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Simple Minds \u2013 \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019 (1980)<\/p>\r\n
Mention the band Simple Minds and most people will think of their hits from the mid-1980s like \u2018Alive and Kicking\u2019 and \u2018Don\u2019t You Forget About Me\u2019. But before those hits, Simple Minds had a long journey touring and recording in a variety of interesting places and creating music that sounds quite different from the songs that made them international stars.<\/p>\r\n
One such album is \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019, which was recorded at the world\u2019s first residential recording studio, Rockfield, in South Wales, like the album that preceded it. \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019 was Simple Minds\u2019 third album, and during that time they had been touring small clubs, not just in the UK but also across Europe. Their experiences on the continent, particularly in Berlin, can be heard on this record, and are especially evident on opening song \u2018I Travel\u2019 and Side B track two, \u2018Constantinople Line\u2019.
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\r\n\u2018Twist\/Run\/Repulsion\u2019 makes me think of travelling on a railway, with its driving rhythm and occasional horn blasts. It also shows a European influence most clearly through the use of a female voice speaking French. There seems to be a hint of Kraftwerk on \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019 \u2013 I was reminded of the German band\u2019s \u2018Trans Europe Express\u2019 (1977), and some of David Bowie\u2019s Berlin-era music from the late 1970s too.<\/p>\r\n
The music on this album shows the band\u2019s progression from what I suppose you could describe as a more straightforward post-punk sound on their first two albums to a more eclectic sound, incorporating aspects of European disco and dance music.<\/p>\r\n
The stark difference between this album and Simple Minds\u2019 later international hits surprised me. When I listened to \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019 I could also hear the influence on several albums by one of my favourite bands, Manic Street Preachers: not just musically on \u2018The Holy Bible\u2019 (1994), \u2018Journal for Plague Lovers\u2019 (2009) and \u2018Futurology\u2019 (2012), but even through their decision to use the same font for the album artwork in homage to \u2018Empires and Dance\u2019.<\/p>\r\n
* The Popular Music Collection (PMC) is located in Kanazawa Institute of Technology\u2019s Library Center, and is the home of 270,000 donated and catalogued LPs, which are available for listening.<\/p>\r\n
James Taylor
\r\nJames Taylor presents \u2018Lost in Music\u2019 at 5.30 PM on the third Tuesday of every month.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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