Simple Minds – X5

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Label:

 Virgin – 50999 956473 2 6

Format:
Box Set , Compilation
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered

Country:

 UK & Europe

Released:

Genre:

 Pop

Style:

 Synth-pop

Tracklist

01: Life In A Day
1-1 Someone 3:43
1-2 Life In A Day 4:06
1-3 Sad Affair 2:46
1-4 All For You 2:51
1-5 Pleasantly Disturbed 7:59
1-6 No Cure 3:35
1-7 Chelsea Girl 4:35
1-8 Wasteland 3:46
1-9 Destiny 3:39
1-10 Murder Story 6:24
Bonus Tracks
1-11 Special View 4:17
1-12 Garden Of Hate 4:27
02: Real To Real Cacophony
2-1 Real To Real 2:50
2-2 Naked Eye 2:23
2-3 Citizen (Dance Of Youth) 2:54
2-4 Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase) 2:51
2-5 Factory 4:15
2-6 Cacophony 1:41
2-7 Veldt 3:34
2-8 Premonition 5:29
2-9 Changeling 4:12
2-10 Film Theme 2:27
2-11 Calling Your Name 5:07
2-12 Scar 3:32
Bonus Tracks
2-13 Kaleidoscope 4:15
2-14 Film Theme (Dub) 1:26
2-15 Premonition (Live At Hurrah's Club, New York: 24/10/79) 5:45
03: Empires And Dance
3-1 I Travel 4:04
3-2 Today I Died Again 4:39
3-3 Celebrate 5:09
3-4 This Fear Of Gods 7:01
3-5 Capital City 6:17
3-6 Constantinople Line 4:45
3-7 Twist/Run/Repulsion 4:40
3-8 Thirty Frames A Second 5:05
3-9 Kant-Kino 1:53
3-10 Room 2:30
Bonus Tracks
3-11 New Warm Skin 4:35
3-12 I Travel (Extended) 6:13
3-13 Celebrate (Extended) 6:48
04A: Sons And Fascination
4-1 In Trance As Mission 6:53
4-2 Sweat In Bullet 4:30
4-3 70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall 4:50
4-4 Boys From Brazil 5:31
4-5 Love Song 5:04
4-6 This Earth That You Walk Upon 5:28
4-7 Sons And Fascination 5:23
4-8 Seeing Out The Angel 6:11
Bonus Tracks
4-9 Sweat In Bullet (Extended Remix) 7:22
4-10 In Trance As Mission (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81) 7:28
4-11 This Earth That You Walk Upon (Instrumental) 5:26
04B: Sister Feelings Call
5-1 Theme For Great Cities 5:52
5-2 The American 3:51
5-3 20th Century Promised Land 4:55
5-4 Wonderful In Young Life 5:21
5-5 League Of Nations 4:57
5-6 Careful In Career 5:09
5-7 Sound In 70 Cities 5:05
Bonus Tracks
5-8 The American (Extended) 7:03
5-9 League Of Nations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81) 6:22
05: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
6-1 Someone Somewhere In Summertime 4:38
6-2 Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel 3:50
6-3 Promised You A Miracle 4:28
6-4 Big Sleep 5:01
6-5 Somebody Up There Likes You 5:00
6-6 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 5:39
6-7 Glittering Prize 4:33
6-8 Hunter And The Hunted 5:55
6-9 King Is White And In The Crowd 7:02
Bonus Tracks
6-10 Promised You A Miracle (Extended) 4:49
6-11 Glittering Prize (Club Mix) 4:57
6-12 Someone Somewhere In Summertime (Extended) 6:02
6-13 Soundtrack For Every Heaven 4:55
6-14 New Gold Dream (German 12" Remix) 7:01
6-15 In Every Heaven 4:27

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Marketed By – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published By – EMI Music Ltd.
  • Published By – EMI Music Publishers Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Hurrah
  • Engineered At – Farmyard Studios
  • Engineered At – Regents Park Studios
  • Produced For – Virgin Records
  • Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AB61359
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AC64654
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AB61361
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AB61362
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AB61363

Credits

  • Arranged By – Peter Walsh (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Arranged By [Arrangements] – Simple Minds (tracks: 2-1 to 2-15)
  • Artwork – The Artifex Studio (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Bass – Derek Forbes (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11, 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Bass [Fret] – Forbes* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Chorus ["Next"] – Ken Lockie (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
  • Composed By – Simple Minds (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Composed By [All Titles] – J. Kerr* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
  • Consultant [Talk & Motivation] – Ross Stapleton (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Coordinator [Live], Consultant [Talk & Motivation] – Lenny Love (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Coordinator [Studio Co-ordination] – Gemma Corfield (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Crew [Live Style] – Steve Rosen (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Design – Peacock
  • Design, Art Direction – M. Garratt* (tracks: 4-1 to 5-9)
  • Drums – Mike Ogletree (tracks: 6-2, 6-5, 6-6, 6-14)
  • Drums, Percussion – McGee* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Engineer – Peter Walsh (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Guitar – Charles Burchill* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
  • Guitar, Effects – Charles Burchill* (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Guitar, Saxophone – Burchill* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Keyboards – Michael MacNeil (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
  • Keyboards, Effects – Michael MacNeil (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Keyboards, Soloist – Herbie Hancock (tracks: 6-8)
  • Lyrics By – J. Kerr* (tracks: 2-1 to 5-9)
  • Music By – Simple Minds (tracks: 2-1 to 6-15)
  • Percussion – Mike Ogletree (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Photography By – Coward* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Photography By [Front] – Ruetz* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
  • Photography By [Polaroid] – Sheila Rock (tracks: 4-1 to 5-9)
  • Producer – S. Hillage* (tracks: 4-1 to 5-9)
  • Recorded By, Mixed By – John Leckie (tracks: 2-1 to 3-13)
  • Remastered By [Uncredited] – Simon Heyworth
  • Sleeve – Malcolm Garrett (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Sound Designer [Live] – Douglas Cowan* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
  • Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Keith Richard Nixon* (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)
  • Voice – Jim Kerr (tracks: 4-1 to 6-15)
  • Voice [Girl's] – Sharon Campbell (tracks: 6-2, 6-7, 6-11)
  • Words By – Simple Minds (tracks: 6-1 to 6-15)

