Direction of the Heart Simple Minds

• 1 Vision Thing 04:39
• 2 First You Jump 04:23
• 3 Human Traffic 04:17
• 4 Who Killed Truth? 03:58
• 5 Solstice Kiss 05:23
• 6 Act of Love 04:00
• 7 Natural 03:26
• 8 Planet Zero 04:10
• 9 The Walls Came Down 03:54
• 10 Direction of the Heart (Taormina 2022) 04:55
• 11 Wondertimes 04:54
• Total Runtime 47:59

Info for Direction of the Heart

Simple Minds return with eighteenth studio album Direction of the Heart, set for release on 21st October 2022 and including lead single ‘Vision Thing’. Direction of the Heart is Simple Minds’ first album of new material since 2018’s outstanding UK Top 5 album Walk Between Worlds. Throughout its nine tracks, Direction of the Heart finds the band at their most confident, anthemic best on an inspired celebration of life, and which manages to perfectly encapsulate the essence of past and present Simple Minds, a band whose reascent over the past 10 years has seen them, once again, capture the magic and critical praise of their early days.

Simple Minds have been musical pioneers for 40 glittering years. Catching the mood of the post-punk era, when the angry sounds of 1977 were splintering into a thousand different shapes, they emerged with a style rooted in the art-rock of David Bowie and the electronic dance of Donna Summer.

They went on to become one of the great bands of their generation, deploying rousing choruses and booming atmospherics to provide a soundtrack that has endured. They topped the American chart with Don't You (Forget About Me) and followed suit in the UK with the Ballad Of The Streets EP (featuring Belfast Child). In selling over 60 million records, they have seen three of their 20 studio albums reach number one in the UK – Sparkle In The Rain, Once Upon A Time and Street Fighting Years – a chart-topping feat equalled by their live album Live In The City Of Light and the compilation Glittering Prize. A spellbinding touring band, they have graced the world's biggest stadiums. They starred at Live Aid and played three momentous London shows in honour of Nelson Mandela. The past decade has also seen a remarkable resurgence, their world-class credentials acknowledged by a Q magazine Inspiration award in 2014 and an Ivor Novello in 2016. They are now marking their 40th anniversary with a world tour, live album and career-spanning compilation.

"A remarkable forty-five years on, find Simple Minds – Jim and Charlie – choosing an apt title in Direction Of The Heart; it could have been ‘The Italian Job’ , but they’re following a path, a destiny, avoiding the same old scene. With a smattering of stone-cold classics, Simple Minds, as ever, make their statement with the same aplomb and conviction they’re done for those decades past."

Jim Kerr, vocals
Charlie Burchill, guitars, keyboards, programming
Gordy Goudie, acoustic guitar
Ged Grimes,bass
Berenice Scott, keyboards
Cherisse Osei, drums
Sarah Brown, backing vocals

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