Neapolis [Import]
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese edition of their 1998 album with two unmarked bonustracks: 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' (Jam & Spoon Remix)and 'Waterfront' (Union Jack Remix). 11 tracks total, alsofeaturing the singles 'Glitterball' & 'War Babies'. Theirfirst album in three years, it reunites founders Jim Kerr &Charlie Burchill with original member Derek Forbes. DrummerGaynor, who played on several of their hit '80s albums,guests on 'War Babies'. Full English lyrics included. AChrysalis release.
Neapolis, Music, Simple Minds, Rock/Pop
Average customer rating:
- Awesome!
- Still going strong.
- Some odd choices, but still he has the master's voice
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Ti Adoro
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000CE7G7
Release Date: 2003-11-25 |
Tracks:
- Canto
- Neapolis
- Starai Con Me
- Ti Adoro
- Notte
- Come Aquile
- Domani Verr
- Buongiorno a Te
- Ai Giochi Addio
- Stella
- Tu E il Tuo Mare
- Gladiatore
- Caruso - Jeff Beck, Luciano Pavarotti
Customer Reviews:
Awesome!.......2006-07-25
Luciano Pavarotti may be 70 odd, but that's no excuse for this extremely talented singer to stop one little bit. His voice is unique and warm, the songs are mostly cheery and upbeat.
1. IL CANTO (the chant)- a supreme uplifting ballad. Pavarotti is at his best throughout the song. 10/10.
2. NEAPOLIS (Naples)- not my favourite, but still well sung. 7/10
3. STARAI CON ME (You'll be with me)- another beautiful song with a lovely chorus. 9/10
4. TI ADORO (I adore you)- a somewhat strange background beat, but still the nearest thing to happy I've heard in a while. 8/10
5. NOTTE (Night)- a moving, heartfelt song. Pavarotti struggles a little bit to reach the eternal high note, but still is able to pass the test comfortably. 9/10.
6. COME AQUILE (Like Eagles)- a fantastic song, which allows Pavarotti to show off his soothing voice. 10/10.
7. DOMANI VERRA (Tomorrow will come)- well sung, nothing much more than that. 7.5/10
8. BUONGIORNO A TE (Good morning to you)- uplifting, cheerful tune with some inventive parts. 8.5/10
9. AI GIOCHI ADDIO (Farewell to your games)- a sad song with a lot of emotion from Luciano. 9/10
10. STELLA (Star)- another cheery song, slightly painful in parts. 8/10
11. TU E IL TUO MARE (It's you and your ocean)- an exquisite song which Pavarotti glides through imperially. 10/10.
12. IL GLADIATORE (The gladiator)- widely regarded to be one of the best songs on the album. Quite right. 10/10.
13. CARUSO- a very good song to finish with. Powerful and dramatic and from the depths of the heart. 9.5/10
GOOD:
Pavarotti is the only pensioner in the world to sing so well. No, probably the best person.
The songs feel like there being sung for a reason, unlike many modern singers who sing with no feeling whatsoever and hope when they release their song they might earn a bit of money.
This CD makes a good gift for everyone, because he is so famous and well-liked.
Good guidebook; lyrics in Italian and English plus a welcome note in 4 different languages.
BAD:
Pavarotti may make you cringe very occasionaly with his waring voice.
Still going strong........2004-09-11
Pavarotti's latest album is wonderful. Here's a collection of love songs that only the "Voice" can enhance. I've been a fan of Pavarotti for a few years now, and he'll always be a singer of opera to me. Still, I find it refreshing for him to explore new styles and genres at his age. The songs are beautiful, my favorites being Il Gladiatore and Come Aquile. Oh, how can one choose? They're all great.
Some odd choices, but still he has the master's voice.......2003-12-04
Pavarotti fans who only know him from the Three Tenors recordings may like this very much. There is lots of drama, and of course, the unique Pavarotti timbre, as well as phrasing by a master. On the song "Caruso" it would be nice to hear more of the renowned and accomplished guitarist Jeff Beck, rather than the teasing bits of background fare provided. That said, the collaboration is inspired, although Beck is the only one revealing the stretch of his artistic limits in this performance. Pavarotti's big risk on this album is the title song, which fails miserably. It sounds like a bizarre attempt at opera-singer-does-1960s-style-swinging-TV-jazz. Sometimes art works and sometimes it doesn't. Were no insiders brave enough to tell the producer and performer this was way off the mark? Listeners who love Pavarotti for his magnificent operatic performances may be disappointed in this endeavor, but it is still a joy for me to listen to him. The voice is worn a bit and aging, but it is still unmatched for sheer beauty of tone.
