Friday, May 9, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008    
Rediscovering some lost youth today. Found an album I forgot that I had, listening to it now and I am smiling.

While I attended prep school, I used to enjoy a lot of night ski listening to this album on one of those Walkman things (anyone even remember those?) I forgot how great an album this is. Sublime might be a decent term to describe it.

There is so much ambient atmosphere on these tracks, the recording is nearly perfect, and each track is played magnificently. I think it's the subtle ambience on this release that makes it outstanding for me. 

I used to ski with a flask of Jack Daniel's tucked away in my jacket -- I am sure that didn't hurt either.

Since my prep school is all male (think Dead Poet's Society), our nights to ski meant the all-girl prep school skied the same nights. Most of them were partly digging Simple Minds back then too, so it was a nice ice-breaker when needed. And the fact that they didn't see males for most of the week was an added bonus.

Excellent album ;)


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Anonymous Anonymous said...
 


“If you love City of Light, check this out.... SM will perform the entirety of their 1982 album New Gold Dream on their 30th Anniversary tour in November and December (in the UK). Start your jet engines - http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/kennedy_street/simple_minds_2008_tour.htm”
 
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