“Empires And Dance” by Simple Minds - album review

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TJR says

With “Empires and Dance”, the adaptable and experimental Glasgow quintet positioned themselves as the darkest, toughest new romantics on the block. Whether high-octane dance or mid-tempo mood-grooves, the sense of cool was omnipresent. The opening 1-2-3 – “I Travel”, “Today I Died Again” and “Celebrate” – was exceptional and, whilst there’s hardly a dud in the set, “Thirty Frames A Second” was particularly excellent on side two.

The Jukebox Rebel
05–Dec–2016

Tracklist
A1 [03:56] 9.8.png Simple Minds - I Travel (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
A2 [04:39] 7.7.png Simple Minds - Today I Died Again (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
A3 [05:03] 7.9.png Simple Minds - Celebrate (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
A4 [07:00] 7.3.png Simple Minds - This Fear Of Gods (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) Trance Rock
B1 [06:14] 7.4.png Simple Minds - Capital City (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
B2 [04:14] 7.0.png Simple Minds - Constantinople Line (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
B3 [04:38] 7.1.png Simple Minds - Twist / Run / Repulsion (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
B4 [05:14] 8.6.png Simple Minds - Thirty Frames A Second (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave
B5 [01:50] 6.0.png Simple Minds - Kant-Kino (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) Electronica
B6 [02:30] 5.6.png Simple Minds - Room (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil) New Wave

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