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- Summary: The latest full-length release for Scottish rock band Simple Minds was written in Sicily, with Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill recorded in Hamburg, and the rest of the band recording their parts in London due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dance-Pop, Dance-Rock, Post-Punk, Neo-Electro
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Oct 24, 2022Simple Minds, then, are in extremely rude health. Where once their lyrics spoke of international politics and far-off destinations, now they deal with matters closer to home in a refreshingly direct manner. More power to their maturing elbows.
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Oct 24, 2022Direction of the Heart is an album by a band that still has something to prove. They deliver big. Without forsaking their core sound, they offer listeners energized, anthemic, poignant, electro-charged rock & roll.
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MojoOct 24, 2022Up-tempo and poppy, Simple Minds' energy remains undiminished on Direction Of The Heart. [Nov 2022, p.90]
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Oct 24, 2022Granted, they haven’t hit the heights they climbed courtesy of such early mega milestones as Don’t You (Forget About Me),” “Glittering Prize,” “Somewhere in Summertime,” “Waterfront,” and “Alive and Kicking.” No matter, Kerr, Burchill and their newer recruits still manage to stay true to the band’s overarched intents, but do so based on premise rather than pretense.
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Oct 24, 2022Despite a handful of anodyne plodders, it is difficult to dislike Simple Minds in this nostalgic late-career mode, elder statesmen with nothing left to prove. [Nov 2022, p.71]
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UncutOct 24, 2022The album largely struggles to match the buzz and momentum of its tone-setting opener. [Nov 2022, p.36]
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