New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

by Simple Minds

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) cover art

Simple Minds executed a breathtaking creative pivot with 'New Gold Dream', trading cold post-punk experimentation for impossibly lush, sweeping synth-pop grandeur. Melding heavily textured keyboards with rhythmic basslines and Jim Kerr's dramatic vocals, the album is a deeply ethereal, highly atmospheric masterpiece that heavily shaped the emerging arena-ready 'Big Music' sound.

Genres

  • New Wave
  • Synthpop

Tracklist

  1. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
  2. Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel
  3. Promised You A Miracle
  4. Big Sleep
  5. Somebody Up There Likes You
  6. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
  7. Glittering Prize
  8. Hunter And The Hunted
  9. King Is White And In The Crowd
  10. Promised You A Miracle - Extended Version
  11. Seeing Out The Angel - Instrumental Remix
  12. Promised You A Miracle - US Remix
  13. Promised You A Miracle - US Dub
  14. Promised You A Miracle - US Special Extended Remix
  15. Glittering Prize - Club Mix
  16. Glittering Prize - Extended Theme
  17. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) - Extended Mix
  18. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - German 12'' Remix
  19. King Is White And In The Crowd - Instrumental / Touch Tape Magazine Version
  20. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - German 12'' Remix With Drums
  21. In Every Heaven
  22. Promised You A Miracle
  23. Theme For Great Cities
  24. Glittering Prize
  25. Glittering Prize - Theme / 7" Single Mix
  26. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) - 7" Promo Single Edit
  27. Soundtrack For Every Heaven
  28. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - 7" Mix
  29. Promised You A Miracle - David Jenson Show / 1982
  30. In Trance As Mission - David Jenson Show / 1982
  31. King Is White And In The Crowd - Session Version
  32. Promised You A Miracle - John Peel Session / 1982
  33. Love Song - John Peel Session / 1982
  34. Sons And Fascination - John Peel Session / 1982
  35. King Is White And In The Crowd - John Peel Session / 1982
  36. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) - Kid Jensen Session / 13th August 1982
  37. Glittering Prize - Kid Jensen Session / 13th August 1982
  38. Hunter And The Hunted - David Jenson Show / 1982
  39. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) - Full Duration Version
  40. Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel - Full Duration Version / Instrumental
  41. Promised You A Miracle - Remix / Extended Version
  42. Big Sleep - Instrumental
  43. In Every Heaven - Full Version
  44. Somebody Up There Likes You - Full Duration / Instrumental
  45. New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - Alternative Dream Version
  46. Hunter And The Hunted - Alternative Take
  47. King Is White And In The Crowd - Monitor Mix
  48. In Every Heaven - Early Version