Notes

Includes the first 6 albums with bonus tracks, housed in 5 cardboard sleeves with the original album artwork.
The albums 'Sons And Fascination' and 'Sister Feelings Call' come in a gatefold cover.

This box set uses the 2002 remasters for the main album tracks, and new 2012 remasters for all bonus tracks.

© 2012 Virgin Records Ltd.
The copyright in this recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd.
This compilation ℗ & © 2012 Virgin Records Ltd.
The copyright in this artwork is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. © 2012 Virgin Records [logo]
Printed in the E.U.
MADE IN THE E.U.
www.simpleminds.com

Track durations are those printed on each single CD except the following (in square brackets the printed durations):
...
1-10 [6:17] Murder Story
1-11 [4:00] Special View
...
4-10 [7:17] In Trance As Mission (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)
...
5-08 [6:55] The American (Extended)
5-09 [6:14] League Of Nations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London: 25/09/81)
...
6-14 [6:52] New Gold Dream (German 12" Remix)
6-15 [4:55] In Every Heaven

Red hype-sticker on shrink-wrap reads:

"SIMPLE MINDS X5
Their landmark first 5 albums
with bonus material

Life In A Day
Real To Real Cacophony
Empires And Dance
Sons And Fascination + Sister Feelings Call
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 50999 956473 2 6
  • Barcode (Scanned, EAN-13): 5099995647326
  • Label Code: LC03098
  • Other (Disc 1 Cat#): 50999 956474 2 5
  • Other (Disc 2 Cat#): 50999 956475 2 4
  • Other (Disc 3 Cat#): 50999 956476 2 3
  • Other (Disc 4 Cat#): 50999 956477 2 2
  • Other (Disc 5 Cat#): 50999 956478 2 1
  • Other (Disc 6 Cat#): 50999 956479 2 0
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 1): 9564742 AB61359-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 1): IFPI 9718
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 1): 9564752 AC64654-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2, variant 1): IFPI 9705
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 3, variant 1): 9564762 AB61361-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 3, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 3, variant 1): IFPI 9718
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 4, variant 1): 9564772 AB61362-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 4, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 4, variant 1): IFPI 9718
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 5, variant 1): 9564782 AB61362-02 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 5, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 5, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 6, variant 1): 9564792 AB61363-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 6, variant 1): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 6, variant 1): IFPI 9718
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, variant 2): 9564742 AB61359-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1, variant 2): IFPI 9746
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, variant 2): 9564752 AC64654-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 2, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 2, variant 2): IFPI 9746
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 3, variant 2): 9564762 AB61361-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 3, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 3, variant 2): IFPI 9746
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 4, variant 2): 9564772 AB61362-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 4, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 4, variant 2): IFPI 9746
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 5, variant 2): 9564782 AB61362-02 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 5, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 5, variant 2): IFPI 9746
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 6, variant 2): 9564792 AB61363-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 6, variant 2): ifpi L573
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 6, variant 2): IFPI 9746

Other Versions (1)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
X5 (6×CDr, Album, All Media, Compilation, Promo) Virgin none UK & Europe 2012

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Reviews

  • vm2000's avatar
    vm2000
    I wish they just kept the bonus tracks for Life in a Day - Empires and Dance for separate releases, tbh.
    • zevulon's avatar
      zevulon
      If it had included the Sparkling In The Rain album as well, it would have been Complete with a capital C. I truly believe it should have been included here as that truly transcended the band even further and to me is their absolute peak, not to disregard NGD at all, but it just was such a thrust onwards that it feels missing here. But the inclusions of the extra material here is pure gold. It was cheap too on release.
      • martinishobbies's avatar
        martinishobbies
        Why they couldn’t put a booklet in with the extra track information is a minor complaint
        • duvetdo's avatar
          duvetdo
          Forbes & McGee’s sublime rhythm section is what makes this period of SM my absolute favourite.
          • postpunkmonk's avatar
            postpunkmonk
            If this was the only music I could ever listen to I would be very satisfied with this set! The growth and change it documents is enormous. It's my favorite developmental arc in music.
            • oceancloud's avatar
              oceancloud
              Their best period, resulting in some of their most outstanding and influential output. Essential!

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