Simple Minds discography
| Simple Minds discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 18 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 12 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Singles | 52 |
| Box sets | 9 |
The discography of the Scottish art-rock/new wave band Simple Minds consists of 18 studio (either original or covers) albums (counting 1981's Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call as a double album release), 7 live albums, 12 compilation albums, 9 box sets, 52 singles, and 5 video albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
FRA [3][4] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
US [9] | ||||
| 1979 | Life in a Day
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30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Real to Real Cacophony
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1980 | Empires and Dance
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41 | – | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | ||
| 1981 | Sons and Fascination
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11 | 31 | – | – | 7 | 4 | – | – | ||
Sister Feelings Call
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1982 | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
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3 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 2 | 9 | – | 69 | ||
| 1984 | Sparkle in the Rain
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1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 64 | ||
| 1985 | Once Upon a Time
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1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1989 | Street Fighting Years
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1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 70 | ||
| 1991 | Real Life
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2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 74 | ||
| 1995 | Good News from the Next World
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2 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 87 | ||
| 1998 | Néapolis
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19 | – | 26 | 22 | – | 23 | 7 | NR | ||
| 2000 | Our Secrets Are the Same
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NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||
| 2001 | Neon Lights
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141 | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | – | ||
| 2002 | Cry
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80 | – | 94 | 56 | – | – | 35 | – | ||
| 2005 | Black & White 050505
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37 | – | 46 | 25 | – | 46 | 20 | – | ||
| 2009 | Graffiti Soul
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10 | – | 41 | 29 | – | – | 8 | – | ||
| 2014 | Big Music
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12 | – | 69 | 22 | – | – | 20 | – | ||
| 2016 | Acoustic
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16 | – | 122 | 27 | – | – | 33 | – | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
FRA [4] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] |
US [9] | ||||
| 1987 | Live in the City of Light
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1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 96 | ||
| 1998 | Real Live 91
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2007 | Sunday Express – Live (Vol. 1 & 2)
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011 | Live 2011 (2 shows / 5 CDs)
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2012 | 5X5 Live
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129 | – | – | 49 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2013 | Celebrate - The Greatest Hits+ Tour 2013 (6 shows / 12 CDs)
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2015 | Big Music Tour 2015
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
FRA [!][4] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
SWI [8] | |||
| 1981 | Themes for Great Cities 79/81
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1982 | Celebration
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45 | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1986 | Alive and Kicking (84,85,86)[13]
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– | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1992 | Glittering Prize 81/92
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1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 14 | |
| 1997 | The Promised
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– | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | The Early Years 1977–1978
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2001 | The Best of Simple Minds
|
34 | – | 22 | 11 | 39 | – | 64 |
|
| 2003 | Early Gold
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2006 | The Platinum Collection[14]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2013 | Celebrate: The Greatest Hits[15]
|
19 | – | – | 86 | – | – | 55 | |
ICON – The Best Of
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2015 | Sparkle in the Rain - deluxe box edition
|
80 | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | |
^ In France, compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.
Box sets
| Year | Information |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Themes – Volume 1: March 79–April 82
|
Themes – Volume 2: August 82–April 85
| |
Themes – Volume 3: September 85–June 87
| |
Themes – Volume 4: February 89–May 90
| |
| 2004 | Silver Box
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| 2008 | Themes – Volume 5: March 91–September 92
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Themes – Volumes 1–5: March 79–September 92
| |
