Live in the City of Light
Live in the City of Light is a live double album by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds . It was released in May 1987.
Emergence
The recordings for the album were made during the “Once Upon a Time” tour in 1986, mainly on August 12th and 13th, 1986 at Le Zénith in Paris . The track "Someone, Somewhere In Summertime" was recorded in October 1986 at a concert in Sydney , Australia.
The touring line-up of the band from 1986 can be heard on the album. In addition to the regular musicians, they included Robin Clark as the second singer and the percussionist Sue Hadjopoulos. A violin part by Lisa Germano - at the time a band member of John Mellencamp - for "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" was added later in the studio. Former Simple Minds member Derek Forbes contributed (uncredited) bass guitar overdubs.
Vinyl double album
Live in the City of Light was released as a vinyl double album. The motif of the Claddagh ring , which the band has used several times as a logo, is shown in gold on a black cover . The booklet contains photographs of performances and the musicians; the inside shows a photo of a tour concert in Locarno , Switzerland.
The album title refers to Paris as "La Ville Lumière" ("City of Light").
Track list
- Ghost Dancing - 7:22 min
- Big Sleep - 4:27 min
- Waterfront - 5:21 min
- Promised You a Miracle - 4:38 min
- Someone Somewhere In Summertime - 5:59 min
- Oh Jungleland - 6:35 min
- Alive and Kicking, 6:27 min
- Don't You (Forget About Me) - 6:37 min
- Once Upon a Time - 6:06 min
- Book of Brilliant Things - 4:53 min
- East at Easter - 4:20 min
- Sanctify Yourself - 7:06 min
- Love Song - Sun City - Dance to the Music - 7:02 min
- New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - 5:31 min
Chart placements
Live in the City of Light reached number 1 on the album charts in Great Britain and number 3 in Germany. The album reached double platinum in Great Britain and gold in Germany and the Netherlands.
“Promised You a Miracle” was re-released as a single after 1982 in the live version and reached number 19 in the UK singles charts and number 8 in Ireland.
Web links
- Information about Live in the City of Light on the Dream Giver fansite
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Live in the City of Lights , information on the official band homepage www.simpleminds.com , accessed on May 31, 2020
- ↑ Explanations by Jim Kerr on the fan page Dream Giver , accessed on May 31, 2020.
- ↑ bpi.co.uk
- ↑ officialcharts.de .
- ↑ officialcharts.com
- ↑ musikindustrie.de
- ↑ nvpi.nl
- ↑ officialcharts.com
- ↑ irishcharts.ie