NEW RELEASES
SIMPLE MINDS
DIRECTION OF THE HEART
WITH THEIR 18TH STUDIO ALBUM, THE GLASWEGIAN VETERANS CONFIRM ONCE AGAIN THAT, DESPITE SOME SHORTCOMINGS, THEIR HEARTS ARE STILL IN THE RIGHT PLACE
© Dean Chalkley
BMG
“Promised you a miracle,” Jim Kerr announced on Simple Minds’ fifth studio album, New Gold Dream, and they certainly came good on that commitment. That single provided the Scots with their first UK Top 40 hit, while its parent LP signalled a long-term change in the band’s commercial fortunes.