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Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1982
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New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is an LP by Simple Minds from 1982 released on the Virgin label.
About this album
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is the album that transformed Simple Minds from post-punk challengers into major chart contenders. Issued in 1982, it sharpened the band’s sound into glossy, propulsive synth-pop and art-rock, driven by shimmering keyboards, anthemic choruses and a surer sense of melody. Produced by Peter Walsh with contributions from Steve Hillage, it yielded some of the group’s best-known songs, including Promised You A Miracle, Someone Somewhere in Summertime and Glittering Prize. Widely regarded as a high point in their catalogue, the record helped define early-’80s British pop at its most ambitious and accessible.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Simple MindsLabel: Virgin – V 2230Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1982Genre: Pop & RockA1 Someone Somewhere In Summertime
A2 Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel
A3 Promised You A Miracle
A4 Big Sleep
A5 Somebody Up There Likes You
B1 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
B2 Glittering Prize
B3 Hunter And The Hunted
B4 King Is White And In The Crowd