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  • Audio CD (6 Jan 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B0000793ZB
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  DVD Audio  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,818 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Once Upon A Time (2002 Digital Remaster) 5:45£0.69
Listen  2. All The Things She Said (2002 Digital Remaster) 4:16£0.69
Listen  3. Ghostdancing (2002 Digital Remaster) 4:45£0.69
Listen  4. Alive And Kicking (2002 Digital Remaster) 5:26£0.69
Listen  5. Oh Jungleland (2002 Digital Remaster) 5:14£0.69
Listen  6. I Wish You Were Here (2002 Digital Remaster) 4:42£0.69
Listen  7. Sanctify Yourself (2002 Digital Remaster) 4:57£0.69
Listen  8. Come A Long Way (2002 Digital Remaster) 5:07£0.69

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Simple Minds gained belated US chart success with "(Don't You) Forget About Me" and a distinctly transatlantic burr covered this, the ensuing album. Producers Jimmy Iovine and BobClearmountain sculpted an unambiguous sound where crowd-pleasing anthems invoked a genuine excitement. Loud, forthrightand shorn of subtlety, ONCE UPON A TIME shows the group's core trio - Jim Kerr (vocals), Charlie Burchill (guitar) and Mick McNeil (keyboards) - working together with genuine empathy, while a revamped rhythm section underpins the material with sinewy precision. They combine to create what many consider to be Simple Minds' most exciting and exhilarating release.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 80s Stadium rock at its best...., 2 Jan 2001
This review is from: Once Upon a Time (Audio CD)
This has always been one of my favourite albums. Having just finally bought it on CD from Amazon, I have spent a good deal of time already re-living the music that was the backdrop to my mid to late teens. Each song is fantastically well put together. Robin Clark's backing vocals soar in and out of such classics as 'Alive & Kicking' combining brilliantly with Jim's voice and Mel's drums. What else can I say - this is their best album. Buy it, play it and remember those amazing stadium gigs !
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous collection of anthems typical of this supergroup., 4 Dec 2001
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This review is from: Once Upon A Time (Vinyl)
Simple Minds at their very best. With fabulous big anthems such as "Alive And Kicking" and Ghostdancing, "Once Upon A Time" is a classic by this Scottish Supergroup. Although the album marks a change in direction from the rawer-on-the-edge-alternative sound of previous albums, "Once Upon A Time" hearlds new chapter in the story of Simple Minds - that of international stars. If you like Simple Minds, you'll love this collection. And even if you don't love Simple Minds, "Once Upon A Time" is certainly worth having in your collection!
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars When Simple Minds had the world at their feet..., 19 Dec 2003
This review is from: Once Upon a Time (Audio CD)
Okay, so a few years later they blew it (largely due to Mick McNeil leaving the band and depriving them of the musical alchemy shared between himself and Mr.Burchill) but at this time in their career, Simple Minds had reached their peak. I disagree with anyone who slags this album off for being too "big" or "pompous". Yes it was, but so were Queen and so can U2 be, but isn't that why people love them???
I'm not taking anything away from the earlier albums "Life In Day", etc , "Sons and Fascination" had some great ideas and, arguable "New Gold Dream" is more subtle and mysterious and "Sparkle..." a some cracking tunes, but "Once Upon A Time" had greater ambitions and wanted to take this one step further.
Jimmy Iovine was an excellent choice of producer, and let's not forget, this was the mid 80s and it was the right choice of record for this time. As for the tunes. I would defend the beautiful symphonic melodies of the title track, "All The Things She Said" for its uplifting middle coda, "Alive and Kickings" fantastic singalong moments, "Sanctify Yourself" for it's sheer power, "Wish You Were Here's" old style Mind's subtlety and "Come Along Way" for it's sheer haunting playout (Mr.Gaynor's drums never sounded so good!). The lyrics are more direct and politically motivated, but so what, it was largely due to their campaigning that Nelson Mandela got out when he did - is this such a bad thing? And, come on, they couldn't carry on being a cross between Depeche Mode and Roxy Music forever, they'd already done that and bought the t-shirt! Yes, "Ghostdancing" was a new "I Travel" in sheep's clothing but give me "the car pulled up" middle eight anyday! "Oh Jungleland" is the weakest for me, but only because the others are so strong and works well live was an impassioned homage to lads hometown of Glasgow.
Obviously, I'm a fan of this album, but I simply love it for the years of, "hair on the back of the neck" moments it's given me. Sorry as I'm just rambling now! ...Don't let us forget about them in a hurry!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Pompous Stadium Rock at its cheesy best.
Arguably their most famous album because of its hit singles, this was Simple Minds at their commercial peak, not only were they one of the mos popular bands in the UK and Europe... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Where it all went wrong....
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4.0 out of 5 stars Simple minds at their best.
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Published on 29 Mar 2003 by A E Jennings

4.0 out of 5 stars Pales in comparison to U2
After the enormous success of Don`t you , Simple Minds set about recording this set of stadium friendly anthems following in the footsteps of U2 who had recently gone stellar in... Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by freaky_dancin

1.0 out of 5 stars Embracing the dark side
After the huge success of Sparkle In The Rain and its accompanying tour, Simple Minds next recording was a song called (Don't You) Forget About Me. Read more
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