. The new-look Simple Minds made their début with a short set of greatest hits at the Scotland Rocks For Kosovo festival, with Mark Taylor returning on keyboards. The displaced Forbes and Gaynor, having apparently been told that

14388-512: The third generation (introduced October 2007), SACD playback was removed. All PlayStation 3 models, however, will play DSD Disc format. The PlayStation 3 was capable of converting multi-channel DSD to lossy 1.5 Mbit/s DTS for playback over S/PDIF using the 2.00 system software . The subsequent revision removed the feature. Several brands have introduced (mostly high-end ) Blu-ray Disc and Ultra HD Blu-ray players that can play SACD discs. Unofficial playback of SACD disc images on

14520-411: The tour the band had started working on their next album. In August the new song " Waterfront " was premiered in a live concert. In September the band recorded a BBC session for David Jensen, including "Waterfront" and the newly written "The Kick Inside of Me". In October their next album was recorded with producer Steve Lillywhite at Townhouse Studios in London. In November "Waterfront" was released as

14652-583: The world, including Australia, Europe, North America and Japan. In 1984, Jim Kerr married Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders (who renamed herself Christine Kerr). Simple Minds headlined a North American tour supported by China Crisis during the Canadian leg and supported the Pretenders in the US while Hynde was pregnant with Kerr's daughter. The marriage lasted until 1990. Despite the band's new-found popularity in

14784-629: Was "only slightly better than chance." Contradictory results have been found when comparing DSD and high-resolution PCM formats. Double-blind listening tests in 2004 between DSD and 24-bit, 176.4 kHz PCM recordings reported that among test subjects no significant differences could be heard. DSD advocates and equipment manufacturers continue to assert an improvement in sound quality above PCM 24-bit 176.4 kHz. A 2003 study found that despite both formats' extended frequency responses, people could not distinguish audio with information above 21 kHz from audio without such high-frequency content. In

14916-450: Was a small but statistically significant ability to discriminate between standard-quality audio (44.1 or 48 kHz, 16 bit) and high-resolution audio (beyond standard quality). When subjects were trained, the ability to discriminate was far more significant." Hiroshi Nittono pointed out that the results in Reiss's paper showed that the ability to distinguish high-resolution audio from CD-quality audio

15048-580: Was a special time because we were really beginning to break through with that record, both commercially and critically. The people that liked that record connected with it in a special way. There was a depth to it: it created its own mythology. It stood out. It was our most successful record to date and, critically, the Paul Morleys of this world were writing very nice things about it." All tracks are written by Simple Minds (Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr, Michael MacNeil), except where noted Adapted from

15180-443: Was almost equally successful, peaking at no.16 and " Someone Somewhere in Summertime " (November 1982) reached no.36. The title track saw a limited release in Italy when the band visited in March 1983. Virgin Records reissued the album as a remastered edition in 2002 (cardboard vinyl replica edition) and early 2003 (jewel case). On the 2002/2003 edition, the gaps between the tracks on the album are slightly shorter. Virgin also reissued

15312-546: Was an element of the chore creeping in. We were coasting and this whole other thing was a challenge." The first casualty was bassist Derek Forbes, who was beginning to squabble with Kerr. Forbes began failing to turn up for rehearsals, and was dismissed. Forbes remained in touch with the band (and was soon reunited with another former Simple Minds bandmate, drummer Brian McGee, in Propaganda ). To replace Forbes, Simple Minds hired former Brand X bass player John Giblin , who owned

15444-471: Was filmed for The Old Grey Whistle Test . Real to Real Cacophony was released in November 1979. While the band got little marketing support from their record company Arista, who didn't like the album, it received critical acclaim. The release was followed by their third UK tour of the year and a BBC session for John Peel in December. In January 1980 "Changeling" was released as the only single from Real to Real Cacophony , failing to make an impression on

15576-449: Was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode named it the best album of 1982. When creating their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire , the Irish rock band U2 saw New Gold Dream as an influence. In 1998, Jim Kerr said: "Every band or artist with a history has an album that's their holy grail. I suppose New Gold Dream was ours. It

15708-748: Was nominated for the Song of the Year at the Brit Awards 1990 . Singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill are the two members who have been with the band throughout its whole history, and the only current permanent members and songwriters. As of 2023, the other current members of the live and studio band are bassist Ged Grimes , drummer Cherisse Osei , backing singer Sarah Brown, guitarist and keyboardist Gordy Goudie and keyboardist Erik Ljunggren. Notable former members include keyboardist Mick MacNeil , bassists Derek Forbes and John Giblin and drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor . Simple Minds originated from

