Good News From The Next World

CD Cover

Tracks

She's A River	(5.31)
Night Music	(5.23)
Hypnotised	(5.53)
Great Leap Forwards	(5.35)
Seven Deadly Sins	(5.11)
And The Band Played On	(5.32)
My Life	(5.15)
Criminal World	(5.03)
This Time	(4.57)

Country	Date	Vinyl	Cassette	CD
UK	January 1995	Virgin V 2760	Virgin TCV 2760	Virgin CDV 2760

Credits

Vocals by Jim Kerr

Guitars, Keyboards Charlie Burchill

Produced by Keith Forsey and Simple Minds

Recorded by Brian Reeves

Mixed by Tom Lord Alge

All songs written by Kerr/Burchill

Bass:Mark Browne,Malcolm Foster,Marcus Miller,Lance Morrison

Drums:Mark Schulman,Tal Bergman,Vinnie Calaiuta

Backing Vocals:Stefani Spruill,Pat Hodges,Maxann Lewis,Julia Walters

Recorded at:Bonnie Wee Studios, Scotland; Windmill Lane, Dublin; Conway, LA; Westlake, LA; Track Records, LA;

Assistant Engineers:Chris Fogel,Sean O'Dwyer,Rob Kirwan,Gil Morales, Kenny Polakovich

Technical Direction:Doug Cowan

Equipment:Tony Donald

Worldwide Representation:Clive Banks for CBL

Co-ordination:Alan McBlane

Design & Art Direction:Stylorouge

Band Photography:David Scheinmann

Textual Photography:Rob O'Conner & Stuart Mackenzie

Thank you to Kenn and Nancy Berry and all at Virgin Records Worldwide. The Rambagh Wrestlers - Rob O'Conner, Stuart Mackenzie, David Scheinmann, Andy Shaylor, Michelle Clapton, Julie Thomas, Caroline True, Tripti Pandey, Himmat Singh; Laura Schmidt, Dave Bain, Harry Crosbie, Mark Coleman, Peter Price, Caroline Turner & Laister Dickson; Sandra Dobbs; Carre, Patsy; Yasmin, Natalie & James.

Additional Information

The LP was housed in a glossy gatefold sleeve, with the inner sleve carring extra pictures, credits and all the lyrics. The cassette and CD releases also featured the lyrics with each having unique artwork.

The Japanese version included a bonus track called Celtic Strings which appears on the She's A River single release.

The drummer Vinnie Colaiuta has his name misspelt on the album's sleeve (as shown above). He is reputed to be the best drummer in the world. Many thanks to Duncan Wakeling for this information.

In Australia, the CD album was also sold with a free copy of Street Fighting Years taped to it! Thanks to Lou Maratos for this information.

The album was recorded mainly in the US - in retrospect this was considered a mistake, as they worked for six months on it and then lost direction.

Keith Forsey originally approached Simple Minds to write a song for The Super Mario Brothers. After composing a song, they decided that it was too good for the film soundtrack, but continued working with Forsey on the project.

Mark Schulman was a suggestion by Keith Forsey. Mark ended up recording the majority of the album and joining the band on tour.

And The Band Played On is a reworking of When Two Worlds Collide from Real Life. She's A River was also an old song, dating back to the Real Life sessions.