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Once Upon A Time

Simple Minds

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Released: Oct 1985
Label: Virgin Records
While Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me" doesn't appear here, their 1985 album is entirely of a piece with their era-defining Breakfast Club smash. Gone is the arty post-punk of their early albums; this is new wave at its most stadium-sized, complete with ringing guitars borrowed from U2, a hint of Duran Duran's white-boy funk and a yearning, reverberant sense of space that makes Big Country's horizons look positively pint-sized. "Alive and Kicking" sounds as ridiculously (and wonderfully) grandiose as ever; it's a reminder of an era when alt-pop wasn't afraid to go big.
- Philip Sherburne
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time 2003-11-01
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    All The Things She Said
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    Ghost Dancing
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    Oh Jungleland
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    I Wish You Were Here
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    Sanctify Yourself
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    Come A Long Way
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