Simple Minds discography
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| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 16 |
| ↙Live albums | 3 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 7 |
| ↙Singles | 52 |
This is the discography of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][2] |
AUS [3][4] |
FRA [5][6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | ||||
| 1979 | Life in a Day
|
30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Real to Real Cacophony
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1980 | Empires and Dance
|
41 | – | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | ||
| 1981 | Sons and Fascination
|
11 | 31 | – | – | 7 | 4 | – | – | ||
Sister Feelings Call
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1982 | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
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3 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 9 | – | 69 | ||
| 1984 | Sparkle in the Rain
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1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 64 | ||
| 1985 | Once Upon a Time
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1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1989 | Street Fighting Years
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1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 70 |
| |
| 1991 | Real Life
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2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 74 | ||
| 1995 | Good News from the Next World
|
2 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 87 | ||
| 1998 | Néapolis
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19 | – | 26 | 22 | – | 23 | 7 | NR | ||
| 2000 | Our Secrets Are the Same
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NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||
| 2001 | Neon Lights
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141 | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | – | ||
| 2002 | Cry
|
80 | – | 94 | 56 | – | – | 35 | – | ||
| 2005 | Black & White 050505
|
37 | – | 46 | 25 | – | 46 | 20 | – | ||
| 2009 | Graffiti Soul
|
10 | – | 41 | 29 | – | – | 8 | – | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [4] |
FRA [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | ||||
| 1987 | Live in the City of Light
|
1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 96 | ||
| 1998 | Real Live 91
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2007 | Sunday Express – Live (Vol. 1 & 2)
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011 | Live 2011
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2012 | 5X5 Live
|
129 | – | – | 49 | – | – | – | – | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [3] |
FRA [!][6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] | |||
| 1981 | Themes for Great Cities 79/81
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1982 | Celebration
|
45 | – | 162 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1986 | Alive and Kicking (84,85,86)[14]
|
– | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1992 | Glittering Prize 81/92
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1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | |
| 1997 | The Promised
|
– | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | |
| 1998 | The Early Years 1977–1978
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2001 | The Best of Simple Minds
|
34 | – | 22 | 11 | 39 | – | 64 |
|
| 2003 | Early Gold
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2006 | The Platinum Collection[15]
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2013 | Celebrate: The Greatest Hits[16]
|
19 | – | – | 86 | – | – | 55 | |
ICON – The Best Of
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
^ In France, compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.
Box sets
| Year | Information |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Themes – Volume 1: March 79–April 82
|
Themes – Volume 2: August 82–April 85
| |
Themes – Volume 3: September 85–June 87
| |
Themes – Volume 4: February 89–May 90
| |
| 2004 | Silver Box
|
| 2008 | Themes – Volume 5: March 91–September 92
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Themes – Volumes 1–5: March 79–September 92
| |
| 2012 | X5
|
Website releases
| Year | Information |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Black & White Live Bundle 01 |
| Black & White Live Bundle 02 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 03 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 04 | |
| Black & White Live Bundle 05 | |
| 2008 | Black & White Live Bundle 06 |
| Black & White Live Bundle 07 | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [3] |
CAN | GER [17] |
IRE [18] |
ITA [19][20] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [21] | ||||
| 1979 | "Life in a Day" | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Life in a Day | |
| "Chelsea Girl" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1980 | "Changeling" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Real to Real Cacophony | |
| "I Travel" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Empires and Dance | ||
| 1981 | "Celebrate" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "The American" | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [^] |
Sister Feelings Call | ||
| "Love Song" | 47 | 17 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | Sons and Fascination | ||
| "Sweat in Bullet" | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 17 | – | |||
| "I Travel" (reissue) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [^] |
Celebration | ||
| 1982 | "Promised You a Miracle" | 13 | 10 | – | – | 25 | – | 25 | 9 | 17 | – [^] |
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | |
| "Glittering Prize" | 16 | 9 | – | – | 11 | – | – | 4 | 11 | – | |||
| "Someone, Somewhere in Summertime" | 36 | 51 | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1983 | "I Travel" (2nd reissue) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Celebration | |
| "Waterfront" | 13 | 19 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | 16 | – | Sparkle in the Rain | ||
| 1984 | "Speed Your Love to Me" | 20 | 76 | – | – | 9 | – | – | 46 | 18 | – | ||
| "Up on the Catwalk" | 27 | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | 44 | – | – | |||
| 1985 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 [+][^] |
The Breakfast Club (Soundtrack) | |
| "Alive and Kicking" | 7 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 [+][^] |
Once Upon a Time | ||
