Themes for Great Cities 79/81

Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81
Compilation album by
Simple Minds
ReleasedNovember 1981
GenreRock
LabelStiff
ProducerSteve Hillage
Simple Minds chronology
Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
(1981) 		Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81
(1981) 		Celebration
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(C-)[2]

Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81 is an American-only[3] compilation album by Simple Minds. It was released in November 1981 by Stiff Records. At the time, the only Simple Minds album released in the US was Life in a Day and this was designed to introduce the American audience to their other albums (which would soon be issued there by Virgin).

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I Travel"3:56
2."Celebrate"5:09
3."In Trance as Mission"6:51
4."Thirty Frames a Second"5:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Premonition"5:29
2."Sweat in Bullet" (Single Edit Remix)3:05
3."Love Song" (Single Edit)3:54
4."The American"3:51
5."Theme for Great Cities"5:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Simple Minds: Themes For Great Cities" at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Simple Minds: Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ Simple Minds – Themes For Great Cities (Definitive Collection 79-81) at Discogs
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