Big Music (album)
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| Studio album by Simple Minds | ||||
| Released | 31 October 2014 | |||
| Recorded | May 2009 - August 2014 | |||
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| Length | 51:44 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Gavin Goldberg, Steve Osborne, Owen Parker, Simple Minds, Andy Wright | |||
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| Metacritic | 75/100 |
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| Hot Press | "HotPress" |
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| Shields Gazette | 7/10 |
| The Yorkshire Times | 4/5 |
| MOJO magazine | |
Big Music is the sixteenth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was released on 31 October 2014 by Sony Music. "Honest Town" was released as the lead single on 10 October 2014. The album was available to stream from 28 October 2014.
During the recording of Simple Minds previous studio album Graffiti Soul, Jim Kerr stated: «We really are flowing with ideas at the moment and [...] I do feel that we are possibly writing two albums simultaneously at present.» Several tracks were omitted from Graffiti Soul so that the album had more focus. Possible candidates include "Six Degrees Of Separation", "Lotus Effect" and "Shaman".
According to Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr, Big Music has lots of power and passion, urgency and momentum, adding "it is energetic, it's got a raw power and a lot of vitality".
On 19 May 2014, it was announced that Simple Minds had just finished recording Big Music. Even so, a final recording took place on 27 August 2014.
The album's release campaign started on 4 September 2014 with "Blindfolded" being issued as a video teaser (not as a single). The album's logo was revealed on 4 September 2014.
On 23 September 2014, Simple Minds announced that Jim and Charlie would be special guests of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Friday morning 26 September 2014 where they'd be performing 4 tracks acoustically for the first time ever.
Previously announced for October 2014, the album was released on the 31 October 2014 in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland and on 3 November 2014 in other territories.
The album was released on Caroline Records in the UK and Ireland, the Embassy Of Music in Germany and by Sony (licensed from Embassy Of Music) in other European territories.
The title song "Big Music" was intended to be the first single but the idea was later dropped. On 23 September 2014, Simple Minds announced that the first play of their new single "Honest Town" would have its worldwide premiere the following morning on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2. "Honest Town" was released as the lead single on 10 October 2014.
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