Average customer rating:
- Give it a chance to grow on you!
- A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution
- Best album by Jim Kerr & friends
- GOOD stuff from a GREAT band
- As a fan, but not a fanatic . . .
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Neapolis
Simple Minds
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00007FOLR
Release Date: 2003-06-10 |
Tracks:
- Song For The Tribes
- Glitterball
- War Babies
- Tear Of A Guy
- Superman V Supersoul
- Lightning
- If I Had Wings
- Killing Any Warhol
- Androgyny
Album Description
Japanese edition of their 1998 album with two unmarked bonustracks: 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' (Jam & Spoon Remix)and 'Waterfront' (Union Jack Remix). 11 tracks total, alsofeaturing the singles 'Glitterball' & 'War Babies'. Theirfirst album in three years, it reunites founders Jim Kerr &Charlie Burchill with original member Derek Forbes. DrummerGaynor, who played on several of their hit '80s albums,guests on 'War Babies'. Full English lyrics included. AChrysalis release.
Album Details
Brand New Studio CD. Limited Edition with Bonus CD-ROM Track in a Tin Can.
Customer Reviews:
Give it a chance to grow on you!.......2004-08-06
Statement 1: This album is a masterpiece.
Statement 2: This album is trash - don't know why I wasted my money.
I bought this album almost immediately when it was first released many years back and then wondered why I
did..."Statement 2" definitely applied.
About six months ago, I was moving house and stumbled across the CD hidden away in a corner. I put on a few tracks while packing and was amazed by it...just seemed like a completely different album to what I remembered...."Statement 1" definitely applies now!
I don't know what it was about this album when it first came out - maybe it was just ahead of its time but the mix of strings, hard guitar riffs and synths just didn't seem to work then but now sound brilliant.
I actually stopped buying Simple Minds albums after this one thinking they had "lost it". I only logged onto Amazon just now to see what others thought of it while I was looking for any follow-ups to this album...that's how much I love this collection of songs.
Barely a day goes by when you don't finding me blasting out such excellent tracks like the amazingly-titled Killing Andy Warhol, War Babies, Superman & SuperSoul and the infectious Androgeny.
I guess the great insight I had with this album was the same as another reviewer here had which was to just let the music wash over you. The songs then start to make sense and you begin to appreciate the genius hidden away in this modern work of art.
Andy Warhol would be proud...if they weren't killing him.
A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution.......2004-03-06
As with an earlier review, I would avoid this CD. Not sure what Simple Minds were trying to do, but it didn't work. I've loved the band since 1981 growing up in Ireland ,through "the commercial years" and all since. Cry is a much better representation of where the band is now. Long live Simple Minds, but just skip this part of their evolution. Cheers!
Best album by Jim Kerr & friends.......2003-08-01
Those of you that have written that this album is too vague have
little appreciation for music with smooth flowing hooks.
I have Cry & I find it lacking the necessary hooks to make a dent in mainstream radio rotation, I found only 4 really good songs on that album, 5 if you count the "adequate" song "face in the sun", now this is a vague album because to me, it fades quickly & never recovers, even the erasure penned instrumental at the end takes too long to develop to hold much interest except perhaps on a dancefloor, where you're usually at the mercy of the DJ anyway.
Neopolis was a mystery as I first saw it in Thailand in early 99' & when I tried to buy it stateside I was only able to buy it in Canada until about 2 years ago when it became available in the US.
Except for the instrumental at the end, each song on Neopolis captivates the listener with a dynamic hook-filled song, this album has the sense to stop at 9 songs which is as many good songs that Jim Kerr & the label was willing to produce, Cry suffers from too much filler, with just enough hook filled songs to draw you in, but even with repeated listening, all I could anticipate was liking the initial 4 or songs more, the hook-less songs seemed to drag on, even when they were only 3 or so minutes long, I'm not a die-hard fan, but I do have & listen to all but, "street fighting years" which doesn't have enough "good" hooks to convince me to buy it.
Most Simple Minds albums suffer song flaws, but in some respect, these flaws are what draws people to this music, warts & all, personally, I think Jim Kerr should concentrate on either writing music or managing his sushi restaurant in Scotland.
