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January 24, 2020
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Real To Real Reviews

  Close The Box Open The Minds Paul Morley – ‘NME’ – January 5th 1980 (UK) Jim Kerr, troubled and thoughtful Glaswegian, lead singer for the Scottish quinet Simple Minds – let’s get the fire in your eyes and the whine in your voice, for a moment let’s lose your unfortunate stammer, and maybe any... / READ MORE /
January 24, 2020
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Early Gold Reviews

EARLY GOLD Classics from pre-stadium bore period. ‘Uncut’ July 2003 (UK) There are people who were so disappointed at the Minds’ descent into sub-U2 stadium rock that it has had a retrospective spoiling effect on even their best work. They’ve partly atoned for that period, however, and it’s easier now to appreciate again their greatest... / READ MORE /
January 24, 2020
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Best Of Reviews

THE BEST OF SIMPLE MINDS Keith Hannaleck I lost track of the Simple Minds after the eighties became nothing more than a memory. After being tuned in and turned on to the magnetic and charismatic lead vocals of Jim Kerr on the heart pumping “Don’t You Forget About Me” (The Breakfast Club) and “Alive And... / READ MORE /
January 24, 2020
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Silver Box Reviews

SILVER BOX Five-disc box of demos, sessions and lost album. ‘Uncut Magazine’ – October 2004 (UK) This exhaustive trawl through demo, session and concert detritus traces Simple Minds’25-year career from 1979, when they were still a Magazine supplement, through to the 1988 stadium bombast of “Mandela Day” and beyond. Yet it’s likely to be of... / READ MORE /
January 23, 2020
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News 2009

            +++ BLOC PARTY’BEING USHERED INTO THE DARK BY SIMPLE MINDS +++ Writing for The Quietus, Bloc Party’s Gordon Moakes explainsthe impact a teenage love for Simple Minds had on his musical future Bloc Party’s Gordan MoakesFor my thirteenth birthday my parents gave me a tape of Simple Minds’ second... / READ MORE /
January 22, 2020
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Rockinrio Reviews

IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT John McNeive travelled to Brazil with Simple Minds and gives a unique insight into the burgeoning South American rock scene. John McNieve – ‘Hot Press’ June 16th 1988 (IRELAND) Simple Minds were busy rehearsing material and preparing for the recording of their new album when they were approached to headline... / READ MORE /
January 22, 2020
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Reallife Reviews

COME A LONG WAY After a mammoth world tour, Simple Minds are preparing to record the follow-up to ‘Street Fighting Years’. Bassist Malcolm Foster takes time out to talk to Michael Leonard. Michael Leonard – ‘Guitarist’ September 1990 (UK) As we’re minutes from Hampton Court, retreat of regal nutter and wife basher Henry VIII, the... / READ MORE /
January 22, 2020
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Themes Reviews

THEMES (VOLUMES 1-4) Philip Thomas – ‘Q’ Magazine (UK) This extraordinary set of picture CDs, packaged in Chinese-puzzle style cardboard boxes, five to a box, effectively charts the ’80s from the perspective of Simple Minds. Priced at about pounds sterling20 per box, and released as a limited edition, they do indeed remind the casual listener... / READ MORE /
January 21, 2020
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Black And White Reviews

ORANGE ASHTON COURT FESTIVAL’, BRISTOL 23RD JULY 2006 Eighties Rock Icons Hold Their Own With Young Guns Keith Clark – ‘Bristol Evening Post’ – 24th July 2006 (UK) After two days that were dominated by the young guns of the local music scene it was left to a bloke in his late 40s to finish... / READ MORE /
January 20, 2020
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Graffiti Soul Reviews

ECHO ARENA, LIVERPOOL 21ST JULY 2009 Kevin Matthews – ‘Liverpool Daily Post’ – 22nd July 2009 (UK) On arriving at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, avid Twitterer Jim Kerr sent out a message on the social networking site: “I hope they put strong foundations in the construction of this new venue as traditionally Simple Minds + Liverpool... / READ MORE /
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