“Empires And Dance” by Simple Minds - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1980 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s |

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] ![]() |
A2 | [04:39] ![]() |
A3 | [05:03] ![]() |
A4 | [07:00] ![]() |
B1 | [06:14] ![]() |
B2 | [04:14] ![]() |
B3 | [04:38] ![]() |
B4 | [05:14] ![]() |
B5 | [01:50] ![]() |
B6 | [02:30] ![]() |