Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain UHD (1983 - Electronic Rock) [Flac 24-192 LP]
In less than four years, Simple Minds produced and progressed like few other bands. They released six albums, including a pair of nervy post-punk classics in Real to Real Cacophony and Empires and Dance, as well as the lavish "new pop" triumph New Gold Dream.
Their audience expanded, and dates opening for the likes of U2 and the Police placed them in stadiums.
The band's sound naturally became less subtle. For Sparkle in the Rain, they sought U2 producer Steve Lillywhite, whose approach helped shape their performances into a forceful, direct set of commercial rock designed to shake nosebleed seats.
Despite frontman Jim Kerr's vaguest gesturing and most voluble bellowing to that point, the move worked.
The pounding "Waterfront," hurtling "Speed Your Love to Me," and gleaming "Up on the Catwalk," the album's singles, all reached the Top 30 in the U.K., and by the end of the year, the band was headlining North American hockey arenas and amphitheaters.
Apart from the brawling "The Kick Inside of Me," which contains one of Kerr's least tethered turns, none of the album cuts matches the urgency heard in the singles.
Relatively restrained moments, such as the absurdly titled "'C' Moon Cry Like a Baby" ("Could this be something we don't understand," indeed), resemble stiff stabs at re-creating tense drama akin to the tail end of New Gold Dream.
As successful as it was, Sparkle in the Rain merely poised Simple Minds for their biggest year, 1985, when they followed up with "(Don't You) Forget About Me" and "Alive and Kicking," singles that hit the Top Ten in the U.K. and the U.S.
Info:
Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5414 kbps
Codec: FLAC
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain UHD
Tracklist:
CD1
1. Simple Minds - Up On The Catwalk
2. Simple Minds - Book Of Brilliant Things
3. Simple Minds - Speed Your Love To Me
4. Simple Minds - Waterfront
5. Simple Minds - East At Easter
6. Simple Minds - Street Hassle
7. Simple Minds - White Hot Day
8. Simple Minds - 'C' Moon Cry Like A Baby
9. Simple Minds - The Kick Inside Of Me
10. Simple Minds - Shake Off The Ghosts
Playing Time.........: 44:42
Total Size...........: 1807,59 MB
