Good News from the Next World

Simple Minds: Jim Kerr (vocals); Charlie Burchill (guitar, keyboards).Additional personnel: Mark Browne, Malcolm Foster, Marcus Miller, Lance Morrison (bass); Mark Schulman, Tal Bergman, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Stefani Spruill, Pat Hodges, Maxann Lewis, Julia Waters (background vocals).Recorded at Bonnie Wee Studios, Scotland; Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland; Conway, Westlake and Track Records, Los Angeles, California.Although Simple Minds pretty much dropped off US pop radar after 1985's hit ONCE UPON THE TIME, the band, effectively reduced to the duo of singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill plus session musicians, continued their success in the UK. The Scottish group was still popular enough there to be skewered in a scene in Nick Hornby's pop-geeks-in-love novel HIGH FIDELITY.1995's GOOD NEWS FROM THE NEXT WORLD, the second album by the Kerr-Burchill duo, continues its predecessor's trend towards adult, reflective, mildly anthemic pop. It's less experimental and immediate t