Simple Minds - In The City Of Light - Live (1987)

"Live In The City Of Light" is a (double LP / CD) live album by Simple Minds. It was released in May 1987 to document their successful worldwide "Once Upon a Time tour".

The album was recorded mostly at Le Zénith, Paris in August 1986, with one track recorded in October 1986 in Sydney, Australia. (Although the album wasn't recorded there, the inside of the gatefold sleeve features a photograph of a concert from the 1986 tour which took place in a square in Locarno, Switzerland).

There weren't many subtleties, and Jim Kerr and company didn't make much effort to reach out to the crowd, assuming their adoration and simply basking in it. Kerr did encourage the audience to sing along on the "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" hook of "Don't You Forget About Me," but for the most part this was an album for the faithful who would respond to its familiar sounds without prompting. And in much of the world, they did. In the U.K., the album entered the charts at number one.

Track listing

Disc 1

01.  Ghost Dancing  - 7:22

02.  Big Sleep  - 4:27

03.  Waterfront  - 5:21

04.  Promised You a Miracle  - 4:38

05.  Someone Somewhere in Summertime  - 5:59

06.  Oh Jungleland  - 6:35

07.  Alive and Kicking  - 6:27

Disc 2

01.  Don't You (Forget About Me)  - 6:37

02.  Once Upon a Time  - 6:06

03.  Book of Brilliant Things  - 4:53

04.  East at Easter - 4:20

05.  Sanctify Yourself  - 7:06

06.  Love Song / Sun City / Dance to the Music  - 7:02

07.  New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - 5:31

Released:  11 May 1987

Recorded:  12/13 August 1986 at Le Zénith, Paris, France (mostly)

Genre:  New Wave, Pop, Rock

Length:  82:22

Label:  Virgin

Producer:  Bruce Lampcov

Personnel

Jim Kerr - vocal

Mel Gaynor - vocals, drums

Charlie Burchill - guitar

Michael MacNeil - piano, keyboards

John Giblin - bass

Robin Clark - vocals

Lisa Germand - violin

Sue Hadjopoulos - percussion