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| 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.
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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Simple Minds were the most successful Scottish band of the 80's. In an epic lifespan of 25 years and total worldwide album sales of 30 million, Simple Minds have come a very long way from the mean streets of Glasgow, evolving into an epic-sounding world-class band playing the biggest arenas in the world. Jim Kerr and co-founder Charlie Burchill are back with a brand new studio album and sounding every bit as good as the height of their fame. Mixed by the legendary Bob Clearmountain (Roxy Music, Rolling Stones, INXS) Black and White is a very strong, contemporary album. Its anthemic, epic sound embodies everything the band were ever revered for--this is Simple Minds at their best!
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