Simple Minds - Glittering Prize 81-92 (1992)@flac torrent

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This compilation album is fascinating in that it tracks the dramatic artistic decline (and parallel commercial rise) of one the most successful groups of the post-punk era. "Love Song", "Promised You A Miracle" and "Someone, Somewhere In Summertime" see Jim Kerr and co. teetering like a cat poised on a fence, their sound a skittering, graceful interplay of glittering keyboards and adrenaline guitars, with Kerr's lyrics epic yet ambivalent on top.
Then around the mid-1980s, Simple Minds fell from the fence into lumbering stadium rock rifferama. "Alive And Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself" were big scarf-waving anthems but lacked the tantalising panache of their earlier work. As Jim Kerr sank further into megastardom, the music suffered further as he indulged in piously cumbersome ballads like "Belfast Child" and "Mandela Day".
But while critics sighed, the Minds' audience swelled regardless--their "New Gold Dream" had come true. --David Stubbs (Amazon)

01. Waterfront [4:50]
02. Don't You (Forget About Me) [4:20]
03. Alive And Kicking [4:47]
04. Sanctify Yourself [3:57]
05. Love Song [3:51]
06. Someone, Somewhere In Summertime [4:36]
07. See The Lights [4:23]
08. Belfast Child [6:41]
09. The American [3:33]
10. All The Things She Said [4:17]
11. Promised You A Miracle [4:00]
12. Ghostdancing [4:45]
13. Speed Your Love To Me [4:25]
14. Glittering Prize [4:00]
15. Let There Be Love [4:43]
16. Mandela Day [5:41]
Voice - Jim Kerr
Guitar - Charlie Burchil
Bass Guitar - Derek Forbes, John Giblin, Malcolm Foster
Drums - Brian McGee, Mel Gaynor, Mike Ogletree
Keyboards - Charlie Burchill, Michael McNeil
Piano – Michael McNeil
Label: Virgin
Released: 1992
Catalogue: smtvd 1

Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 6
Quality: High
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Covers Included (600dpi)
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