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Live in the City of Light

 
Album Review: Live in the City of Light

  • Artist: Simple Minds
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1987 05
  • Total Time: 82:22
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Recorded primarily at Le Zenith in Paris on the last date of a world tour in August 1986 and released as a stopgap to satiate fans while the group spent another two years crafting its studio follow-up to Once Upon a Time, Simple Minds' double-album Live in the City of Light was a good summation of the band's rise to worldwide fame between 1982-1985. Except for the 1981 "Love Song" (paired in a medley with covers of Artists United Against Apartheid's "Sun City" and Sly & the Family Stone's "Dance to the Music") and the inevitable movie song hit "Don't You Forget About Me," all the selections came from New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), Sparkle in the Rain, and Once Upon a Time, and they were played in a heavily echoed, big-production style in keeping with Simple Minds' status as stadium-fillers. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Ghostdancing (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (7:22)
Big Sleep (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (4:27)
Waterfront (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (5:21)
Promised You a Miracle (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (4:38)
Someone Somewhere in Summertime Simple Minds Simple Minds (5:59)
Oh Jungleland (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (6:35)
Alive and Kicking (Lyrics) Mick MacNeil, Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, Mel Gaynor, John Giblin Simple Minds (6:27)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Don't You Forget About Me Keith Forsey, Steve Chiff Simple Minds (6:37)
Once Upon a Time (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (6:06)
Book of Brilliant Things (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (4:53)
East at Easter (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (4:20)
Sanctify Yourself (Lyrics) Simple Minds Simple Minds (7:06)
Love Song/Sun City/Dance to the Music Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart, Simple Minds, Steven Van Zandt Simple Minds (7:02)
New Gold Dream Simple Minds Simple Minds (5:31)

Credits

Malcolm Garrett (Sleeve Producer), Bruce Lampcov (Producer), Charlie Burchill (Guitar), Calum Malcolm (Mixing), Stephen Metawier (Coordination), Lisa Germano (Violin), Gemma Corfield (Assistant), Mick MacNeil (Piano), Guido Harari (Photography), Dougie Cowan (Computers), Callum Malcolm (Assistant), Robin Clark (Vocals), Jane Ventom (Assistant), John Giblin (Bass), Jim Kerr (Vocals), Charlie Burchill (Vocals), Jules Frutos (Coordination), Thom Cadley (Mixing), Mick MacNeil (Vocals), Paul Kerr (Coordination), Mick MacNeil (Keyboards), Albert Lawrence (Coordination), Bob Ludwig (Mastering), Steve Riddle (Engineer), Thom Cadley (Assistant), Mel Gaynor (Drums), Debbie Caponetta (Assistant), Simon Heyworth (Mastering), William Ryan (Drawing), Bruce Lampcov (Mixing), Kathie Grady (Assistant), Sue Hadjopoulas (Percussion), Malcolm Garrett (Sleeve Director), Mick Haggerty (Logo), Mel Gaynor (Vocals)
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Live in the City of Light
Live album by Simple Minds
Released May 11, 1987
Recorded August 12/13, 1986 at Le Zénith, Paris, France (mostly)
Genre Rock
Length 82:22
Label Virgin - SMDL 1
Producer Bruce Lampcov
Professional reviews
Simple Minds chronology
Once Upon a Time
(1985)
Live In The City of Light
(1987)
Street Fighting Years
(1989)

Live in the City of Light is a (2-LP) live album by Simple Minds. It was released to document their successful worldwide Once Upon a Time tour, Simple Minds The album is a double-live set and was released in 1987, which was recorded primarily in Paris in 1986. Following the lead of other socially conscious bands, including U2, Simple Minds' tour promoted the work of Amnesty International.

Inspired by Peter Gabriel, with whom they toured in the early 1980s, Simple Minds headlined a series of concerts throughout the US and Europe in 1988 with numerous other politically-minded artists (including Gabriel) known as "Freedomfest," designed to highlight the evils of apartheid in South Africa. The band wrote the song "Mandela Day" specifically for this series of concerts, and the song would appear on their next album. The album charted at #1 in the UK.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

# Title Length
1. "Ghost Dancing"   7:22
2. "Big Sleep"   4:27
3. "Waterfront"   5:21
4. "Promised You a Miracle"   4:38

Side two

# Title Length
5. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime"   5:59
6. "Oh Jungleland"   6:35
7. "Alive and Kicking"   6:27

Side three

# Title Length
8. "Don't You (Forget About Me)"   6:37
9. "Once Upon a Time"   6:06
10. "Book of Brilliant Things"   4:53
11. "East at Easter"   4:20

Side four

# Title Length
12. "Sanctify Yourself"   7:06
13. "Love Song" - "Sun City" - "Dance to the Music"   7:02
14. "New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)"   5:31


  • Recorded live on August 12/13, 1986 at Le Zénith, Paris, France except :
  • "Someone, Somewhere in Summertime" recorded live on October 1986 at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Australia.
Preceded by
It's Better to Travel by Swing Out Sister
UK number one album
June 6, 1987June 12, 1987
Succeeded by
Whitney by Whitney Houston

 
 
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