- Audio CD (Nov 28 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B0000073TF
- Other Editions: LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Track Listings
| 1. Waterfront |
| 2. Don't You (Forget About Me) |
| 3. Alive And Kicking |
| 4. Sanctify Yourself |
| 5. Love Song |
| 6. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) |
| 7. See The Lights |
| 8. Belfast Child |
| 9. The American |
| 10. All The Things She Said |
| 11. Promised You A Miracle |
| 12. Ghostdancing |
| 13. Speed Your Love To Me |
| 14. Glittering Prize |
| 15. Let There Be Love |
| 16. Mandela Day |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
This compilation album is fascinating in that it tracks the dramatic artistic decline (and parallel commercial rise) of one the most successful groups of the post-punk era. "Love Song", "Promised You A Miracle" and "Someone, Somewhere In Summertime" see Jim Kerr and co. teetering like a cat poised on a fence, their sound a skittering, graceful interplay of glittering keyboards and adrenaline guitars, with Kerr's lyrics epic yet ambivalent on top. Then around the mid-1980s, Simple Minds fell from the fence into lumbering stadium rock rifferama. "Alive And Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself" were big scarf-waving anthems but lacked the tantalising panache of their earlier work. As Jim Kerr sank further into megastardom, the music suffered further as he indulged in piously cumbersome ballads like "Belfast Child" and "Mandela Day". But while critics sighed, the Minds' audience swelled regardless--their "New Gold Dream" had come true. --David Stubbs
Album Description
Import only reissue of 1992 album. 16 tracks covering their best from 1981-1992. This is a 5 star album!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Glittering Prize,
By Mr A Laing (Umgeni Park, KwaZulu Natal South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 1981-1982 Best Of Glittering (Audio CD)
This is a best of Simple Minds up to 1992 including their biggest hit "Don't You Forget About Me". This CD is a big favourite of mine as all the songs are solid rock/pop with my personal best being "Waterfront". It is a really good picture of how the group evolved over the 80's and early 90's. If you grew up in the 80's you will be bound to recognise many of these tunes.
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Glittering Prize,
By Mr A Laing - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 1981-1982 Best Of Glittering (Audio CD)
This is a best of Simple Minds up to 1992 including their biggest hit "Don't You Forget About Me". This CD is a big favourite of mine as all the songs are solid rock/pop with my personal best being "Waterfront". It is a really good picture of how the group evolved over the 80's and early 90's. If you grew up in the 80's you will be bound to recognise many of these tunes.
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