Released November 1979 Length 40:46 Release date November 1979 Label Virgin Records | Recorded September 1979 Artist Simple Minds Producer John Leckie | |
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Studio Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales Real to Real Cacophony
(1979) Empires and Dance
(1980) Genres New wave, Post-punk, Art rock Similar Simple Minds albums, Post-punk albums | ||
Real to Real Cacophony (sometimes incorrectly referred as Reel to Real Cacophony) is the second studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was released in November 1979, through record labels Zoom and Arista.
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Release and reception
Real to Real Cacophony did not chart, nor did its only single, "Changeling".
The 2002/2003 re-issues by Virgin Records incorrectly render the album's title as Reel to Real Cacophony, and the opening track as "Reel to Real". The new spelling also appears in the discography section of all the inlays in the 2002/2003 Simple Minds remastered edition series. Subsequent editions render the title of both the album and track correctly.
Real to Real Cacophony has been generally well received by critics. AllMusic praised the album, describing it as "where Simple Minds ventured beyond the ability to mimic their influences and began to manipulate them, mercilessly pushing them around and shaping them into funny objects the way a child transforms a chunk of Play-Doh from an indefinable chunk of nothing into a definable chunk of something", calling it "an achievement that's on a plane with other 1979 post-punk landmarks like Metal Box, 154, Entertainment! and Unknown Pleasures".
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jim Kerr; all music composed by Simple Minds (Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Mick MacNeil).
Personnel
Simple Minds
Technical
Songs
1Real to Real2:51
2Naked Eye2:22
3Citizen (Dance of Youth)2:54