Simple Minds - Collection (1979-2017)
BAND/ARTIST: Simple Minds
- Title: Collection
- Year Of Release: 1979-2017
- Label: Virgin, Zoom, Arista, Sire, Chrysalis, Eagle, A&M, BMG
- Genre: Pop-Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Art Rock
- Quality: Flac (image+.cue) scans
- Total Time: 33:13:50
- Total Size: 14,4 Gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band. They formed in Glasgow in 1977 and became the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s. They achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums during their career and have sold an estimated 70 million albums. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.
The band scored a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" and "Belfast Child" (UK #1). In 2016, they received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.
The core of the band is the two remaining founding members, Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Ged Grimes (bass guitar), Sarah Brown (vocals), Gordy Goudie (guitar), Cherisse Osei (drums) and Catherine AD (vocals, keyboards, guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, keyboardists Mick MacNeil and Andy Gillespie, drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982).
The band scored a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" and "Belfast Child" (UK #1). In 2016, they received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.
The core of the band is the two remaining founding members, Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Ged Grimes (bass guitar), Sarah Brown (vocals), Gordy Goudie (guitar), Cherisse Osei (drums) and Catherine AD (vocals, keyboards, guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, keyboardists Mick MacNeil and Andy Gillespie, drummers Brian McGee and Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982).
Tracklist
1979 - Life in a Day (1982 Netherlands, Disky - VI 646432)
1980 - Empires And Dance (1982, W.Germany~Japan, Virgin - CDV 2247)
1985 - Once Upon A Time (2015 EU, Virgin - 0602547220721) 5xCD Box Set
1989 - Street Fighting Years (US, Virgin - CD 3927)
1991 - Real Life (UK, Virgin - CDV 2660)
1995 - Good News From The Next World (Holland, Virgin - CDV 2760)
1998 - Neapolis (Netherlands, Chrysalis - 7243 4 93712 2 4)
2001 - Neon Lights (Germany, Eagle Records - EDL EAG 373-2)
2001 - The Best Of (EU, Virgin - CDVD 2953) 2xCD
2002 - Cry (Germany, Eagle Records - EAGLT196) Limited Numbered Edition
2004 - Silver Box (EU, Virgin - 7243 578245 2 1) 4xCD Box Set
2005 - Black & White 050505 (EU, Sanctuary Records - SANCD390)
2009 - Graffiti Soul (UK, Sanctuary Records - 2703207) Limited Edition
2010 - Lostboy! A.K.A Jim Kerr (Germany, Ear Music - 0203942ERE)
2013 - Celebrate (The Greatest Hits+) (UK, Virgin - CDVDX 3120) 3xCD, Box Set
2014 - Big Music (EU, Sony Music - 88875038622) 2xCD Deleuxe
2016 - Acoustic (UK, Caroline International - SMAC01)
2016 - Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) [Czech Republic, Universal Music Catalogue - 4766622] 5xCD Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Remastered:
CD 1 - Original Album
CD 2 - Extended Versions
CD 3 - Edits & B-Sides
CD 4 - Radio Sessions
CD 5 - Alternative Mixes, Roughs & Demos
2017 - Acoustic In Concert (EU, Eagle Vision - EAGDV085)
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