Simple Minds
Acoustic

THE REVIEW

The admirers of the Simple Minds tend to be divided into two groups:

those who follow them for their passionate and recognizable radio evergreens from the '80s

and those who have followed them since the dawn of the New Wave, recognizing them as pioneers.

Undoubtedly, the album Acoustic will win over the first category of audience, while still offering some small surprises.

The album, recorded during the tour for the discographic comeback Big Music, is a true greatest hits in an Unplugged style. The first real gem is the opening track, The American, sourced from the dark Empires And Dance.

The depth of Kerr's voice conquers even those who begin listening with skepticism, guaranteed.

The launch single is Promised You A Miracle featuring KT Tunstall, and together with Glittering Prize, New Gold Dream, and Someone Somewhere In Summertime (this last one very bluesy), they make up the majority of the tracks from the golden album.

Versions of Alive And Kicking and Don't You Forget About Me couldn't be missed (what a novelty, the skeptics might say).

Now, the quality of the reinterpretations is indisputable even though the original band members are only two, and if the question were: "Did we need it?" the answer would be: "No, but for me, hearing these veterans reinvent themselves in guises that don't belong to them is amazing".

Enjoy the guitars in this humble production that does not forego excellence.