Title: Simple Minds: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Release year: 1982
Genre: Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk / New Wave, Synth-Pop
Artist: Jim Kerr - lead vocals, Charlie Burchill - guitars and effects, Michael MacNeil - keyboards and effects, Derek Forbes - bass guitar; Additional: Mel Gaynor - drums on "Someone Somewhere in Summertime", "Big Sleep", "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)", "Glittering Prize", "Hunter and the Hunted", and "The King Is the White and in the Crowd, Mike Ogletree is drums on the "Colors Fly and Catherine Wheel", "Somebody Up There," and "New Gold Dream (81-82-83) -84) ", Kenny Hyslop - drums on" Promised You a Miracle ". This is the only studio track with Hyslop on drums, Sharon Campbell - girl's voice on "Colors Fly and Catherine Wheel" and "Glittering Prize", Herbie Hancock - guest keyboardist on "Hunter and the Hunted"
Description:
On 29th July 2016 Universal Minds' finest album, NEW GOLD DREAM (81-82-83-84). It will be the first time the entire back catalog of this era has been collected together.
"My loyalty to Simple Minds is known to be considerable, yet I am jarred by the constant beauty of this music. New Gold Dreams robs me of my breath. "- Paul Morley, NME 1982
GOLD DREAM (81-82-83-84) was Simple Minds' fifth studio album and their crossover - the one that took them from revered cult status to a chart with pop singles, launching their career worldwide . Featuring the no.13 and no.16 singles 'Promised You A Miracle' and 'Glittering Prize', it turned the band into a major force in pop music, reaching no.3 in the UK.
Tracklist:
01. Someone Somewhere In Summertime
02. Colors Fly And Catherine Wheel
03. Promised You A Miracle
04. Big Sleep
05. Somebody Up There Likes You
06. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
07. Glittering Prize
08. Hunter And The Hunted
09. King Is White And In The Crowd
10. In Every Heaven
Issued: United States | Virgin Records / Universal Music
Duration: 00:54:20