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Simple Minds - Black & White 050505 (2005)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 4 May 2025 15:28:21

After languishing for ten years in the rock wilderness, the Scottish stadium-shakers are back with Black And White 050505, which has been trumpeted by manyas a mighty return to form. And yes, Jim Kerr's vocals are still tremulously emotive, Charlie Burchill is as stirring as ever on his jangling, soaring guitar and the songwriting errs, as always, on the side of supersize anthem.

But this spanking new effort, while powerful, boasts a distinctly ethereal quality, softening the stomping stridency of the Simple Minds we knew in the 1980s. Opening track "Home" flirts with an intriguing new sound, haunting yet uplifting with Kerr at his dramatic best, while "Sparkle In The Rain" shimmers with chiming glory.

Packed with potential crowd-pleasers, Simple Minds may have stuck wisely with their winning New Gold Dream formula, but they've brought it rocketing up to date. Fans will be gleefully punching the air within minutes. Dissenters, well, they might just be converted.

Review by Jack Smith, BBC.co.uk

With a sudden resurgence of '80s new wave from both revivalist acts (the Killers, Interpol) and reunions of the old guard (Duran Duran), the time was certainly right for other veteran acts to "get back in the ring," so to speak. And Simple Minds did just that, with the release of 2005's Black and White 050505. Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar) are back once more, with an album that manages to incorporate both elements of their earlier, best-known work (such as 1985's Once Upon a Time), as well as modern sounds. That said, Kerr and Burchill wisely don't stray too far away from their identifiable sound (à la U2's post-Joshua Tree work). This is no more evident than in the track "Different World," which doesn't sound too far off from a more polished Dandy Warhols composition, or the soaring album opener, "Stay Visible." A major factor in the group's creative rebirth can be attributed to the input of Bob Clearmountain, who previously worked with the band on its aforementioned 1985 album. Maybe something there's something good about all this '80s nostalgia – inspiration for older acts to issue surprisingly strong albums, as evidenced by Black and White 050505.

Review by Greg Prato, Allmusic.com

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Tracklist:

01. Do What You Want (03:44)
02. I Want To Thank You (03:12)
03. Everything's All Right (02:44)
04. She Belongs To Me (04:09)
05. It Doesn't Matter (02:41)
06. Morning Star (03:20)
07. Hey Brother (02:34)
08. What About You? (02:10)
09. Let Us All Get Together Right Now (04:06)
10. This Is It (02:45)
11. Keep It To Yourself (02:37)
12. That's The Way God Planned it (Parts 1 & 2) (05:34)
13. Through All Times (03:59)
14. As I Get Older (03:42)
15. That's The Way God Planned It (Alternate Version) (04:13)

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EAC extraction logfile from 22. December 2012, 3:53

Simple Minds / Black And White 050505

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