| 2012 | X5
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| 2013 | Classic Album Selection
|
Website releases
| Year | Information |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Black & White Live Bundle 01 |
| Black & White Live Bundle 02 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 03 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 04 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 05 | |
| 2008 | Black & White Live Bundle 06 |
| Black & White Live Bundle 07 | |
Singles
- 1970s-1980s
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN | GER [16] |
IRE [17] |
ITA [18][19] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
US [20] | |||
| 1979 | "Life in a Day" | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Life in a Day |
| "Chelsea Girl" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1980 | "Changeling" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Real to Real Cacophony |
| "I Travel" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Empires and Dance | |
| 1981 | "Celebrate" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "The American" | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [^] |
Sister Feelings Call | |
| "Love Song" | 47 | 17 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | Sons and Fascination | |
| "Sweat in Bullet" | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 17 | – | ||
| "I Travel" (reissue) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [^] |
Celebration | |
| 1982 | "Promised You a Miracle" | 13 | 10 | – | – | 25 | – | 25 | 9 | 17 | – [^] |
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) |
| "Glittering Prize" | 16 | 9 | – | – | 11 | – | – | 4 | 11 | – | ||
| "Someone, Somewhere in Summertime" | 36 | 51 | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1983 | "I Travel" (2nd reissue) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Celebration |
| "Waterfront" | 13 | 19 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | 16 | – | Sparkle in the Rain | |
| 1984 | "Speed Your Love to Me" | 20 | 76 | – | – | 9 | – | – | 46 | 18 | – | |
| "Up on the Catwalk" | 27 | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | 44 | – | – | ||
| 1985 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 [+][^] |
The Breakfast Club (Soundtrack) |
| "Alive and Kicking" | 7 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 [+][^] |
Once Upon a Time | |
| 1986 | "Sanctify Yourself" | 10 | 46 | 17 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 [+][^] | |
| "All the Things She Said" | 9 | 46 | 65 | 51 | 4 | – | 6 | 20 | – | 28 [+][^] | ||
| "Ghost Dancing" | 13 | 72 | – | – | 3 | 46 | 18 | – | – | – | ||
| 1987 | "Promised You a Miracle" (live) | 19 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 55 | – | – | – | Live in the City of Light |
| 1989 | Ballad of the Streets EP: "Belfast Child" / "Mandela Day" / "Biko" |
1 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | – [~] |
Street Fighting Years |
| "This Is Your Land" | 13 | 38 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 18 | – [+][~] | ||
| "Take a Step Back" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [~] | ||
| "Kick It In" | 15 | 94 | – | 65 | 6 | – | 34 | 27 | – | – | ||
| The Amsterdam EP: "Let It All Come Down" / "Sign o' the Times" |
18 | 79 | – | 40 | 11 | 11 | 16 | – | – | – | ||
- 1990s
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN | GER [16] |
IRE [17] |
ITA [18][19] |
NLD [5] |
NZ [6] |
SWE [7] |
US [20] | |||
| 1991 | "Let There Be Love" | 6 | 15 | – | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 9 | – | Real Life |
| "See the Lights" | 20 | 100 | 10 | 48 | 16 | 24 | 42 | – | 27 | 40 [+][~] | ||
| "Stand By Love" | 13 | 70 | – | – | 14 | – | 25 | – | 39 | – [~] | ||
| "Real Life" | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1992 | "Love Song" / "Alive and Kicking" | 6 | – | – | – | 24 | – | 50 | – | – | – | Glittering Prize 81/92 |
| 1995 | "She's a River" | 9 | 29 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 52 [+][~] |
Good News from the Next World |
| "Hypnotised" | 18 | 85 | 34 | 62 | 28 | 22 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "And the Band Played On" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [+] | ||
| 1998 | "Glitterball" | 18 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 72 | – | – | – | Neapolis |
| "War Babies" | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
- 2000s-present
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
GER [16] |
ITA [18][19] |
NLD [5] | |||||||||
| 2001 | "Dancing Barefoot" | – | – | – | – | – | Neon Lights | ||||||
| "Homosapien" | 134 | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Belfast Trance" (John 00 Fleming/Simple Minds) | 74 | – | – | – | – | single only | ||||||
| "Cry" | 47 | – | 92 | 42 | 65 | Cry | |||||||
| "Spaceface" | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| "New Sunshine Morning" | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| "One Step Closer" | – | – | – | 33 | – | ||||||||
| "Monster" (Liquid People vs Simple Minds) | 67 | – | – | – | – | single only | |||||||
| 2003 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Remixes) [*] | – | 92 | – | 16 | – | Live & Rare | ||||||
| 2004 | "Dirty Old Town" (The Bhoys from Paradise – Simple Minds & Jimmy Johnstone) | 46 | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2005 | "Too Much Television" | – | – | – | – | – | iTunes download | ||||||
| "Home" | 41 | – | 53 | 18 | 77 | Black & White 050505 | |||||||
| 2006 | "Stranger" | – | – | 97 | – | – | |||||||
| "Different World (Taormina.me)" | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| "The Jeweller (Pt II)" | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| 2009 | "Rockets" | 146 | – | – | – | – | Graffiti Soul | ||||||