GOOD stuff from a GREAT band.......2002-07-06
Simple Minds is my favorite band - let me make that clear up front. I utterly adore these guys, and I wish they'd live forever, and keep making music until the end of the world. In fact, I'm sure heaven is a place where "Belfast Child" is always playing in the background. That's why the Minds' 1998 effort, "Neapolis" (not released here in the States), was such a disappointment. Apart from some really fantastic stuff ("War Babies, "Tears of a Guy," and "Song For the Tribes"), this album is relatively bland and formless. It's not as much so as U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" - but it's not the Minds' best work. Make no mistake, however - the Minds in a slump is a galaxy apart from the rest of the music that crops up these days, particularly on that popular local radio station so fond of utter thoughtless filth. Most bands never make a tune as excellent as "War Babies" even on their best album. Simple Minds, on the other hand, is a band with more superb tunes under their belts than any I can name (challenged only by U2, which, I feel, is likewise digging itself out of a slump). The Minds' following album, "Cry," however, is much more gratifying as a whole. These guys rule.
As a fan, but not a fanatic . . ........2002-06-30
I'd advise you to skip right over this and go to "Cry", which is a solid CD, really outstanding, one that anyone would like, fan or not. "Neapolis" is only for Minds's fans that need a complete collection. I own it and never play it. Only one song made my MP3 playlist (Glitterball).
Average customer rating:
- TI ADORO, LUCIANO!
- Do not understand all of the complaining!
- retirement seems like the best option for big pav
- this CD grows on you, big time
- Interesting!
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Ti Adoro
Luciano Pavarotti
Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0000AN7L5
Release Date: 2003-09-23 |
Tracks:
- Buongiorno
- Il Canto
- Se sei con me
- Ti adoro
- Domani vera
- Neapolis
- Ai giocchi addio
- Stella del fururo
- Notte
- Gladiator
- Tu e il tuo mare
- Aquile
- Caruso (new remix with Jeff Beck) (full length version)
- Caruso (new remix with Jeff Beck) (7" version)
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The voice, it must be said, is under great strain, but hard-core Pavarotti fans might want this anyway. There are lots of recording gimmicks--echoes, reverberation, overdubbing--and, at times, Pavarotti tries a jazzy style at which he's not very good. There's a big high C at the close of one song which is uncomfortable but shows a certain bravery, and the final song is sung in a sort of Sting-like high register which sounds totally alien. Those who never heard Pavarotti before 1990 will have no idea what all the fuss was about if they judge him by this CD; those who have loved and/or admired him all these years may be saddened and puzzled. An oddity, to be sure. --Robert Levine
Customer Reviews:
TI ADORO, LUCIANO!.......2007-04-16
I love "Ti Adoro" and I love my Luciano! I don't know what all the nitpicking is about. Pavarotti is one of the best and way above what other tenors can ever dream to be in their lifetime. My very favorites are "Il Canto", "Ti Adoro", "Buongiorno a Te" and "Caruso." My beloved
Pavarotti will always be #1 with me. Gob bless you, Maestro. Ti Adoro!
Do not understand all of the complaining!.......2006-02-20
I have most all of Pavarotti,Carreras,Domingo and Bocelli.Love them all and Ti Adoro is my favorite of Pavarotti's works.
retirement seems like the best option for big pav.......2004-12-17
While most of the songs on this album are very well written, with catchy and touching melodies, the once-great Pavarotti has lost it. His age is clearly apparent in his voice, and while he can still sing, his upper register once so thrilling, is now, at times, cringe inducing, at one noteable point, on the final note of the Il Gladiotore (the theme song from the movie Gladiator), in which Pavarotti hits a high C, which is nearly a full semitone wide in vibrato and he drops in pitch a full tone when he comes off the note. This partcular note is, amoung others, quite disgusting, and ruins one of the best-sung songs on the CD.
Probably the most enjoyable track on the album is the title track "Ti Adoro" which is a bouncy jazz-style number, and while Pavorotti doesn't alter the tone and timbre in his voice at all to sing this very different style, it is alot of fun.
The final track, "Caruso", the heartbreaking, celebrated popera number about the death of the great tenor Enrico Caruso, is probably the most disappointing on the album. Pavarotti does it in such a ridiculously high key that any enjoyment that could be derived from this beautiful song is obliterated by the strained, harsh sound from his aged vocal chords, as he pushes himself past his current limits and sing numerous, very ugly high Cs.
Another highlight of the album is the catchy "Buogoiurno a Te" (forgive my spelling), which is almost as much fun as Ti Adoro, with Pavarotti giving another decent performance.
But, all in all, this CD was a massive let down after all the hype amoung Pavarotti fans
It is worth getting, but only for the few tracks which are worth listening to. Get it for some of the great songs, not the singer.
