Collection: Simple Minds Vinyl Records – New Gold Dream, Once Upon a Time & Essential Albums on Vinyl

New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) (1982)
Their masterpiece. Promised You a Miracle, Someone Somewhere in Summertime, King Is White and in the Crowd, the title track — an album that essentially invented a certain kind of expansive, mystical European pop. One of the defining records of the early 80s.

Sparkle in the Rain (1984)
The follow-up, produced by Steve Lillywhite. Waterfront, Speed Your Love to Me, Up on the Catwalk, East at Easter — harder and more stadium-facing than New Gold Dream, and containing some of Kerr's finest singing.

Once Upon a Time (1985)
Their global commercial peak. Alive and Kicking, Sanctify Yourself, All the Things She Said — produced by Jimmy Iovine and Bob Clearmountain. Less subtle than what came before but full of stadium-rock craft.

Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call (1981)
The double-album pair that cemented the art-rock sound. Love Song, The American, Theme for Great Cities — produced by Steve Hillage and among the most sonically adventurous records of their era.

Direction of the Heart (2022)
The late-career return to form. Vision Thing, First You Jump, Human Traffic — a genuinely good record that played to the band's strengths without nostalgia. Beautifully pressed 180g.