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Track Listings
| 1. Stay Visible |
| 2. Home |
| 3. Stranger |
| 4. Different World |
| 5. Underneath The Ice |
| 6. Jeweller |
| 7. Black And White |
| 8. Kiss The Ground |
| 9. Dolphins |
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In the nicest possible sense, Glaswegian colossi Simple Minds were once U2's greatest adversaries and had the sales statistics to prove it. But it was Bono who got to meet the Pope and save the world while Jim Kerr opened a sushi restaurant. If that doesn't sound fair then it's because it isn't. Black And White 050505 sounds no less effectual than anything Simple Minds produced as globe-straddling aristocrats of late Eighties rock--comparisons with their earlier post-New Wave output is another matter entirely--with only Jim Kerr's intermittent although faithfully characteristic melodrama suggesting the band dates from a time when grand gesturing meant bums on seats and lighters in air.
It would be crass folly to class Black And White 050505" as a return to form merely because the belatedly-released "lost" album Our Secrets Are The Same and 2003's Cry had much more to recommend them than vain commentators would ever give them credit for. So what's the score here ? Top drawer pop embellished with love and money lavishment; "Stay Visible", "Home"( like a mature Interpol) and the resurrected "Jeweller" meriting particular distinction. But perhaps the blue riband should be granted to downer epilogue "Dolphins"; sentimental, atmospheric, gripping and what Bowie would have sounded like with an aching concern for the preservation of marine biology. Beached whales? Simple Minds sound like sleeping giants. They ain’t dead yet. --Kevin Maidment
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As a longstanding Minds fan, it's gratifying to see that Jim and Charlie have overcome doubts in recent years and, joined by live bassist Eddie Duffy, have produced undoubtedly their best work in years - easily rivalling 1982's "New Gold Dream". Whilst the first single "Home" might not win any new fans or convince the old guard (Kerr and Co can be unexplicably myopic when it comes to single selection) the breadth and quality of work here is more than satisfying. None more so than opener "Stay Visible" - probably the Minds' best track in years, and sure to be a live as well as open-road favourite. Following on from "Home", "Different World (Taormina.Me)" and "Underneath the Ice" exhibit exactly the same kind of layered, lush textures that characterised NGD but with an unmistakable, modernised 80's feel (if that's possible). Whilst the surprise inclusion of a reworked version of "Jeweller to the Stars" from Our Secrets are the Same, has irked some fans the track itself is entirely acceptable and indeed improves on the original - once again, great single material. Other tracks such as the title "Black and White", "Stranger" and "Kiss the Ground" have enough quirk and hold interest so as not to be considered mere fillers, but it's the closing "Dolphins", a dark, broken, cinematic epic with heartbreaking strings and cracked Kerr vocal that really seals the LP. Not quite as masterful as "King is White and in the Crowd" or "Hunter and the Hunted", but musically very fine. In all, no one's pretending that this latest effort from the Minds is going to catapult them back to fame with swathes of new fans, but based on this evidence, Kerr and Co have really upped the ante and have produced a first rate long player with the usual self-effacing workmanship more recent artists (e.g. Coldplay et al) could benefit from. And this album will sound great live in 2006.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've had this cd for barely a week and already it's a firm favourite. It contains everything which is great about Simple Minds. From the haunting guitar, through to the dynamic bass and unique vocal style, this is truely a classis. It harks back to early albums such as sons and fascination and is also somewhat remininscent of street fighting years. No fillers, quality all the way through. Cannot praise this highly enough. Roll on the tour, I'll be the first there
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Absolutely Fabulous ! One of the best SMinds ever !
Stay visible, reminds me of sons and fascination with a vibrating Bass guitar sounds.
Home, the 1st single is a great track, and Dolphins ends the album with one of the best ever atmospheric songs ever made, very emotionnal indeed. The rest is great between the late 80 's and early 90's albums, mixes between some oh jungleland, let there be love, see the lignt etc....A little bit like Peter Gabriel last album. It is worth every pennies you will spend.
Great come back from the Simple Minds, Jim kerr vocals are as usual wonderfull, Charlie Burchill guitars riffs are flamboying, Mell Gaynor holds an ever astonishing tempo et the bass guitar from Eddy Duffy are really excellent.The phoenix is reborn from its own ashes.
Stay visible, reminds me of sons and fascination with a vibrating Bass guitar sounds.
Home, the 1st single is a great track, and Dolphins ends the album with one of the best ever atmospheric songs ever made, very emotionnal indeed. The rest is great between the late 80 's and early 90's albums, mixes between some oh jungleland, let there be love, see the lignt etc....A little bit like Peter Gabriel last album. It is worth every pennies you will spend.
Great come back from the Simple Minds, Jim kerr vocals are as usual wonderfull, Charlie Burchill guitars riffs are flamboying, Mell Gaynor holds an ever astonishing tempo et the bass guitar from Eddy Duffy are really excellent.The phoenix is reborn from its own ashes.
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the business!
I have been a fan of Simple Minds for years. I saw them down the road from our house at Roundhay Park in Leeds and they were fabulous. Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. D. Barker
Melancholic Mysteries
It was three years before Simple Minds brought out a stand-alone studio successor to their 2002 offering `Cry'. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Nicholas Casley
What a wonderful album
I am a huge fan of Simple Minds' old material, however this album released in 2005 is perhaps my favourite of their new stuff. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by K. Longstaff
3 & a half stars
Certainly a return to some sort of form after the string of lack luster albums from 1995 onwards! Again a shortfall of only 9 tracks, but there is no real weak tracks this time... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by marky_77
bang on form!
this album reminded me why i have considered simple minds to be my favourite band for over 20 years. bought it the week it came out and felt thoroughly winded after it finished!! Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2008 by dave at waterfront
Simple Minds Finally Overtake U2
Forget about U2 (Bono seems more interested in being a Pope or politician these days). Their old Celtic Rock Compatriots from the 80s, SIMPLE MINDS have finally released a towering... Read more
Published on 8 July 2007 by Captain Cook
WELCOME BACK BOYS
I purshased this cd after reading the many reviews here at Amazon and wasn't disappointed.
I felt Simple Minds had lost their way a little after the disappointing... Read more
I felt Simple Minds had lost their way a little after the disappointing... Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2007 by S. Knight
great album, one of the best in recent years
Nice surprise from the old favourites. It is unbelievable that none of the music channels are capable of playing a single song
from it, though we are regularly subjected... Read more
from it, though we are regularly subjected... Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2006 by montaigne
Just Brilliant.....
This is a really good album. Really loved Simple Minds back in the 80's. So was a bit worried about buying an up to date one and hoped it wasn't dodgy. Read more
Published on 25 July 2006 by R. Gilchrist
Stunning!
This superb album takes up where Good News From The Next World left off. It's in a similar vein I feel, if a little darker. Pure, unadulterated adult pop/rock. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2005 by Adamski
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