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Released
  
12 September 2005

Length
  
40:57

Artist
  
Simple Minds

Producer
  
Jez Coad

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll

Recorded
  
2004 - 5 May 2005

Black & White 050505 (2005)
  
Graffiti Soul (2009)

Release date
  
12 September 2005

Label
  
Sanctuary Records

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Black & White 050505 (2005)
  
Sunday Express – Live (Vol. 1 & 2) (2007)

Similar
  
Simple Minds albums, Rock music albums

Black & White 050505 is the fourteenth studio album (of original material) by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in the UK on 12 September 2005.

Contents

The album was not officially released in the US.

Overview

The song "The Jeweller Part 2" is a reworked, re-recorded version of "Jeweller to the Stars", from the semi-cancelled album Our Secrets Are the Same.

Recording

The sessions for Black And White 050505 yielded an album and a half of material. The tracks "Light Travels" and "Fortune Teller" were left off the album because Jim Kerr did not want to compromise the album's structure or overall feel. "Light Travels" was later rerecorded and appeared on Graffiti Soul.

The recording sessions for the album ended on 5 May 2005 (05/05/05), hence the number in the album's title.

Live performances

All the songs have been played live:

  1. "Stay Visible" during the 2005 "Intimate", 2006 "Black And White", 2009 "30 Years Live European" & 2009 "Graffiti Soul" tours
  2. "Home" during the 2005 "Intimate", 2006 "Black And White", 2008 "Celebrate 30 Years Live", 2009 "30 Years Live European" & 2009 "Graffiti Soul", 2010 "Festival Show", 2010 "Final Shows" tours
  3. "Stranger" during the 2005 "Intimate" & 2006 "Black And White" tours
  4. "Different World [taormina.me]" during the 2005 "Intimate", 2006 "Black And White" & 2009 "30 Years Live European" tours
  5. "Underneath The Ice" only during the 2006 "Black And White" tour
  6. "The Jeweller Part 2" during the 2005 "Intimate" & 2006 "Black And White" tours
  7. "A Life Shot in Black & White" only during the 2006 "Black And White" tour
  8. "Kiss The Ground" only one time (in Copenhagen, Denmark) during the 2006 "Black And White" tour
  9. "Dolphins" during the 2006 "Black And White" & 2009 "30 Years Live European" tours

Personnel

  • Jim Kerr — vocals
  • Charlie Burchill — guitars/keyboards
  • Mel Gaynor — drums/percussion
  • Eddie Duffy — bass guitars/percussion

    • Additional musicians

  • Andy Gillespie — keyboards
  • Jez Coad — additional guitars and keyboards
  • Daniele Tignino and John Biancale — backing vocals on "Stranger"
  • Sean Kelly — guest vocals on "Too Much Television" (bonus track on Japanese edition)

    • Songs

    1Stay Visible5:19
    2Home4:23
    3Stranger4:08

    References

    Black & White 050505 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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