I'm glad to hear Luciano Pavarotti is retiring next year at age 70. He is just to old to continue singing like he used to be able to.
this CD grows on you, big time.......2004-11-20
A Pavarotti fan, I bought this CD, took it home and listened to it once, then wondered who I could palm it off on, or maybe return it to the store. Then, a few weeks later, I put it as background for my writing work. I found myself not minding some of the songs. The next day I put it on again, again in the background. Then, I started listening to it every day. It grows on you. The songs come through upon repeated listening. I listen to Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, etc., but am a sucker for stirring movie soundtracks; and this CD has that kind of effect.
(Another great CD that grows on you to the point of not being able to live without it, is Bryn Terfel's Wales CD. Great, stirring, moving.)
Interesting!.......2004-10-05
Hmmmm...so the great tenor Pavarotti decided to go "Popera" in the twilight of his long and phenomenally illustrious career?!
There are a few things to be said about this CD and I'm sure die hard fans of Maestro Pavarotti will take me off their X-mas card lists this year.
To begin with, this is not a very good CD in that the song selection is uneven and..well...boring for the most part.
Maestro Pavarotti's singing is still above and beyond what most tenor's can ever hope to attain in a lifetime, but there are definite and immutable signs of aging and at times he sounds like a bad imitation of his former self.
Again, why the aging maestro choose to do "pop" in the first place and then with such sub-par material is beyond me.
There are a few songs that stand out, namely "Notte" and "Caruso". "Caruso" has been heavily critizesed because of the Maestro's decision to NOT sing it operatically, rather with a more "Pop" like tone.
This is precisely why I like the track. It's different and by and far the most "modern" sounding on the CD.
Overall the CD isn't a failure, but neither is it what one would expect from one of the pre-eminent tenors of all time...even within the confines of the "Popera" genre. On the other hand, how many tenors other than Domingo still perform much less record in their late sixties? None,and perhaps both Maestro's Pavarotti and Domingo ought to take that final bow from the limelight, but that's not relevant to this review.
My verdict is that if you want "Popera" go with Bocelli, Safina, Frangoulis, Watson or Amante...not Pavarotti. Maestro Pavarotti is and always will be one of the greatest OPERATIC tenors of all time.
On a final note, this CD may well be worth purchasing simply because it is very likely the last new recording as well as the first non-operatic CD by Maestro Pavarotti. At over 70 years of age, I doubt even the great Pavarotti will attempt to make anymore commercial recordings. Collectors beware!
Average customer rating:
- One of my favorite records.....period.
- Great late 90s effort from Simple Minds
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Neapolis
Simple Minds
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
ASIN: B000075AJF
Release Date: 2003-02-25 |
Tracks:
- Song For The Tribes
- Glitterball
- War Babies
- Tears Of A Guy
- Superman V Supersoul
- Lightning
- If I Had Wings
- Killing Andy Warhol
- Androgyny
Album Description
2002 digitally remastered reissue of the new wave icon's 1998 album (never released domestically), packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve with original artwork. EMI.
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorite records.....period........2005-10-13
For anyone who has followed this band from the Johnny and the Self Abusers days up to now know that this band has almost always been a cut above in the majesty of their music. New Gold Dream or Sparkle in the Rain should have broken them through in the states but it took the Breakfast Club song followed by a very mainstream but great record called Once Upon a Time to catapult them into the big time.
One thing was missing from that album that I believe would have made the record better and very different from what was produced. Derek Forbes left the band in between the release of Don't You and the release of Once Upon a Time. His spiralling bass helped define the sound and helped make them so unique. It complemented the other excellent efforts inside the group and was sorely missed on Once Upon a Time as it would have kept them on their natural progression in sound other than them teaming up with arena rock specialist Bob Clearmountain and making a good but unnatural record.
No fear on this record though. Derek is back playing on this one and would contribute to Our Secrets Are the Same before leaving again. Neapolis is a must for anyone who likes more stylish, progressive music. The seamless mix between guitar, bass, keyboards and drums is very reminiscent of New Gold Dream and Sons and Fascination. I guess it should since the man who produced New Gold Dream steps into the control room on this album as well and they do recapture what was lost after Sparkle in the Rain.
I love the blend of the treated guitars and climbing bass with the very differnt and excellent keyboard work by Charlie Burchill. There is not one song I would dare skip on this disc. I can listen to it front to back over and over and never get tired of it due to the outstanding musicianship, songwriting, great vocals and production found here.
