Simple Minds ‎– Street Fighting Years
Simple Minds ‎– Street Fighting Years
Simple Minds ‎– Street Fighting Years
Simple Minds ‎– Street Fighting Years

Simple Minds ‎– Street Fighting Years

€39,99

Their first proper new release since the commercial breakthrough of Once Upon a Time (a live album intervened) and Simple Minds makes a decidedly, noncommercial follow-up. Street Fighting Years is a moody, dark affair. The music is yearning and most of the songs are politically charged lyrically. It was a move that could (and did) bring commercial failure. However, Street Fighting Years is an artistic and elegant album that might lack immediate choruses but draws in the listener. The title track takes some dramatic turns that give the gentle melody added thrust. “Take a Step Back” pulsates and “Wall of Love” rocks with conviction. Slower tracks like the brooding “Let It All Come Down” and a spirited run through the traditional “Belfast Child” are well done. Other noteworthy tracks include a version of the Peter Gabriel classic “Biko” and the soaring “Mandela Day.” It might not have satisfied the band’s newly won fans, but Street Fighting Years is an interesting, enjoyable album with some truly lovely moments.

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Virgin ‎– MINDS1, Virgin ‎– 209 785-8 Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold 1989 EU Pressing

1. Street Fighting Years
2. Soul Crying Out
3. Wall Of Love
4. This Is Your Land
Vocals – Lou Reed
5. Take A Step Back

Side 2.

1. Kick It In
2. Let It All Come Down
3. Mandela Day
4. Belfast Child
5. Biko

Companies etc
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Printed By – TOPAC
• Mastered At – Masterdisk
• Published By – Virgin Music Ltd.
Credits:
• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Charlie Burchill
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – John Altman
• Backing Vocals – Lorna Bannon
• Bagpipes – Roger Sharp
• Bass – John Giblin, Stephen Lipson
• Cello – Sheena McKenzie, William Lithgow
• Coordinator – Jane Ventom
• Design – Assorted Images
• Drums – Manu Katché, Mel Gaynor
• Engineer – Heff Moraes, Robin Hancock
• Engineer [Assistant] – Danton Supple, Martin Plant
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Other [Logistics] – Paul Kerr
• Other [Nourishment] – Ying Ho Au Yeung
• Percussion – Abdou M’Boup, Leroy Williams, Sydney Thiam
• Photography By – Guido Harari, NASA/Science Photo Library
• Piano, Accordion, Keyboards [Electric] – Michael MacNeil
• Producer – Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
• Recorded By [Technical Master] – Dougie Cowan
• Tin Whistle, Bodhrán – Maureen Kerr
• Violin – Lisa Germano
• Vocals – Jim Kerr
• Written-By – Simple Minds )

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Weight0,5 kg
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