Put The Needle On The Record - Week #21

Put The Needle On The Record Week #21 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

For this weeks feature we go back to September 1982 and the Simple Minds album "New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84).

"New Gold Dream...." was the 5th album released by Simple Minds and was the album that gained them critical and commercial success and is one of those albums on which every track could be released as a single. I bought my vinyl copy on the day of release from HMV on Market Street in Manchester (Over the years I must have spent a small fortune in that store!) The album spent 53 weeks in the UK album charts!

The album featured 4 singles, "Promised You A Miracle", a track I thought was the wrong choice for the lead single, for me it is also my least favourite track on the album (which reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart), "Glittering Prize", which would have been my choice for lead singles (which reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart), "Someone Somewhere In Summertime" (which amazingly only reached number 36 in the UK Singles Chart) and "New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)" which had a limited release only in Italy.

Despite how massive this album was it is surprising that the singles didn't do much better. It is my all time favourite Simple Minds album.

The album peaked at number 3 in the UK Album Chart.

Track Listing

Someone Somewhere In Summertime
Colours Fly And Cathering Wheel
Promised You A Miracle
Big Sleep
Somebody Up There Likes You
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
Glittering Prize
Hunter And The Hunted
King Is White And In The Crowd

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!