| "Stars Will Lead the Way" | – | – | 88 | – | – | ||||||||
| 2012 | "Theme for Great Cities" (Moby Remix) / "I Travel" (John Leckie 2012 Remix) |
– | – | – | – | – |
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| 2013 | "Broken Glass Park" | – | – | – | – | – | Celebrate | ||||||
| 2014 | "Big Music" | – | – | – | – | – | Big Music | ||||||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
- Notes
- +^ These singles also charted on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as following: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#1), "Alive and Kicking" (#2), "Sanctify Yourself" (#3) and "All the Things She Said" (#9), "This Is Your Land" (#37), "See the Lights" (#10), "She's a River" (#6) and And the Band Played On" (#40).[20]
- ~^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart as following: "Mandela Day" from Ballad of the Streets EP (#17), "This Is Your Land" (#12), "Take a Step Back" (#14), "See the Lights" (#1), "Stand By Love" (#4) and "She's a River" (#10).[21]
- ^ ^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart as following: "The American" (#66), "I Travel" 1981 re-release (#55), "Promised You a Miracle" (#65), "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#9), "Alive and Kicking" (#25), "Sanctify Yourself" (#24) and "All the Things She Said" (#5).[20]
- '*^ The remixes of "Don't You (Forget About Me)", released between 2003 and 2004, were released under different artist names, depending on the terrirory; in Europe by Simple Minds, in Australia by White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr.
VHS, DVD
The release dates are the original ones and the formats mentioned are the most recent versions officially available (not necessarily the original release formats).
- 1990: Forget About Me (TV) directed by Michael Winterbottom (not available) (this is the story of two Scottish "squaddies" (young, trainee soldiers) who hitchhike to Budapest to go to a concert of the band Simple Minds; the film is a love triangle between the two soldiers and one beautiful Hungarian girl; Simple Minds is seen performing on stage at the very end of the film)[22]
- 1990: Verona (VHS; May 1990; Virgin Music Video VVD 610) (in 2003, this video was remixed in 5:1 surround sound and released as part of the Seen The Lights – A Visual History double DVD set)
- 1992: Glittering Prize 81/92 (VHS; October 1992; Virgin Music Video VVD 1103)
- 2003: Seen The Lights – A Visual History (DVD; release dates: 28 October 2003 in some parts of Europe, 1 November 2003 in Russia, 3 November 2003 in UK & some other parts of Europe, 18 November 2003 in Canada; Virgin SMDVD 1) (this is the first-ever Simple Minds commercial (double) DVD, featuring over four hours and twenty minutes of archive footage; the first disc includes the majority of the band's promotional videos; the second disc is devoted to Verona, the band's first video originally released in 1990 in VHS format, upmixed here to 5.1 surround sound)
- 2014: Celebrate – Live at the Glasgow SSE Hydro (limited edition Deluxe DVD book set ; release date: May 2014 ; including 4 discs: 1 21-track DVD of the concert filmed and recorded at the Glasgow SSE Hydro on 27 November 2013, 1 DVD of exclusive interview footage and photo gallery, 2 fully mixed audio CDs of the concert + a bound book featuring specially-written notes and exclusive live photos from the Celebrate tour + photographic print individually autographed by the band)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 UK chart peaks:
- Top 100 peaks: "Official Charts > Simple Minds". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- Top 200 peaks between 1994 and 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > DJ S – The System Of Life". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 275. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988:"Discography Simple Minds - australian-charts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- "Kick It In" (ARIA Chart) peak: Gavin Scott. "25 Years Ago This Week: July 30, 1989". blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks between January 1990 and December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "lescharts.com - Discographie Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste - S (Sélection Autres Artistes (Simple Minds)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dutch Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "charts.org.nz - Discography Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Swedish Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Discography Simple Minds - swisscharts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 "AllMusic > Simple Minds - Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Certified Awards Search (Certifications Database)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Simple Minds
- 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ dream giver redux | discography | albums | alive and kicking (84,85,86)
- ↑ dream giver redux | discography | albums | the platinum collection
- ↑ "Celebrate: The Greatest Hits +". Dream Giver Redux. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
- 1 2 3 "German Singles Chart - Simple Minds". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 "The Irish Charts - search the charts > Simple Minds". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Italian Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: S > Simple Minds". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "AllMusic > Simple Minds - Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ Simple Minds Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com - Alternative Songs (Modern Rock Tracks)
- ↑ Forget About Me (1990)
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