Album: Good News From the Next World by Simple Minds (1995)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: BMG
Format: Album

Description: Good News from the Next World is Simple Minds' tenth studio album, released in 1995.
The album garnered moderate commercial success. It was not badly received among critics in the United States. However, in the UK, it was critically panned; the album "approximates the noise that would be made if the entire contents of a music shop were strapped to an Empire transport ship from Star Wars," wrote Melody Maker, but "[f]or all its cod-Wagnerian vastness, there are no tunes."
Yet the album had two hit singles, "She's a River" (UK #9) and "Hypnotised" (UK #18).

Artist Background: Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a number of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their No. 1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. They are also known for the No. 3 US hit single "Alive and Kicking" and the No. 1 UK hit single "Belfast Child". The band has sold more than 60 m... Part of the Glasgow, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Ultravox, The Human League, Howard Jones, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Music Scene: Part of the Glasgow, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album, BMG

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Good News from the Next World is Simple Minds' tenth studio album, released in 1995.
The album garnered moderate commercial success. It was not badly received among critics in the United States. However, in the UK, it was critically panned; the album "approximates the noise that would be made if the entire contents of a music shop were strapped to an Empire transport ship from Star Wars," wrote Melody Maker, but "[f]or all its cod-Wagnerian vastness, there are no tunes."
Yet the album had two hit singles, "She's a River" (UK #9) and "Hypnotised" (UK #18).

Good News From the Next World

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