My favorite tracks here are Lightning, Killing Andy Warhol, Glitterball and If I Had Wings and the rest all sit in the upper echelons of my favorite songs by anyone. It is a shame that EMI decided not to release this stateside or promote it at all. I guess since the band didn't have some gangsta looking dude with a hat on crooked on their cover it meant that they were low priority. EMI has done music lovers a great disservice but I doubt the wannabe pimp record execs don't really know a good thing when they have it sitting on their desk. If any of you know any of the current lot of record company bigwigs then you may know what I mean. Quantity over quality gets you the new 350z with the neon spinners and the trophy wife with a face full of Botox.
Great late 90s effort from Simple Minds.......2005-01-02
Neapolis is another strong album from Scotland's supremely talented Simple Minds.
For this 1998 effort, the producer's seat is taken again by the gifted Peter Walsh, who helmed the Simple Minds classic "New Gold Dream." He draws on every phase of the band's rich history, and embellishes it with a unique, very modern sound that could be called Italian Futurism (the album was recorded in Italy).
And the result is a diverse effort that offers something for fans of every phase of Simple Minds.
For fans of 80s Simple Minds, there's the ethereal, haunting "Song for the Tribes," the quirky, skip-along "Superman V Supersoul," or "Tears of a Guy," with its instant-classic guitar riff.
If you like the band's early techno roots, check out the terrific instrumental "Androgyny," or the fantastic, wall-of-sound jungle rhythms of "Killing Andy Warhol," perhaps Simple Minds' best song of the 90s.
There a couple weak tracks; the go-nowhere "Glitterball" was a strange choice for a single. It's the weakest track on the album, and probably caused a lot of fans to not bother checking out the rest of the album.
That's a shame, because "Neapolis" is the group's best effort since "Once Upon a Time," and will delight any fan of Simple Minds or 80s music.
Average customer rating:
- Give it a chance to grow on you!
- A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution
- Best album by Jim Kerr & friends
- GOOD stuff from a GREAT band
- As a fan, but not a fanatic . . .
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Néapolis
Simple Minds
Manufacturer: EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000024Y6T
Release Date: 2001-11-27 |
Tracks:
- Song For The Tribes
- Glitterball
- War Babies
- Tears Of A Guy
- Superman V Supersoul
- Lightning
- If I Had Wings
- Killing Andy Warhol
- Androgeny
Album Description
The Scottish rocker's 1998 & U.K. top 20 album, featuring the singles 'War Babies' and 'Glitter Ball'. Nine tracks total. No U.S. is planned.
Album Details
Brand New Studio CD. Limited Edition with Bonus CD-ROM Track in a Tin Can.
Customer Reviews:
Give it a chance to grow on you!.......2004-08-06
Statement 1: This album is a masterpiece.
Statement 2: This album is trash - don't know why I wasted my money.
I bought this album almost immediately when it was first released many years back and then wondered why I
did..."Statement 2" definitely applied.
About six months ago, I was moving house and stumbled across the CD hidden away in a corner. I put on a few tracks while packing and was amazed by it...just seemed like a completely different album to what I remembered...."Statement 1" definitely applies now!
I don't know what it was about this album when it first came out - maybe it was just ahead of its time but the mix of strings, hard guitar riffs and synths just didn't seem to work then but now sound brilliant.
I actually stopped buying Simple Minds albums after this one thinking they had "lost it". I only logged onto Amazon just now to see what others thought of it while I was looking for any follow-ups to this album...that's how much I love this collection of songs.
Barely a day goes by when you don't finding me blasting out such excellent tracks like the amazingly-titled Killing Andy Warhol, War Babies, Superman & SuperSoul and the infectious Androgeny.
I guess the great insight I had with this album was the same as another reviewer here had which was to just let the music wash over you. The songs then start to make sense and you begin to appreciate the genius hidden away in this modern work of art.
Andy Warhol would be proud...if they weren't killing him.
A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution.......2004-03-06
As with an earlier review, I would avoid this CD. Not sure what Simple Minds were trying to do, but it didn't work. I've loved the band since 1981 growing up in Ireland ,through "the commercial years" and all since. Cry is a much better representation of where the band is now. Long live Simple Minds, but just skip this part of their evolution. Cheers!
Best album by Jim Kerr & friends.......2003-08-01
Those of you that have written that this album is too vague have
little appreciation for music with smooth flowing hooks.
I have Cry & I find it lacking the necessary hooks to make a dent in mainstream radio rotation, I found only 4 really good songs on that album, 5 if you count the "adequate" song "face in the sun", now this is a vague album because to me, it fades quickly & never recovers, even the erasure penned instrumental at the end takes too long to develop to hold much interest except perhaps on a dancefloor, where you're usually at the mercy of the DJ anyway.
