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Nov 24, 2014Simple Minds have finally come to terms with all the fragments of their musical identity, focused them in a complementary manner, and delivered a whole with an unapologetic pop savvy and flair. It is easily their most consistent offering since Once Upon a Time.
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MojoNov 19, 2014Their best album in 30 years. [Dec 2014, p.92]
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Q MagazineNov 13, 2014Big Music's bold title matches the bold music within. [Dec 2014, p.118]
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Nov 12, 2014This is the first new Simple Minds album in recent memory that you’ll want to keep returning to.
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Nov 11, 2014Big Music sees them come out fighting with their best album in decades. Rather than appearing musically tired or bereft of ideas, they have real stomach for the fight, a resilience that looks set to see their star continue to shine.
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Dec 3, 2014The main takeaway from what is at times a feast of class pop, is that Simple Minds are a band re-energised and thus re-invented.
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Nov 24, 2014Some other songs miss the mark, including the clumsy “Concrete and Cherry Blossom” and the annoying “Kill or Cure,” but diehard fans will still find plenty to like.
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UncutNov 11, 2014More often Big Music reanimates the band's founding spirit of adventure. [Dec 2014, p.80]
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 16, 2014Too much of Big Music seems to be reaching for a gravitas it can't back up with emotional or musical substance. [Dec 2014, p.104]
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Nov 11, 2014The band have managed to craft an album of pop that’s both true to their sound and interesting enough to give it a contemporary edge.
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Nov 11, 2014High point Honest Town, gives a slick, new-Millennial pulse to all the retro heartache. But title track Big Music is a wince-inducing reminder of naff, leather-trousered bombast.
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Dec 17, 2014Sounding like a cross between the synthesizer pop of Erasure and the stadium anthems of U2, Big Music could have been released in the late '80s and stayed at the top of the international charts.
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