Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years Album

Tracklist

1	Let It All Come Down Lyrics By – Simple MindsMusic By – John Giblin	4:52
2	Wall Of Love	5:19
3	Mandela Day	5:42
4	Street Fighting Years	6:23
5	Kick It In	6:09
6	Take A Step Back	4:22
7	Soul Crying Out	6:08
8	This Is Your Land Vocals [Cameo] – Lou Reed	6:20
9	Belfast Child Arranged By [Trad. Arr.] – Simple MindsLyrics By – Simple MindsMusic By – Traditional	6:40
10	Biko Lyrics By, Music By – Peter Gabriel	7:32

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MINDSCD1	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin	MINDSCD1	Europe	1989
MSC.1234	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Musicals	MSC.1234	Thailand	Unknown
72438-13022-2-4	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin	72438-13022-2-4	US	2003
7864432	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin	7864432	Australia	1989
MINDSCD1, MINDSCD 1, 0777 7 86443 2 3	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, Virgin	MINDSCD1, MINDSCD 1, 0777 7 86443 2 3	Europe	1989

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Charlie Burchill
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – John Altman
• Backing Vocals – Lorna Bannon
• Bagpipes – Roger Sharp
• Bass – John Giblin, Stephen Lipson
• Cello – Sheena McKenzie, William Lithgow
• Coordinator [Coordination] – Jane Ventom
• Design – Assorted Images
• Drums – Manu Katché, Mel Gaynor
• Engineer – Heff Moraes, Robin Hancock
• Engineer [Assistant] – Danton Supple, Martin Plant
• Lyrics By, Music By – Simple Minds (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Other [Logistics] – Paul Kerr
• Other [Nourishment] – Ying Ho Au Yeung
• Other [Special Thanks To] – Stewart Copeland - "the rhythmatist"
• Percussion – Abdou M'Boup, Leroy Williams, Sydney Thiam
• Photography By – Guido Harari, NASA/Science Photo Library
• Piano, Accordion, Keyboards [Electric] – Michael MacNeil
• Producer – Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
• Recorded By [Technical Master] – Dougie Cowan
• Tin Whistle [Pennywhistle], Bodhrán [Bodhran] – Maureen Kerr
• Violin – Lisa Germano
• Vocals – Jim Kerr

Notes

Mastered at Masterdisk.
All digitally recorded and mixed analogue i.e. "DAD".

Made in Scotland, March '88 - March '89.
Studio Drums provided by Tama.

'Street Fighting Years' is written in memory of Victor Jara.

Source of graphic: The Beauty Of Fractals by Peitgen Richter.

Lou Reed courtesy of Sire/WEA records.

Published by Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP) in the U.S. and Canada, except:
Biko: Hidden Pun Music Inc. (BMI) in the U.S.
℗ & © 1989 Virgin Records Ltd. issued under license from Virgin Records Ltd.
Printed in the U.S.A.
Manufactured and distributed by A&M Records, Inc.(P) & (C) 1989 Virgin Records Ltd.
Virgin ΕΠΕ
Made in Greece by EMI.

1st catalog number on labels and back cover; 2nd on spine; 3rd on labels.

Barcodes

• Barcode: 5 012981 555115
• Other (Labels): A/A 15608

• Barcode: 0 7502-13927-1 7
• Matrix / Runout (Side A: etched): SPO-3927-A-SHI DMM Δ 24792 I-/ MASTERDISK
• Matrix / Runout (Side B: etched): SPO-3927-B-SHI DMM Δ 24792-X I-/

Short intro

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