Live in the City of Angels (Deluxe) Simple Minds

• 1 The Signal and the Noise (Live in the City of Angels) 05:44
• 2 Waterfront (Live in the City of Angels) 05:22
• 3 Love Song (Live in the City of Angels) 04:57
• 4 Let There Be Love (Live in the City of Angels) 04:33
• 5 Up on the Catwalk (Live in the City of Angels) 04:48
• 6 Sense of Discovery (Live in the City of Angels) 05:50
• 7 Glittering Prize (Live in the City of Angels) 04:14
• 8 Promised You a Miracle (Live in the City of Angels) 04:30
• 9 The American (Live in the City of Angel) 04:40
• 10 Hunter and the Hunted (Live in the City of Angels) 05:37
• 11 Stand by Love (Live in the City of Angels) 04:48
• 12 Dirty Old Town (Live in the City of Angels) 04:50
• 13 Theme for Great Cities (Live in the City of Angels) 05:05
• 14 She's a River (Live in the City of Angels) 03:34
• 15 Walk Between Worlds (Live in the City of Angels) 05:50
• 16 Hypnotised (Live in the City of Angels) 05:35
• 17 Someone Somewhere in Summertime (Live in the City of Angels) 05:32
• 18 See the Lights (Live in the City of Angels) 05:52
• 19 All the Things She Said (Live in the City of Angels) 04:20
• 20 Dolphins (Live in the City of Angels) 06:30
• 21 Don't You (Forget About Me) (Live in the City of Angels) 06:11
• 22 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Live in the City of Angels) 05:54
• 23 Once Upon a Time (Live in the City of Angels) 04:42
• 24 Alive and Kicking (Live in the City of Angels) 06:12
• 25 Sanctify Yourself (Live in the City of Angels) 05:16
• 26 Book of Brilliant Things (Live in the City of Angels) 07:14
• 27 I Travel (Live in the City of Angels) 04:59
• 28 Blindfolded (Live in the City of Angels) 05:11
• 29 Honest Town (Live in the City of Angels) 04:47
• 30 In Dreams (Live in the City of Angels) 04:39
• 31 Stars Will Lead the Way (Live in the City of Angels) 04:30
• 32 Big Sleep (Live in the City of Angels) 05:15
• 33 Let the Day Begin (Live in the City of Angels) 04:47
• 34 Barrowland Star (Live in the City of Angels) 06:24
• 35 Midnight Walking (Live in the City of Angels) 05:09
• 36 Summer (Live in the City of Angels) 05:00
• 37 Big Music (Live in the City of Angels) 03:09
• 38 Celebrate (Live in the City of Angels) 05:41
• 39 The Cross (Live in the City of Angels) 05:11
• 40 Speed Your Love to Me (Live in the City of Angels) 03:55
• Total Runtime 03:26:17

Info zu Live in the City of Angels (Deluxe)

Simple Minds präsentieren sich auf dem absoluten Höhepunkt ihrer Live-Power: Auf dem Konzertmitschnitt Live In The City Of Angels blickt die schottische Kultband zurück auf ihre bisher größte und erfolgreichste US-Tour!

Mit ihrem von Medien und Fans gleichermaßen euphorisch gefeierten Walk Between Worlds -Album konnten die Simple Minds im vergangenen Jahr das nächste Kapitel ihrer spektakulären Renaissance einläuten. Während die ehrwürdige Sunday Times von ihrem Best Album in Decades sprach und es im gleichen Atemzuge zum Album Of The Week kürte, konnte die schottische Formation gleichzeitig ihren Ruf als eine der beeindruckendsten Livebands der Welt unterstreichen. Im vergangenen Herbst waren Frontmann Jim Kerr und Band auf ihrer allerersten Nordamerika-Tour seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren zu sehen, bei der die Band insgesamt 31 Städte von Küste zu Küste bespielte rückblickend betrachtet die bis dato erfolgreichste US-Tour der Schotten.

Mehr als drei Dekaden nach Veröffentlichung ihres ersten Livealbums, dem 1987 erschienenen Live In The City Of Lights legen die Simple Minds nun ein Update nach, das erneut die imposanten Bühnenqualitäten der Glasgower Kultcombo widerspiegelt. Live In The City Of Angels zeigt eine sofort mitreißende, spielfreudige Band, die jedes Jahr mehr Tickets zu ihren kraftvollen Konzerten verkauft und immer neu nachwachsende Fangenerationen mit ihren unsterblichen Welthits und ihrer unbändigen Live-Power begeistert. Entsprechend euphorisch wurde die Band vom amerikanischen Publikum aufgenommen, das den Simple Minds einen frenetischen Empfang bereitete, den die Formation in ähnlicher Weise zuletzt Mitte der 80er Jahre genossen hatte. Eine fast unbeschreibliche Leidenschaft, die während ihrer packenden Performance am 24.10.2018 im Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles in Form von 24 mitreißenden Tracks eingefangen wurde. Der Song Glittering Prize entstand am 08.11. im The Fillmore in Miami Beach, während die zahlreichen Bonustracks bei verschiedenen Soundchecks und Proben mitgeschnitten wurden.