15840-496: Was not included. Once Upon a Time went on to generate four worldwide hit singles: "Alive and Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", "Ghost Dancing" and "All the Things She Said", the last of which featured a music video directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński that used techniques developed in music videos for bands such as Pet Shop Boys and Art of Noise . The band also toured, with both Robin Clark and percussionist Sue Hadjopoulos added to

15972-491: Was not involved beyond the rehearsal stage, Forbes formally rejoined Simple Minds in July 1996. The band then reunited with Mel Gaynor for a studio session in early 1997. Gaynor was reinstated as a full-time member for the European tour (which once again featured Mark Taylor on keyboards). After the tour, album recording sessions were interrupted by Kerr and Burchill's decision to play live (without Forbes, Taylor or Gaynor) as part of

16104-530: Was ours". Kerr said of the recording of the album that it was "a special time because we were really beginning to break through with that record, both commercially and critically. The people that liked that record connected with it in a special way". The album has been praised as some of the bands finest work, and was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . New Gold Dream originated in Simple Minds' unexpected popular and commercial success during an Australian tour with Icehouse following

16236-520: Was published as ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.10:2007 in 2007. SACD has several copy protection features at the physical level, which made the digital content of SACD discs difficult to copy until the jailbreak of the PlayStation 3 . The content may be copyable without SACD quality by resorting to the analog hole , or ripping the conventional 700 MB layer on hybrid discs. Copy protection schemes include physical pit modulation and 80-bit encryption of

16368-449: Was recorded over a five-month period at Rockfield Studio, The Townhouse and Oxford Manor, with preproduction at The Old Mill in Fife . During a short tour rehearsal in January 1982, the band wrote what would become the songs "King Is White and in the Crowd", "Hunter and the Hunted" and "Promised You a Miracle," a song that proved pivotal to the musical direction of the album. It was unveiled in

16500-480: Was recorded primarily over two nights in Paris in August 1986. "When we first heard the live album I thought, What a great night! What dynamics! But is that it for us – rousing choruses and crashing drums? There didnae seem any room for subtlety, and we always seem at our best when we're not trying to be powerful, but there's an underlying power coming through." By 1988, Simple Minds had built their own recording premises —

16632-748: Was released on the Ballad of the Streets EP, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart (the only time the band did so). Another EP track, " Belfast Child ", was a rewrite of the Celtic folk song " She Moved Through the Fair " (which had been introduced to Kerr by John Giblin) with new lyrics written about the ongoing conflict in Northern Ireland). The single was also an expression by Simple Minds of their support for

16764-403: Was released, with Milarky and McNeill going on to form The Cuban Heels. Ditching the stage names and the overt punkiness, the remaining members continued together as Simple Minds (naming themselves after a David Bowie lyric from his song " Jean Genie ", making their very first performance at Glasgow's Satellite City on 17 January 1978. In January 1978, Simple Minds recruited Duncan Barnwell as

16896-484: Was session keyboard player Peter-John Vettese who played live with the band at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Concert and on a short German tour. He was subsequently replaced in the live band by Mark Taylor. In 1991, Simple Minds returned with Real Life . The album's cover showed a trio of Kerr, Burchill and Gaynor and the writing credits for all songs was Kerr/Burchill. The album reached No. 2 in

17028-477: Was the first to be completed and released (later in 2001). In the video for the Neon Lights single "Dancing Barefoot", the band consisted of Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Gordon Goudie and Mark Kerr. A 2-CD compilation, The Best of Simple Minds , was released soon afterwards. Cry was released in April 2002. Although the album did not sell in great numbers in the U.S., Simple Minds felt confident enough to mount

17160-522: Was the only Simple Minds album released by Chrysalis Records , who refused to release the album in the U.S., citing lack of interest. The music video for "Glitterball", the album's lead single, was the first production of any kind to film at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao , Spain. A European tour followed between March and July 1998, undermined by problems with ill-health and contractual fiascos (including

17292-436: Was then supplanted by an increase in the band's political activism, something which they had begun to stress in recent years (by giving all of the income from the "Ghostdancing" single to Amnesty International, and playing cover versions of Little Steven's "(Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City" on tour), inspired by Peter Gabriel with whom they had toured in the early 1980s. Simple Minds were the first band to sign up for Mandela Day ,

17424-484: Was unable to appear at all the gigs, and Mark Taylor returned to cover for him on several occasions. From this point onwards, the two alternated as Simple Minds' live keyboard player, depending on Gillespie's schedule with his other projects. With the Kerr/Burchill/Duffy/Gaynor lineup, Simple Minds released Black & White 050505 (their fourteenth studio album), on 12 September 2005. The album's first single, "Home", received airplay on alternative rock radio stations in

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