| 1986 | "Sanctify Yourself" | 10 | 46 | 17 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 [+][^] | ||
| "All the Things She Said" | 9 | 46 | 65 | 51 | 4 | – | 6 | 20 | – | 28 [+][^] | |||
| "Ghostdancing" | 13 | 72 | – | – | 3 | 46 | 18 | – | – | – | |||
| 1987 | "Promised You a Miracle" (live) | 19 | – | – | – | 8 | – | 55 | – | – | – | Live in the City of Light | |
| 1989 | Ballad of the Streets EP: "Belfast Child" / "Mandela Day" / "Biko" |
1 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | – [~] |
Street Fighting Years | |
| "This Is Your Land" | 13 | 38 | 40 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 18 | – [+][~] | |||
| "Take a Step Back" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [~] | |||
| "Kick It In" | 15 | – | – | 65 | 6 | – | 34 | 27 | – | – | |||
| The Amsterdam EP: "Let It All Come Down" / "Sign o' the Times" |
18 | 79 | – | 40 | 11 | 11 | 16 | – | – | – | |||
| 1991 | "Let There Be Love" | 6 | 15 | – | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 9 | – | Real Life | |
| "See the Lights" | 20 | 100 | 10 | 48 | 16 | 24 | 42 | – | 27 | 40 [+][~] | |||
| "Stand By Love" | 13 | 70 | – | – | 14 | – | 25 | – | 39 | – [~] | |||
| "Real Life" | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1992 | "Love Song" / "Alive and Kicking" | 6 | – | – | – | 24 | – | 50 | – | – | – | Glittering Prize 81/92 | |
| 1995 | "She's a River" | 9 | 29 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 52 [+][~] |
Good News from the Next World | |
| "Hypnotised" | 18 | 85 | 34 | 62 | 28 | 22 | – | – | – | – | |||
| "And the Band Played On" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – [+] | |||
| 1998 | "Glitterball" | 18 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 72 | – | – | – | Neapolis | |
| "War Babies" | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2001 | "Dancing Barefoot" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Neon Lights | |
| "Homosapien" | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2002 | "Belfast Trance" (John 00 Fleming/Simple Minds) | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | single only | |
| "Cry" | 47 | – | – | 92 | – | 42 | 65 | – | – | – | Cry | ||
| "Spaceface" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "New Sunshine Morning" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "One Step Closer" | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Monster" (Liquid People vs Simple Minds) | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | single only | ||
| 2003 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Remixes) [*] | – | 92 | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | Live & Rare | |
| 2004 | "Dirty Old Town" (The Bhoys from Paradise – Simple Minds & Jimmy Johnstone) |
46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2005 | "Too Much Television" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | iTunes download | |
| "Home" | 41 | – | – | 53 | – | 18 | 77 | – | – | – | Black & White 050505 | ||
| 2006 | "Stranger" | – | – | – | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Different World (Taormina.me)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "The Jeweller (Pt II)" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2009 | "Rockets" | 146 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Graffiti Soul | |
| "Stars Will Lead the Way" | – | – | – | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2012 | "Theme for Great Cities" (Moby Remix) / "I Travel" (John Leckie 2012 Remix) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Limited edition 12" single only released exclusively for Record Store Day 2012 | |
| 2013 | "Broken Glass Park" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Celebrate | |
| 2014 | "Big Music" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
- Notes
- +^ These singles also charted on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as following: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#1), "Alive and Kicking" (#2), "Sanctify Yourself" (#3) and "All the Things She Said" (#9), "This Is Your Land" (#37), "See the Lights" (#10), "She's a River" (#6) and And the Band Played On" (#40).[21]
- ~^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart as following: "Mandela Day" from Ballad of the Streets EP (#17), "This Is Your Land" (#12), "Take a Step Back" (#14), "See the Lights" (#1), "Stand By Love" (#4) and "She's a River" (#10).[22]
- ^ ^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart as following: "The American" (#66), "I Travel" 1981 re-release (#55), "Promised You a Miracle" (#65), "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#9), "Alive and Kicking" (#25), "Sanctify Yourself" (#24) and "All the Things She Said" (#5).[21]
- '*^ The remixes of "Don't You (Forget About Me)", released between 2003 and 2004, were released under different artist names, depending on the terrirory; in Europe by Simple Minds, in Australia by White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Chart Stats - Simple Minds". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ↑ "Every Hit - Simple Minds search results". everyhit.com. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Discography Simple Minds - australian-charts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "lescharts.com - Discographie Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste - S (Sélection Autres Artistes (Simple Minds)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Dutch Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "charts.org.nz - Discography Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Swedish Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Discography Simple Minds - swisscharts.com". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "AllMusic > Simple Minds - Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 "Certified Awards Search (Certifications Database)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Simple Minds
- ↑ dream giver redux | discography | albums | alive and kicking (84,85,86)
- ↑ dream giver redux | discography | albums | the platinum collection
- ↑
- ↑ "German Singles Chart - Simple Minds". PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts - search the charts > Simple Minds". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Italian Charts - Simple Minds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: S > Simple Minds". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "AllMusic > Simple Minds - Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ↑ Simple Minds Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com - Alternative Songs (Modern Rock Tracks)
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