The discography of the Scottish art-rock/new wave band Simple Minds consists of 18 studio (either original or covers) albums (counting 1981's Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call as a double album release), 7 live albums, 12 compilation albums, 9 box sets, 52 singles, and 5 video albums.
^ In France, compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.
1970s-1980s
1990s
2000s-present
Notes
+^ These singles also charted on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as following: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#1), "Alive and Kicking" (#2), "Sanctify Yourself" (#3) and "All the Things She Said" (#9), "This Is Your Land" (#37), "See the Lights" (#10), "She's a River" (#6) and And the Band Played On" (#40).
~^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart as following: "Mandela Day" from Ballad of the Streets EP (#17), "This Is Your Land" (#12), "Take a Step Back" (#14), "See the Lights" (#1), "Stand By Love" (#4) and "She's a River" (#10).
^ ^ These singles also charted on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart as following: "The American" (#66), "I Travel" 1981 re-release (#55), "Promised You a Miracle" (#65), "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (#9), "Alive and Kicking" (#25), "Sanctify Yourself" (#24) and "All the Things She Said" (#5).
'*^ The remixes of "Don't You (Forget About Me)", released between 2003 and 2004, were released under different artist names, depending on the terrirory; in Europe by Simple Minds, in Australia by White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr.
The release dates are the original ones and the formats mentioned are the most recent versions officially available (not necessarily the original release formats).
1990: Forget About Me (TV) directed by Michael Winterbottom (not available) (this is the story of two Scottish "squaddies" (young, trainee soldiers) who hitchhike to Budapest to go to a concert of the band Simple Minds; the film is a love triangle between the two soldiers and one beautiful Hungarian girl; Simple Minds is seen performing on stage at the very end of the film)
1990: Verona (VHS; May 1990; Virgin Music Video VVD 610) (in 2003, this video was remixed in 5:1 surround sound and released as part of the Seen The Lights – A Visual History double DVD set)
1992: Glittering Prize 81/92 (VHS; October 1992; Virgin Music Video VVD 1103)
2003: Seen The Lights – A Visual History (DVD; release dates: 28 October 2003 in some parts of Europe, 1 November 2003 in Russia, 3 November 2003 in UK & some other parts of Europe, 18 November 2003 in Canada; Virgin SMDVD 1) (this is the first-ever Simple Minds commercial (double) DVD, featuring over four hours and twenty minutes of archive footage; the first disc includes the majority of the band's promotional videos; the second disc is devoted to Verona, the band's first video originally released in 1990 in VHS format, upmixed here to 5.1 surround sound)
2014: Celebrate – Live at the Glasgow SSE Hydro (limited edition Deluxe DVD book set ; release date: May 2014 ; including 4 discs: 1 21-track DVD of the concert filmed and recorded at the Glasgow SSE Hydro on 27 November 2013, 1 DVD of exclusive interview footage and photo gallery, 2 fully mixed audio CDs of the concert + a bound book featuring specially-written notes and exclusive live photos from the Celebrate tour + photographic print individually autographed by the band)
