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Themes for Great Cities: A New History of Simple Minds

English

By (author): Graeme Thomson

'Nobody owes us anything, but the Simple Minds story has been too condensed. After Live Aid and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' there hasn't been quite the credit for those first few records. I think they contain some really special music. I can hear the flaws but there's something about the spirit and imagination in them that feels good. They draw from such a wide range of influences . . . but the spirit of it was always Simple Minds.' Jim Kerr, to the author

An illuminating new biography of one of Britain's biggest and most influential bands, written with the full input and cooperation of Simple Minds, shedding new light on their dazzling art-rock legacy.


Themes for Great Cities features in-depth new interviews with original band members Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mick MacNeil and Derek Forbes, alongside key figures from within their creative community and high-profile fans such as Bobby Gillespie, James Dean Bradfield and Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite. The book reclaims and revivifies the magnificence of Simple Minds' pioneering early albums, from the glitchy Euro-ambience of Real to Real Cacophony and Empires and Dance to the pulsing, agitated romance of Sons and Fascination, New Gold Dream and beyond.

Emerging in 1978 from Glasgow's post-punk scene, Simple Minds transitioned from restless art-rock to electro futurism, mutated into passionate pop contenders and, finally, a global rock behemoth. They have sold in the region of 60 million records and remain a worldwide phenomenon. The drama of their tale lies in these transformations and triumphs, conflicts and contradictions.

Themes for Great Cities tells the inside story of a band becoming a band. Inspiring, insightful and enlightening, it celebrates the trailblazing music of one of Britain's greatest groups.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 320g
  • Dimensions: 126 x 194mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Jun 2023
  • Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781472134011

About Graeme Thomson

Graeme Thomson is the author of several acclaimed music books including Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush described by the Irish Times as 'the best music biography in perhaps the past decade' and Cowboy Song the authorised biography of Philip Lynott published by Constable in 2016. In 2020 Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn was a Book of the Year in the Sunday Times Financial Times Telegraph Evening Standard and MOJO. Graeme is pop columnist for the Spectator and writes on music literature and popular culture for a number of publications including the Guardian Radio Times Uncut and Pitchfork.

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