Simple minds new gold dream 320 rar2/4/2023 ![]() ![]() In his review in New Musical Express in April 1979, Tony Stewart described the contemporary situation succinctly when he said, 'And it's only now in the post-punk interlude of calm that "sophistication" and "professionalism" can once again play a part'. ![]() The album missed out on the Top 40 but the band began to pick up attention from the music papers. ![]() The group owed a debt to Roxy Music and David Bowie – even to the archness of Cockney Rebel – but, with an arty disposition and with keyboard player Mick MacNeil's thoroughly modern synthesisers to the fore, they were also looking towards the future. But people get used to a name and Simple Minds soon got a foothold in the post-punk milieu with their 1979 debut album Life In A Day.Īfter the cultural convulsion of punk and its year zero attitudes, Simple Minds, like their peers Ultravox! and Magazine, looked back to the earlier part of the decade for inspiration. Their name, which derives from a lyric from David Bowie's 'Jean Genie' now feels something of an odd choice, given the complexity of their sound. The group's fifth album was a turning point, paving the way for a career that would see them blossom from niche synth innovators to full-blown stadium rockers and in the process become the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s ![]()
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