~Release by Simple Minds(see all versions of this release, 13 available)
Mar 16, 2015 The ultimate ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ box set is available now. Long regarded as one of the jewels in the band’s catalogue, 1983’s ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ kicked off a run of three consecutive Number 1 albums in the UK for Simple Minds and delivered the classic hit singles ‘Waterfront’, ‘Up On The Catwalk’ and ‘Speed Your Love To Me’. Sparkle in the Rain is the sixth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in February 1984 by record label Virgin in the UK and A&M in the US. A breakthrough commercial success for the band, the record peaked at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart on 18 February 1984, and reached the top 20 in numerous other countries around the world, including New Zealand, Netherlands, Sweden. Mar 16, 2015 The ultimate ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ box set is available now. Long regarded as one of the jewels in the band’s catalogue, 1983’s ‘Sparkle In The Rain’ kicked off a run of three consecutive Number 1 albums in the UK for Simple Minds and delivered the classic hit singles ‘Waterfront’, ‘Up On The Catwalk’ and ‘Speed Your Love To Me’.
Tracklist
▼ CD 1 | |||
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# | Title | Rating | Length |
1 | Up on the Catwalk
| 4 | 4:45 |
2 | Book of Brilliant Things
| 3 | 4:23 |
3 | Speed Your Love to Me
| 3 | 4:25 |
4 | Waterfront
| 4.35 | 4:50 |
5 | East at Easter
| 3 | 3:32 |
6 | Street Hassle
| 4 | 5:16 |
7 | White Hot Day
| 3 | 4:34 |
8 | 'C' Moon Cry Like a Baby
| 3 | 4:21 |
9 | The Kick Inside of Me
| 3 | 4:50 |
10 | Shake Off the Ghosts
| 3 | 4:00 |
Credits
CD 1
composer: | Simple Minds (tracks 1, 8–10) |
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engineer: | |
guest vocals: | Kirsty MacColl (tracks 3, 6) |
lyricist: | Simple Minds (tracks 1, 8–10) |
producer: | Peter Walsh(UK producer) (track 4) |
writer: | Derek Forbes (tracks 2–5, 7) Jim Kerr(of Simple Minds) (tracks 2–5, 7) Simple Minds (track 7) |
publisher: | |
has remixes: | Speed Your Love to Me(extended mix) by Simple Minds (track 3) Speed Your Love to Me(edit) by Simple Minds (track 3) Waterfront(extended version) by Simple Minds (track 4) |
cover recording of: | Street Hassle (track 6) |
instrumental recording of: | |
recording of: | 'C' Moon Cry Like a Baby (track 8) East at Easter (track 5) Speed Your Love to Me (track 3) Up on the Catwalk (track 1) White Hot Day (track 7) |
Release
additional engineer: | Paul Cook(drummer for the Sex Pistols) Gavin MacKillop |
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engineer: | Howard Gray |
producer: | Steve Lillywhite |
acoustic guitar and electric guitar: | Charlie Burchill |
bass: | Derek Forbes |
keyboard: | Michael MacNeil |
membranophone: | Mel Gaynor |
vocals: | Derek Forbes Mel Gaynor Jim Kerr(of Simple Minds) |
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/6187728[info] |
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Release Group
Wikipedia: | en: Sparkle in the Rain[info] |
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Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/58922[info] |
lyrics page: | http://genius.com/albums/Simple-minds/Sparkle-in-the-rain[info] |
other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/simple-minds/sparkle-in-the-rain-2/[info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/15657/[info] |
Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191732[info] |
Wikidata: | Q1790076[info] |
Simple MindsSparkle in the Rain reissue is due for release next month and it you aren’t convinced by the £40+ super deluxe box set then the blu-ray audio is an fine alternative and excellent value for money.
The blu-ray is a ‘pure audio’ disc and so doesn’t have any video content, but what it does include are three different audio versions of the 1984 album.
The blu-ray is a ‘pure audio’ disc and so doesn’t have any video content, but what it does include are three different audio versions of the 1984 album.
- 1. A brand new Steven Wilson 5.1 surround sound mix of the album
- 2. A brand new Steven Wilson STEREO remix of Sparkle in the Rain which like the 5.1 was created from the multi-track tapes.
- 3. The original 1984 mix newly remastered at Abbey Road by Andrew Walter.
All the mixes are of course hi-res. I’ve heard the Steven Wilson surround mix and it’s excellent. All of the above are included in the box set but on a DVD-Video/Audio disc. Of course the box offers lots of bonus audio not included o the blu-ray. This Simple Minds release and the formats very much follows the pattern of Tears For Fears’ Songs For The Big Chair reissue from November last year.
The icing on the cake is that you can pick up the blu-ray for about £15 at the moment if you purchase from Amazon Italy, that’s about 25% cheaper than in the UK.
Sparkle in the Rain is re-released on 16 March 2015.
Blu-ray audio
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