Neopolis was a mystery as I first saw it in Thailand in early 99' & when I tried to buy it stateside I was only able to buy it in Canada until about 2 years ago when it became available in the US.
Except for the instrumental at the end, each song on Neopolis captivates the listener with a dynamic hook-filled song, this album has the sense to stop at 9 songs which is as many good songs that Jim Kerr & the label was willing to produce, Cry suffers from too much filler, with just enough hook filled songs to draw you in, but even with repeated listening, all I could anticipate was liking the initial 4 or songs more, the hook-less songs seemed to drag on, even when they were only 3 or so minutes long, I'm not a die-hard fan, but I do have & listen to all but, "street fighting years" which doesn't have enough "good" hooks to convince me to buy it.
Most Simple Minds albums suffer song flaws, but in some respect, these flaws are what draws people to this music, warts & all, personally, I think Jim Kerr should concentrate on either writing music or managing his sushi restaurant in Scotland.
GOOD stuff from a GREAT band.......2002-07-06
Simple Minds is my favorite band - let me make that clear up front. I utterly adore these guys, and I wish they'd live forever, and keep making music until the end of the world. In fact, I'm sure heaven is a place where "Belfast Child" is always playing in the background. That's why the Minds' 1998 effort, "Neapolis" (not released here in the States), was such a disappointment. Apart from some really fantastic stuff ("War Babies, "Tears of a Guy," and "Song For the Tribes"), this album is relatively bland and formless. It's not as much so as U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" - but it's not the Minds' best work. Make no mistake, however - the Minds in a slump is a galaxy apart from the rest of the music that crops up these days, particularly on that popular local radio station so fond of utter thoughtless filth. Most bands never make a tune as excellent as "War Babies" even on their best album. Simple Minds, on the other hand, is a band with more superb tunes under their belts than any I can name (challenged only by U2, which, I feel, is likewise digging itself out of a slump). The Minds' following album, "Cry," however, is much more gratifying as a whole. These guys rule.
As a fan, but not a fanatic . . ........2002-06-30
I'd advise you to skip right over this and go to "Cry", which is a solid CD, really outstanding, one that anyone would like, fan or not. "Neapolis" is only for Minds's fans that need a complete collection. I own it and never play it. Only one song made my MP3 playlist (Glitterball).
Average customer rating:
- Give it a chance to grow on you!
- A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution
- Best album by Jim Kerr & friends
- GOOD stuff from a GREAT band
- As a fan, but not a fanatic . . .
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Neapolis - Tin
Simple Minds
Manufacturer: Chrysalis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000007WSD |
Album Description
Japanese edition of their 1998 album with two unmarked bonustracks: 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' (Jam & Spoon Remix)and 'Waterfront' (Union Jack Remix). 11 tracks total, alsofeaturing the singles 'Glitterball' & 'War Babies'. Theirfirst album in three years, it reunites founders Jim Kerr &Charlie Burchill with original member Derek Forbes. DrummerGaynor, who played on several of their hit '80s albums,guests on 'War Babies'. Full English lyrics included. AChrysalis release.
Album Details
Brand New Studio CD. Limited Edition with Bonus CD-ROM Track in a Tin Can.
Customer Reviews:
Give it a chance to grow on you!.......2004-08-06
Statement 1: This album is a masterpiece.
Statement 2: This album is trash - don't know why I wasted my money.
I bought this album almost immediately when it was first released many years back and then wondered why I
did..."Statement 2" definitely applied.
About six months ago, I was moving house and stumbled across the CD hidden away in a corner. I put on a few tracks while packing and was amazed by it...just seemed like a completely different album to what I remembered...."Statement 1" definitely applies now!
I don't know what it was about this album when it first came out - maybe it was just ahead of its time but the mix of strings, hard guitar riffs and synths just didn't seem to work then but now sound brilliant.
I actually stopped buying Simple Minds albums after this one thinking they had "lost it". I only logged onto Amazon just now to see what others thought of it while I was looking for any follow-ups to this album...that's how much I love this collection of songs.
Barely a day goes by when you don't finding me blasting out such excellent tracks like the amazingly-titled Killing Andy Warhol, War Babies, Superman & SuperSoul and the infectious Androgeny.
I guess the great insight I had with this album was the same as another reviewer here had which was to just let the music wash over you. The songs then start to make sense and you begin to appreciate the genius hidden away in this modern work of art.
Andy Warhol would be proud...if they weren't killing him.