Die insgesamt 40 Stücke starke Live In The City Of Angels -Songsammlung spannt den Bogen über die 40-jährige Erfolgskarriere der Simple Minds. Beeindruckend werden hier die besonderen Live-Fähigkeiten der Band und ihr exzellentes musikalisches Können allem voran die Qualitäten von Gitarrenikone Charlie Burchill und natürlich die soulig-rockige Stimme von Sänger Jim Kerr herausgestellt, die sich zu einem kraftvollen, eigenständigen Instrument entwickelt hat. Mit Live In The City Of Angels stellen die Simple Minds unter Beweis, dass die Schotten niemals lebendiger und relevanter waren, als heute.

Mit Live In The City Of Angels liefern die Simple Minds ein wahrlich Karriere-umspannendes Liveset ab; angefangen bei Songs des legendären Empires And Dance -Meilensteins bis hin zum aktuellen Studioalbum Walk Between Worlds . Eingeleitet vom Opener The Signal And The Noise zeigen schon die ersten fünf Klassiker Waterfront , Love Song, Let There Be Love und Up On The Catwalk , warum die Simple Minds bis heute als eine der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten Formationen ihrer Generation gelten.

Außerdem finden sich zahlreiche weitere Perlen von gefeierten Alben wie New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), Sons And Fascination oder Sparkle In The Rain sowie der 1985er Hit Don`t You (Forget About Me), Alive And Kicking und Sanctify Yourself vom Once Upon A Time -Album.

Simple Minds

Simple Minds
Best known in the U.S. for their 1985 number one hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the film The Breakfast Club, Scotland's Simple Minds evolved from a post-punk art rock band influenced by Roxy Music into a grand, epic-sounding pop band along the lines of U2. The band grew out of a Glasgow punk group called Johnny and the Self-Abusers, which featured guitarist Charlie Burchill and lead singer Jim Kerr. The inaugural 1978 lineup of Simple Minds featured a rhythm section of Tony Donald on bass and Brian McGee on drums, plus keyboardist Mick McNeil; Donald was soon replaced by Derek Forbes. Their early albums leaped from one style to another, with Life in a Day consisting mostly of dense, arty pop songs; critical acclaim followed the darker, more experimental art rock of Reel to Real Cacophony and the Euro-disco of Empires and Dance. The group began a transition to a more accessible pop style with the albums Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call, originally issued together and subsequently split up. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) became their first chart album in the U.S., and the tour-shy McGee quit owing to burgeoning popularity, eventually being replaced by Mel Gaynor. Following the Steve Lillywhite-produced Sparkle in the Rain, Jim Kerr married Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde (the two groups had toured together).

After Bryan Ferry rejected the opportunity to sing "Don't You (Forget About Me)," Simple Minds almost did so as well; Kerr was dissatisfied with the song's lyrics, which he regarded as formulaic. His change of heart gave Simple Minds their only American chart-topper, and the song later became an international hit as well; however, Kerr's feelings about the song remained ambivalent, and it did not appear on the follow-up album, Once Upon a Time. This album went gold and reached the U.S. Top Ten, in spite of criticism for its bombastic, over-the-top approach. A live album and the uncompromisingly political Street Fighting Years squandered Simple Minds' commercial momentum, however. By the time the group returned to more personal themes and its straightforward, anthemic rock on 1991's Real Life, personnel changes and audience loss left the group's future viability in doubt. But they weren't totally deterred, however. Kerr and Burchill trudged on, releasing Good News From the Next World in 1995 while the single "She's a River" received moderate airplay. A short tour of North America soon followed, but Simple Minds' direction also quickly faded. They needed a break to clarify their own personal stance in music. Derek Forbes returned for 1998's Néapolis, but that, too, wasn't strong enough to sustain Simple Minds' newfound creativity. Their famed pop songs had diluted a bit; however, the new millennium proved poignant. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill signed to Eagle Records in early 2001 and constructed their first covers album, Neon Lights, later that fall, paying tribute to Patti Smith, Neil Young, David Bowie, and others. In summer 2002, Kerr and Burchill issued Cry, Simple Minds' first batch of new material since 1995's Good News From the Next World. Our Secrets Are the Same, an album that was intended for release in 2000, saw official release in 2003. An extensive reissue program and live recordings followed. Black and White, a new studio album, appeared in 2005, and the charting Grafitti Soul in 2009 (which saw the return of original drummer Mel Gaynor to the fold). Simple Minds accepted a spot at London's iTunes Festival that year and issued a digital EP of their performance. After a global tour, Simple Minds returned with Big Music in 2014, an album that included two songs co-written with Chvrches' Ian Cook.

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