Life in a Day (album)

Life in a Day
Studio album by
Simple Minds
Released20 April 1979 (1979-04-20)[1]
RecordedDecember 1978 – February 1979
Studio
Genre
Length43:10
LabelZoom
ProducerJohn Leckie
Simple Minds chronology
Life in a Day
(1979) 		Real to Real Cacophony
(1979)
Singles from Life in a Day
  1. "Life in a Day"
    Released: 30 March 1979[1]
  2. "Chelsea Girl"
    Released: 22 June 1979[2]

Life in a Day is the debut album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in April 1979 by record label Zoom. It reached number 30 in the UK Albums Chart. The title track and "Chelsea Girl" were issued as singles.

Background

Most of the songs on the album was written and demoed in 1978 and was part of Simple Minds live set that year. The song "Wasteland" had been written for the bands earlier incarnation as Johnny and the Selfabusers in 1977.[3] "No Cure" was a reworking of an earlier song called "The Cocteau Twins".[4] "Destiny" was a reworking of a song called "Sweet Things" that would open Simple Minds live shows in 1978.[5] The Lou Reed and Nico influenced "Chelsea Girl" was written in March 1978[6] and appeared on Simple Minds first demo tape along with "Pleasantly Disturbed", "The Cocteau Twins" and three other songs.[7] "Someone", written in the latter half of 1978, was representative of the band's live sound at the time and was chosen as the opening track on the album.[8] The title track originated in an arrangement used in an early version of the song "Murder Story" and was the last track written for the album in early 1979.[9] Prior to the album's release, "Life in a Day" and "Chelsea Girl" was performed live on BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test in March 1979.[9]

Recording

The album was recorded between mid-December 1978 and early-February 1979 in the grounds of Farmyard Studios, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, using the mobile unit The Mobile Studio, with further recording at Abbey Road Studios (including the recording of an orchestra for the track "Pleasantly Disturbed"), and mixed at Townhouse Studios, London. The original working title for the album "Children of the Game" (a reference to Jean Cocteau's novel of that name) had been dropped and changed to "Life in a Day" after the band had written the title track in January 1979. After the band's first choice of producer John Cale was vetoed by Arista Records, the album was produced and mixed by John Leckie. The album was completed in late February 1979. The recording sessions yielded the full album, the b-side "Special View" and two unfinished out-takes, "Rosemary's Baby" and "Children of the Game". The track-listing and mastering was finalised in March 1979.[10]

Release

Life in a Day was released by the independent label Zoom Records and licensed to Arista Records. The album's artwork was created by Carole Moss, a friend of John Leckie.[10] The album spent six weeks in the UK LP charts and reached number 30 on 12 May 1979.[11] The title track was released on 30 March as Simple Minds' first single and reached No. 62 in the UK charts, spending two weeks there.[11] "Chelsea Girl", considered the strongest track on the album, was held back as the second single by Arista Records, but it failed to chart at all.[12] A tribute to Nico and the Andy Warhol film Chelsea Girls, it was a popular live song for the band.[13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
Martin C. Strong7/10[15]
NMEfavourable[16]
Smash Hits8/10[17]

Upon its release, the album received favourable reviews in the British music press. Smash Hits' Red Starr selected it as "British Pick of the Week", calling it "a very strong debut album from an exceptionally talented new Scottish band that are certainly destined for the top. Though occasionally overdecorated and missing the urgency of their live shows, this is still a superb blend of old and new waves into punchy, imaginative mainstream rock with some classic songs."[17]

NME's Tony Stewart praised the lyrics and arrangements despite noting the overt influences of 1970s music, and rated "Murder Story" the standout track. Although noting the album as overproduced and undermining the band's sound, he rated the album favourably.[16]

Retrospectively, Andy Kellman of AllMusic rated the album the lowest of Simple Minds' first five album releases, remarking on its derivativeness of Magazine and Roxy Music and ranking "Someone" as the best track.[18]

In a 2012 interview, the band's frontman Jim Kerr expressed regret that the album's production had resulted in the tracks lacking "a real spark" that was part of their live performances, and described his feelings about the album as "bittersweet".[19] He recalled at the time, "as we were about to drive up to Scotland, someone gave me a cassette of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division... and I thought, we've completely blown it."—ruing that their live material had sounded more like Velvet Underground and less like the Boomtown Rats.[20]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Charles Burchill and Jim Kerr

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Someone"3:42
2."Life in a Day"4:05
3."Sad Affair"2:45
4."All for You"2:51
5."Pleasantly Disturbed"7:59
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."No Cure"3:34
7."Chelsea Girl"4:34
8."Wasteland"3:45
9."Destiny"3:38
10."Murder Story"6:17
Total length:43:10

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[21]

Simple Minds
Technical

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 30

References

  1. ^ a b "News / Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 April 1979. pp. 4, 48. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Chelsea Girl single".
  3. ^ "Wasteland". Dream Giver Redux.
  4. ^ "No Cure". Dream Giver Redux.
  5. ^ "Destiny". Dream Giver Redux.
  6. ^ "Chelsea Girl". Dream Giver Redux.
  7. ^ "Demo". Dream Giver Redux.
  8. ^ "Someone". Dream Giver Redux.
  9. ^ a b "Life in a Day". Dream Giver Redux.
  10. ^ a b "Life in a Day". Dream Giver Redux.
  11. ^ a b Life in a Day. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 5 April 2021
  12. ^ "Chelsea Girl". Dream Giver Redux.
  13. ^ Thompson, Deve. "Chelsea Girl " Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 31 January 2013.
  14. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Simple Minds: Life in a Day > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Life in a Day". The Essential Rock Discography – Volume 1: 970. 2006.
  16. ^ a b Stewart, Tony (21 April 1979). "Secondhand Simplicity (Life in a Day)". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  17. ^ a b Starr, Red (17–31 May 1979). "Albums". Smash Hits: 25.
  18. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Life in a Day " Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 31 January 2013.
  19. ^ Hogwood, Ben (2012). "Interview: Simple Minds". Music OMH. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  20. ^ Stubbs, David (21 February 2012). "A Glittering Prize – Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds Interviewed". A Quietus Interview. Quietus. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Simple Minds official website - Studio albums: Life in a Day". simpleminds.com. April 1979. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Simple Minds | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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