A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution.......2004-03-06
As with an earlier review, I would avoid this CD. Not sure what Simple Minds were trying to do, but it didn't work. I've loved the band since 1981 growing up in Ireland ,through "the commercial years" and all since. Cry is a much better representation of where the band is now. Long live Simple Minds, but just skip this part of their evolution. Cheers!
Best album by Jim Kerr & friends.......2003-08-01
Those of you that have written that this album is too vague have
little appreciation for music with smooth flowing hooks.
I have Cry & I find it lacking the necessary hooks to make a dent in mainstream radio rotation, I found only 4 really good songs on that album, 5 if you count the "adequate" song "face in the sun", now this is a vague album because to me, it fades quickly & never recovers, even the erasure penned instrumental at the end takes too long to develop to hold much interest except perhaps on a dancefloor, where you're usually at the mercy of the DJ anyway.
Neopolis was a mystery as I first saw it in Thailand in early 99' & when I tried to buy it stateside I was only able to buy it in Canada until about 2 years ago when it became available in the US.
Except for the instrumental at the end, each song on Neopolis captivates the listener with a dynamic hook-filled song, this album has the sense to stop at 9 songs which is as many good songs that Jim Kerr & the label was willing to produce, Cry suffers from too much filler, with just enough hook filled songs to draw you in, but even with repeated listening, all I could anticipate was liking the initial 4 or songs more, the hook-less songs seemed to drag on, even when they were only 3 or so minutes long, I'm not a die-hard fan, but I do have & listen to all but, "street fighting years" which doesn't have enough "good" hooks to convince me to buy it.
Most Simple Minds albums suffer song flaws, but in some respect, these flaws are what draws people to this music, warts & all, personally, I think Jim Kerr should concentrate on either writing music or managing his sushi restaurant in Scotland.
GOOD stuff from a GREAT band.......2002-07-06
Simple Minds is my favorite band - let me make that clear up front. I utterly adore these guys, and I wish they'd live forever, and keep making music until the end of the world. In fact, I'm sure heaven is a place where "Belfast Child" is always playing in the background. That's why the Minds' 1998 effort, "Neapolis" (not released here in the States), was such a disappointment. Apart from some really fantastic stuff ("War Babies, "Tears of a Guy," and "Song For the Tribes"), this album is relatively bland and formless. It's not as much so as U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" - but it's not the Minds' best work. Make no mistake, however - the Minds in a slump is a galaxy apart from the rest of the music that crops up these days, particularly on that popular local radio station so fond of utter thoughtless filth. Most bands never make a tune as excellent as "War Babies" even on their best album. Simple Minds, on the other hand, is a band with more superb tunes under their belts than any I can name (challenged only by U2, which, I feel, is likewise digging itself out of a slump). The Minds' following album, "Cry," however, is much more gratifying as a whole. These guys rule.
As a fan, but not a fanatic . . ........2002-06-30
I'd advise you to skip right over this and go to "Cry", which is a solid CD, really outstanding, one that anyone would like, fan or not. "Neapolis" is only for Minds's fans that need a complete collection. I own it and never play it. Only one song made my MP3 playlist (Glitterball).
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Neapolis
Manufacturer: Design Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000HG6YBQ |
Product Description
1. Second Planet~~~2. Flirt~~~3. Topamina~~~4. Couma~~~5. Orbeat~~~6. Twist Drill~~~7. Moody~~~8. Polina.
Average customer rating:
- Give it a chance to grow on you!
- A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution
- Best album by Jim Kerr & friends
- GOOD stuff from a GREAT band
- As a fan, but not a fanatic . . .
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Neapolis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
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| Music
Alternative Rock
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- Cry
- Good News from the Next World
- Neon Lights
- Empires & Dance
ASIN: B000026WWD
Release Date: 2004-01-06 |
Tracks:
- Song For The Tribes
- Glitterball
- War Babies
- Tears of A Guy
- Superman Vs. Supersoul
- Lightning
- If I Had Wings
- Killing Andy Warhol
- Androgyny
- Don't Forget About Me
- Waterfront
Album Description
Japanese edition of their 1998 album with two unmarked bonustracks: 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' (Jam & Spoon Remix)and 'Waterfront' (Union Jack Remix). 11 tracks total, alsofeaturing the singles 'Glitterball' & 'War Babies'. Theirfirst album in three years, it reunites founders Jim Kerr &Charlie Burchill with original member Derek Forbes. DrummerGaynor, who played on several of their hit '80s albums,guests on 'War Babies'. Full English lyrics included. AChrysalis release.
