Themes for Great Cities 79/81

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Themes For Great Cities:
Definitive Collection 79-81
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Compilation album by Simple Minds
Released 1 November 1981
Genre Rock
Label Stiff Records
Producer Steve Hillage
Simple Minds chronology
Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
(1981)Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call1981
Themes For Great Cities 79/81
(1981)
Celebration
(1982)Celebration1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[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 on 1 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. Title Length
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. Title Length
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. "Themes for Great Cities"   5:50

Personnel

References

  1. Kellman, Andy. "Simple Minds: Themes For Great Cities" at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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  3. <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>Simple Minds – Themes For Great Cities (Definitive Collection 79-81) at Discogs


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