Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1982

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is an LP by Simple Minds from 1982 released on the Virgin label.

About this album

New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is the album that transformed Simple Minds from post-punk challengers into major chart contenders. Issued in 1982, it sharpened the band’s sound into glossy, propulsive synth-pop and art-rock, driven by shimmering keyboards, anthemic choruses and a surer sense of melody. Produced by Peter Walsh with contributions from Steve Hillage, it yielded some of the group’s best-known songs, including Promised You A Miracle, Someone Somewhere in Summertime and Glittering Prize. Widely regarded as a high point in their catalogue, the record helped define early-’80s British pop at its most ambitious and accessible.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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