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Rating: Four years after "Real Life" and now reduced to a duo (Kerr and Burchill), the Simple Minds return to the music scene with "Good News From The Next World", that is, the album you don't expect.
The duo is surrounded by great session men: Marcus Miller (bass) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums). Keith Forsey, who wrote the famous "Don't You Forget About Me" for the Simple Minds, is called back for production.
The album is explosive both for Burchill's gritty guitar and for the powerful rhythm.
It starts with "She's A River", a classic rock; then it continues with "Night Music", a simple yet very refined rock piece with a truly remarkable initial bass run; and then the wonderful and sensual "Hypnotised", where Kerr sings with immense depth; the power is unleashed again with "Great Leap Forward" and "7 Deadly Sins"; "And The Band Played On", reminiscent of "When Two Worlds Collide," the last song on "Real Life," features a penetrating rhythm, the riffing guitar in the chorus, and Kerr's voice to create a structure that is powerful and light at the same time; "My Life" is characterized, aside from the guitar, by some distortions on Kerr's voice and by the warm and full bass line; the album closes with "Criminal World" and "This Time", two beautiful tracks with a metropolitan flavor the first and a gospel taste the second.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 She's a River (05:31)
Shadow let go
There's something you should know
I just found my new direction
And I hope you like the key
Like the air that led me to it
She's like the wind that sucked me through it
She's a river and she's turning there in front of me
Stand back get back
She'll paint your blue skies black
She gives bullet proof protection
Got a resurrection feel
When I'm scared, and 'bout to lose
She gives me travelling shoes
She's a river and she's turning there in front of me
And I go blind
Wasting my time
While the rivers in front of me
That's where I'm going to be
Shine on, get on
Twilight from dusk to dawn
She's the spirit of creation
She's the last chance guarantee
Got a myriad of poses
Sweet miracles and roses
She's a river and she's turning there in front of me
And I go blind
Wasting my time
While the rivers in front of me
That's where I'm going to be
Cause when I find
My state of mind
The river's in front of me
They say that every heaven's got a thousand rooms
So take me on a freedom ride
My heart is like a hunter's in the silent moon
My nerves just feel electrified
Meet me on the staircase
Outside a darkened room
Light me like a naked flame
The voice of Mother Nature states
All things must pass
And nothing can remain
They say that every heaven's got a thousand rooms
So take me on that freedom ride
You raise me like a building to the very top
Rush me to the end of time
You fill me full of danger
Give me future shock
Then you leave me wasted dying
Stand back get back
Stand back get back
She's a river
She's a river
She's a river
She's a river
And I go blind
Wasting my time
The river's in front of me
Stand back
Get back
Stand back
She's a river
She's a river
She's a river
She's a river
Shine on, get on
Twilight from dusk to dawn
She's the spirit of creation
She's the last chance guarantee
Adlib to end
03 Hypnotised (05:53)
I can feel the whole world spinning around I'm losing ground
I feel it every day and I can feel you coming inside out
I'm losing touch with all reality
I remember the look in your eyes the way that they pulled me inside
all I've got now in my defence is my innocense
I've been hypnotised
I can hear the church bells ringing out
reminds me of some bright and sunshine day when all the pretty horses
you would ride would come right back to feel your energy
I still remember the look in your eyes the way that they filled me inside
all I've got now in my defence is my innocense
I've been hypnotised
You know it won't be easy it's never easy I've been hypnotised
so tell me what you think do you think I'll sink number one
scapegoat I'm the missing link all I know I've been hypnotised
It won't be easy
If you've got a heart that burns inside let me get inside
let me tangle with the flames if you've got a light that burns inside
the heat will rise and melt down once again
I still remember the look in your eyes the way that they pulled me inside
all I've got now in my defence is my innocense
I've been hypnotised
all I've got now in my defence is my innocense
I've been hypnotised
I'm waiting for a sign help me realign maybe it's a sin I know but
It's not a crime all I know I've been hypnotised
maybe there's a way I can find a way final hour judgement day
all I know I've been hypnotised and then I realise
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