Sons and Fascination

Sons and Fascination
Studio album from Simple Minds
Publication (s)	September 1, 1981
admission	1981
Label (s)	Virgin
Format (s)	Record / CD
Genre (s)	Rock , post-punk
Title (number)	10
running time	42:21
production	Steve Hillage
Studio (s)	Farmyard Studios, Regent's Park Studios
chronology Empires and Dance Sons and Fascination New Gold Dream

Sons and Fascination is the fourth studio album by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds . The album was released at the same time as the album Sister Feelings Call .

history

With the split from Zoom Records, the band also split from John Leckie , the producer of the first three albums, and signed Steve Hillage . Hillage, along with sound engineers Hugh Jones and Alan Jakoby, made his mark on production at Farmland Studios (by Rupert Hine ) and Regent's Park Studios. The mastering took place at Townhouse Studios and Tape One Studios in London. The production sounds uniform, effects have been used more sparingly and precision has been placed in the foreground in order to implement the band's ideas in the sound. The entire production pointed in the direction the band wanted: audible but experimental music that was cleanly produced.

In this concept album, the band processes an extensive tour through the United States with concerts in seventy cities. During the recordings, more songs were created than can be pressed onto a vinyl long-playing record. The band didn't want to do without the recordings and Virgin didn't want to release a double album.

publication

Sons and Fascination therefore appeared simultaneously with Sister Feelings Call in September 1981 on Virgin Records. In a first edition of 10,000 copies, both albums were packaged separately and sold wrapped in foil. Virgin decided for further editions to market both albums separately and to sell Sister Feelings Call as a mini album at a reduced price.

When it was re-released in CD format in 1985, five tracks from the album Sister Feelings Call were integrated into the album Sons and Fascination . It was only with the release of a digitally remastered version in 2003 that all seven tracks from Sister Feelings Call were brought together on the album. In 2012 the album was re-released in the X5 box set from Virgin Records with 5 bonus tracks.

Love Song and Sweat in Bullet were released as singles.

Track list

Original publication Sons and Fascination

1. In Trance as Mission (6:50)
2. Sweat in Bullet (4:30)
3. 70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall (4:48)
4. Boys From Brazil (5:30)
5. Love Song (5:03)
6. This Earth That You Walk Upon (5:26)
7. Sons & Fascination (5:23)
8. Seeing out the Angel (6:11)

Bonus tracks

9. Sweat in Bullet (Extended) (7:23)

10. In Trance As Mission (Live) (7:27)

11. This Earth That You Walk Upon (Instrumental) (5:26)

Original publication Sister Feelings Call

1. Theme for Great Cities (5:50)
2. The American (3:49)
3. 20th Century Promised Land (4:53)
4. Wonderful in Young Life (5:20)
5. League of Nations (4:56)
6. Careful in Career (5:08)
7. Sound in 70 Cities (5:04)

Bonus tracks

8. The American (Extended) (7:03)

9. League of Nations (Live) (6:22)

Sons and Fascination (Includes Sister Feelings Call) CD, 1985

1. In Trance as Mission (6:50)
2. Sweat in Bullet (4:30)
3. 70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall (4:48)
4. Boys From Brazil (5:30)
5. Love Song (5:03)
6. This Earth That You Walk Upon (5:26)
7. Sons and Fascination (5:23)
8. Seeing out the Angel (6:11)
9. Theme for Great Cities (5:50)
10. The American (3:49)
11. 20th Century Promised Land (4:53)
12. Wonderful in Young Life (5:20)
13. Careful in Career (5:08)

Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call Remastered CD, 2003

1. In Trance as Mission (6:50)
2. Sweat in Bullet (4:30)
3. 70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall (4:48)
4. Boys From Brazil (5:30)
5. Love Song (5:03)
6. This Earth That You Walk Upon (5:26)
7. Sons and Fascination (5:23)
8. Seeing out the Angel (6:11)
9. Theme for Great Cities (5:50)
10. The American (3:49)
11. 20th Century Promised Land (4:53)
12. Wonderful in Young Life (5:20)
13. League of Nations (4:56)
14. Careful in Career (5:08)
15. Sound in 70 Cities (5:04)

occupation

• Jim Kerr (vocals)
• Charlie Burchill (guitar)
• Derek Forbes (bass)
• Brian McGee (drums, percussion)
• Michael MacNeil (keyboards)

Charter success and certification

Sons and Fascination reached number 11 in the British album charts in September 1981 and was certified with a gold record by the British Phono Association in November 1986 .

review

The Süddeutsche Zeitung placed the sound of the album "between infernal machine clatter and elegiac drama".

Dave Thompson sees only a few outstanding titles, "because the force of each is fascinating" ("but the momentum of each is spellbinding").

Andy Kellman from Allmusic describes the album as "a substantial piece of the Simple Minds puzzle"

Web links

• Sons and Fascination at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Christian Graf: Rock Music Lexicon . Europe / Vol. 2, L – Z. Taurus Press, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-922542-22-0 , p. 435–866, here 662 .
2. ↑ Sons and Fascination. In: Discogs.com. Retrieved December 4, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Sons and Fascination in the Official UK Charts (English)
4. ↑ Certified Awards Search. In: bpi.co.uk. Retrieved on December 4, 2011 (English, keyword: Simple Minds). 
5. ↑ Dave Thompson: Alternative Rock . Miller Freeman, San Francisco 2000, ISBN 0-87930-607-6 , pp. 778 .
6. ^ Andy Kellman: Sons and Fascination - Simple Minds. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved December 4, 2011 .