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simple minds - acoustic album


simple minds - acoustic album

Postby negative1 » Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:06 pm

new acoustic album coming out in november.

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CD & Digital Album Tracklist

01 The American
02 Promised You A Miracle
03 Glittering Prize
04 See The Lights
05 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
06 Someone Somewhere In Summertime
07 Waterfront
08 Sanctify Yourself
09 Chelsea Girl
10 Alive And Kicking
11 Don’t You (Forget About Me)
12 Long Black Train

Released Nov 11th 2016
0602557157215

Heavyweight Vinyl with Exclusive Extra Tracks

01 The American
02 Promised You A Miracle
03 Glittering Prize
04 See The Lights
05 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
06 Someone Somewhere In Summertime
07 Waterfront
08 Sanctify Yourself
09 Chelsea Girl
10 Alive And Kicking
11 Don’t You (Forget About Me)
12 Long Black Train
13 Stand By Love
14 Speed Your Love To Me
15 Light Travels

Released Nov 25th 2016
2LP 00602557157277
The vinyl release comes with an access code to download all 15 tracks !


Simple Minds Acoustic Released 11th Nov SIMPLEMINDS.COM

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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby moni » Thu Sep 29, 2016 12:04 am

£19.45 on Amazon :shock: I swear whoever sets the prices on Amazon is on fucking drugs or something they really do take the piss with their pricing. £9.99 on SM webstore.
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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby postpunkmonk » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:40 am

This is a total Simple Minds buzzkill for me. They have a lot of albums vying for the title of their worst ever, but I fear this one may win. But most of those were released in 1986-2001. That it's happening in 2016, after 14 years of marked progress, is profoundly disheartening to me.
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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby negative1 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 4:53 pm

postpunkmonk wrote:This is a total Simple Minds buzzkill for me. They have a lot of albums vying for the title of their worst ever, but I fear this one may win. But most of those were released in 1986-2001. That it's happening in 2016, after 14 years of marked progress, is profoundly disheartening to me.


they have a new album in the works, and might be retiring after that.

jim just wanted to put something out, to tide people over.

there have been tons of simple minds releases in the last few years, boxsets, live albums, dvd's, bluray's, etc..

what else do you want?

to me, the last good thing they put out was street fighting years (i didn't like once upon a time), everything else has been so-so, or subpar after that.

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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby Barmy » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:23 pm

It's NOT £19 on amazon.co.uk and after VAT it's like $10 plus postage. And no doubt will be even cheaper if you order from Amazon USA marketplace when it's released. That aside, we don't need this, and Simple Minds ceased being of significant interest after New Gold Dream. Recently they HAVE tried, and sporadically achieved, their former glory, so I give them credit for that.
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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby moni » Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:13 pm

Barmy wrote:It's NOT £19 on amazon.co.uk and after VAT it's like $10 plus postage..

It was to start with at the time of this thread being started obviously it has decreased to £9.99.
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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby negative1 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:52 pm

so we had a cover version album awhile ago from them with mixed
results.

and now much later, we have an acoustic 'cover' version of their
songs, from them now. again with some skepticism.

i'm a huge fan of the band, and have been since 1981, so i've
heard their ups and downs. and seen them live once. i've kept
up with all their albums, singles, and tours up to now.

i think they have settled into a nice pace of having an
album every few years, changing up their style, and releasing
projects as they feel.

there were rumors of an acoustic album awhile back, and then
during their latest tour, a few songs were played that way,
which kind of confirmed it.

i have very low expectations for this album, especially
after hearing the very weak version of 'promised you a miracle'.
fortunately the other songs are much better compared to that.

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luckily the strength of these songs is the lyrics, and some
of the cool arrangements. no, these don't surpass the originals,
and you can hear the lack of the layers in the songs.

however, some are quite beautiful, evocative, and put a whole
new spin on the songs.

i only have the digital version (so i can't comment on the
vinyl extra tracks).

i know the tempo, and key have been changed on most of the
songs, but jim's voice is still very strong.

tracks
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01 The American - excellent, and nice strong start, with
great lyrics, a nice beat to it.

02 Promised You A Miracle - horrible, the extra vocals and
backup don't work, and the beat is just the wrong tempo for
this song.

03 Glittering Prize - excellent, taking a nice slow tempo to it,
and building up to the familiar chorus. hummable, and great take
on altering it to fit the guitars. even the backup vocals are
subdued and are a nice contrast and fit with jims lead.

04 See The Lights - very good, sounds very familiar, as the
original had a lot of guitars in it, so it's not really that
much of a stretch to adapt it.

05 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - excellent, i didn't recognize
it at first, but once the main chords come in, its a fun take,
with the choruses and verses pretty much matching the original.
the layers of guitars blend well.

06 Someone Somewhere In Summertime - excellent, a nice slowed
down take, but adds some great rhythms and weaves some good
chords around the original tune.

07 Waterfront - good, a somewhat subdued take that brings
everything down a notch from the original. it does pick up
a bit by the middle, but it adds some unnecessary backup
vocals.

08 Sanctify Yourself - very good, a nice upbeat tempo and
throw in some extra guitar chords to match. again, not a fan
of the backup vocals, but they were there in the original too.

09 Chelsea Girl - good, this one is almost a match for the original,
jims vocals aren't as raw as the original. but it's fun to hear
the guitar chords and drums kicking in the way they should.

10 Alive And Kicking - good, another song that doesn't vary
much from the original, brought down by the usual overdone
back up vocalist.

11 Don’t You (Forget About Me) - excellent, bringing their
classic into the present. a lush, and dense version of the
guitars keep the song going, and the hooks are all there.
even if you are tired of hearing it for the millionth time,
there's some life in it still.

12 Long Black Train - excellent, a nice touch for a ballad,
and great at highlighting jims voice. good addition to their
library of songs.

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overall, i'm pleasantly surprised by it.

i like the different takes on some of the songs, and the
creativity on altering the songs. i hate the backup vocals,
and how some of the songs don't work.

it's a decent album. nothing groundbreaking, but what do
you expect from an acoustic album.

i would still like to hear the vinyl exclusive tracks at
some point.

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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby obs » Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:06 am

A sleeve with pre-ringwear. It's like acidwash jeans :mrgreen: .
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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby negative1 » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:28 pm

got the vinyl version with the 3 extra tracks.

there's a download code with it also.

they're pretty mellow, but decent.

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Re: simple minds - acoustic album

Postby negative1 » Mon May 15, 2017 9:05 am

Nice to see this coming out:

Simple Minds - acoustic in concert live Bluray DVD

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Simple Minds / Acoustic in Concert

Eagle Rock will release Simple Minds‘ Acoustic in Concert this week, a live document of a special show the band recorded for BBC Radio 2’s In Concert series.

This live event happened on the eve of the release of the band’s Acoustic album and they perform almost the entire album of “reimagined acoustic versions” of classic songs from their catalogue, along with cover versions like Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (when they were joined by Steve Harley).

Acoustic in Concert is being issued on 16 June 2017 as a CD+DVD combo (region 0, NTSC), or as a standalone blu-ray. Both feature 5.1 surround sound.

1) New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
2) See The Lights
3) Glittering Prize
4) Stand By Love
5) Waterfront
6) Andy Warhol
7) Chelsea Girl
8) Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
9) Dancing Barefoot
10) Speed Your Love To Me
11) Promised You A Miracle
12) Don t You (Forget About Me)
13) Sanctify Yourself
14) Long Black Train
15) Alive And Kicking
16) Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

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