Album Details
Brand New Studio CD. Limited Edition with Bonus CD-ROM Track in a Tin Can.
Customer Reviews:
Give it a chance to grow on you!.......2004-08-06
Statement 1: This album is a masterpiece.
Statement 2: This album is trash - don't know why I wasted my money.
I bought this album almost immediately when it was first released many years back and then wondered why I
did..."Statement 2" definitely applied.
About six months ago, I was moving house and stumbled across the CD hidden away in a corner. I put on a few tracks while packing and was amazed by it...just seemed like a completely different album to what I remembered...."Statement 1" definitely applies now!
I don't know what it was about this album when it first came out - maybe it was just ahead of its time but the mix of strings, hard guitar riffs and synths just didn't seem to work then but now sound brilliant.
I actually stopped buying Simple Minds albums after this one thinking they had "lost it". I only logged onto Amazon just now to see what others thought of it while I was looking for any follow-ups to this album...that's how much I love this collection of songs.
Barely a day goes by when you don't finding me blasting out such excellent tracks like the amazingly-titled Killing Andy Warhol, War Babies, Superman & SuperSoul and the infectious Androgeny.
I guess the great insight I had with this album was the same as another reviewer here had which was to just let the music wash over you. The songs then start to make sense and you begin to appreciate the genius hidden away in this modern work of art.
Andy Warhol would be proud...if they weren't killing him.
A Dissappointing step in SM ongoing evolution.......2004-03-06
As with an earlier review, I would avoid this CD. Not sure what Simple Minds were trying to do, but it didn't work. I've loved the band since 1981 growing up in Ireland ,through "the commercial years" and all since. Cry is a much better representation of where the band is now. Long live Simple Minds, but just skip this part of their evolution. Cheers!
Best album by Jim Kerr & friends.......2003-08-01
Those of you that have written that this album is too vague have
little appreciation for music with smooth flowing hooks.
I have Cry & I find it lacking the necessary hooks to make a dent in mainstream radio rotation, I found only 4 really good songs on that album, 5 if you count the "adequate" song "face in the sun", now this is a vague album because to me, it fades quickly & never recovers, even the erasure penned instrumental at the end takes too long to develop to hold much interest except perhaps on a dancefloor, where you're usually at the mercy of the DJ anyway.
Neopolis was a mystery as I first saw it in Thailand in early 99' & when I tried to buy it stateside I was only able to buy it in Canada until about 2 years ago when it became available in the US.
Except for the instrumental at the end, each song on Neopolis captivates the listener with a dynamic hook-filled song, this album has the sense to stop at 9 songs which is as many good songs that Jim Kerr & the label was willing to produce, Cry suffers from too much filler, with just enough hook filled songs to draw you in, but even with repeated listening, all I could anticipate was liking the initial 4 or songs more, the hook-less songs seemed to drag on, even when they were only 3 or so minutes long, I'm not a die-hard fan, but I do have & listen to all but, "street fighting years" which doesn't have enough "good" hooks to convince me to buy it.
Most Simple Minds albums suffer song flaws, but in some respect, these flaws are what draws people to this music, warts & all, personally, I think Jim Kerr should concentrate on either writing music or managing his sushi restaurant in Scotland.
GOOD stuff from a GREAT band.......2002-07-06
Simple Minds is my favorite band - let me make that clear up front. I utterly adore these guys, and I wish they'd live forever, and keep making music until the end of the world. In fact, I'm sure heaven is a place where "Belfast Child" is always playing in the background. That's why the Minds' 1998 effort, "Neapolis" (not released here in the States), was such a disappointment. Apart from some really fantastic stuff ("War Babies, "Tears of a Guy," and "Song For the Tribes"), this album is relatively bland and formless. It's not as much so as U2's "All That You Can't Leave Behind" - but it's not the Minds' best work. Make no mistake, however - the Minds in a slump is a galaxy apart from the rest of the music that crops up these days, particularly on that popular local radio station so fond of utter thoughtless filth. Most bands never make a tune as excellent as "War Babies" even on their best album. Simple Minds, on the other hand, is a band with more superb tunes under their belts than any I can name (challenged only by U2, which, I feel, is likewise digging itself out of a slump). The Minds' following album, "Cry," however, is much more gratifying as a whole. These guys rule.
As a fan, but not a fanatic . . ........2002-06-30
I'd advise you to skip right over this and go to "Cry", which is a solid CD, really outstanding, one that anyone would like, fan or not. "Neapolis" is only for Minds's fans that need a complete collection. I own it and never play it. Only one song made my MP3 playlist (Glitterball).
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