The first Simple Minds album is all but forgotten, and not for bad reasons. It was a band still finding a sound different than just aping their idols (Bowie & Reed in this case). But it’s still a really good album. Their commitment to mixing the angular with the technically impressive is there, and even if the sound isn’t a unique one, it’s still worth your listen.
Adding Tracyanne Campbell to an already-lovely song is almost too potent. But I’ll gladly overdose on this.
You ever have those songs that you think that surely everyone in the world knows and then it occurs to you that, in fact, MOST people don’t know it?
I am never not blown away by this song.
Good music, great rapping, and the best song title in a long time.
Another song answering the question “is this hook brilliant or annoying” with “yes”.
That Chord Change™️
If you’re not onto this album, get on it. Gives me a little bit of a seventies singer-songwriter feel for whatever reason.
In the increasingly-challenging game called Is This From The 90s Or Brand New And Just Sounds Like It’s From The 90s, I got this one wrong when I first heard it.
Given the hands involved, no surprise that it’s guitar forward, but as an added bonus, it’s also a great song. Lucky us.