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Early Gold
Compilation album by Simple Minds
Released	30 June 2003
Genre	New wave
Label	Virgin SIMCD 14
Producer	John Leckie, Steve Hillage, Peter Walsh

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Muzik
NME	7/10
PopMatters	7/10
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Early Gold is a compilation album of Simple Minds early material, released in 2003. It contains songs from years 1979-1982. The tracks were selected by the band themselves from their first five albums and also features a short sleeve note written by Jim Kerr. The album cover feature a photo of Kerr taken at a Simple Minds live concert in Munich in August 1980.

Critical reception

Early Gold was generally well received, with many critics positively noting the difference to Simple Minds later material. Reviewing the album for NME, Paul Morley gave it a 7 out of 10 rating, describing the content as "Scarily good". In Uncut it was given a full 5 out of 5 rating.

Track listing

All tracks by Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr, Brian McGee & Mick MacNeil except where noted.

1. "Life in a Day" (Burchill, Kerr) – 4:07
2. "Chelsea Girl" (Burchill, Kerr) – 4:34
3. "Changeling" – 4:12
4. "Factory" – 4:15
5. "Premonition" – 5:30
6. "I Travel" – 4:02
7. "Celebrate" – 5:08
8. "Thirty Frames a Second" – 5:05
9. "The American" – 3:51
10. "Love Song" – 5:04
11. "Sweat in Bullet" – 4:30
12. "Promised You a Miracle" (Burchill, Forbes, Kerr, McNeil) – 4:28
13. "Glittering Prize" (Burchill, Forbes, Kerr, McNeil) – 4:34
14. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime"(Burchill, Forbes, Kerr, McNeil) – 4:35
15. "New Gold Dream" (Burchill, Forbes, Kerr, McNeil) – 5:39

Personnel

• Charlie Burchill – guitar, keyboards
• Derek Forbes – bass guitar
• Jim Kerr – lead vocals
• Brian McGee – drums
• Mick MacNeil – keyboards

References

1. Rowley 2018-08-22T11:58:18Z, Scott. "New wave: A guide to the best albums". LouderSound.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. Kellman, Andy. "Early Gold – Simple Minds". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
3. Bell, Duncan (August 2003). "Simple Minds: Early Gold (Virgin)" (PDF). Muzik. No. 99. p. 79. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
4. ^ Moody, Paul (28 June 2003). "Pomp rockers' early years in pretty good shock". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
5. MacNeil, Jason (14 November 2006). "Simple Minds: Early Gold". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
6. ^ "Classics from pre-stadium bore period". Uncut. IPC Media. July 2003. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
7. "Early Gold". Dream Giver Redux.

• Albums produced by John Leckie
• Albums produced by Steve Hillage
• 2003 compilation albums
• Simple Minds compilation albums
• Virgin Records compilation albums