Themes – Volume 1: March 79–April 82

Themes – Volume 1:
March 79 – April 82
Box set by
Simple Minds
Released24 September 1990
GenreRock
LabelVirgin
Simple Minds chronology
Street Fighting Years
(1989) 		Themes – Volume 1:
March 79 – April 82
(1990) 		Themes – Volume 2: August 82–April 85
(1990)
Professional ratings
Whole series
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Mojo[2]
Professional ratings
Volume 1
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Melody Maker(mixed)[4]
Q[5]

Themes – Volume 1: March 79 – April 82 is box set released by Simple Minds. It was released on 24 September 1990 by Virgin Records. It documented the band's developing sound, ideas and ideals through their classic 12″ single releases.[6]

Track listing

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Theme 1 – I Travel
No.TitleLength
1."I Travel" (Extended)6:20
2."Celebrate"5:06
3."Film Theme"2:25
Theme 2 – The American
No.TitleLength
1."The American" (Extended)6:59
2."League of Nations"5:00
3."Sound in 70 Cities"5:04
Theme 3 – Love Song
No.TitleLength
1."Love Song"5:05
2."This Earth That You Walk Upon[a]"5:26
3."Life in a Day"4:00
Theme 4 – Sweat in Bullet
No.TitleLength
1."Sweat in Bullet" (Extended Remix)6:59
2."20th Century Promised Land"4:55
3."League of Nations[b]"6:15
4."In Trance as Mission[b]"7:21
Theme 5 – Promised You a Miracle
No.TitleLength
1."Promised You a Miracle" (Extended)4:49
2."Theme for Great Cities"5:51
3."Seeing Out the Angel" (Instrumental Remix)6:32

Notes

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  1. ^ Meant to be the instrumental mix from the 12″ but the album version was included by mistake.
  2. ^ a b Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on 25 September 1981 by the Manor Mobile.

References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Simple Minds - Themes, Vols. 1-5". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  2. ^ Buckley, David (August 2008). "A 25-CD box set. Exhaustive is an understatement". Mojo. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Simple Minds: Themes, Vol. 1: March 79-April 82" at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Simon (September 1990). "Simple Minds - Themes: Volumes 1 & 2 - Review". Melody Maker. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  5. ^ Thomas, Philip. "Themes (Volumes 1-4)". Q. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ^ Simple Minds – Themes - Volume 1 : March 79 - April 82 at Discogs
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