Real to Real Cacophony

Infobox Album
Name = Real to Real Cacophony
Type = studio
Artist = Simple Minds


Released = Start date|1979|11
Recorded = Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales 1979
Genre = New Wave
Length = 40:46
Label = Arista Records
Producer = John Leckie
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iaug6joh7190 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22283-reel-to-real-cacophony-empires-and-dance link] |
Last album = "Life in a Day" (1979)
This album = "Real to Real Cacophony"
(1979)
Next album = "Empires and Dance"
(1980)
Misc = Singles
Name = Real to Real Cacophony
Type = studio
Single 1 = Changeling
Single 1 date = Start date|1980

"Real to Real Cacophony" is the second album by Simple Minds, released in 1979. The album did not chart, nor did its only single, "Changeling".

Track listing

"All tracks written by Kerr/Burchill/Forbes/McGee/MacNeil."
# "Real to Real" – 2:47
# "Naked Eye" – 2:21
# "Citizen (Dance of Youth)" – 2:53
# "Carnival (Shelter in a Suitcase)" – 2:49
# "Factory" – 4:13
# "Cacophony" – 1:40
# "Veldt" – 3:20
# "Premonition" – 5:29
# "Changeling" – 4:11
# "Film Theme" – 2:27
# "Calling Your Name" – 5:05
# "Scar" – 3:31

Re-releases

The most recent re-issue (2002/2003 by Virgin Records) incorrectly renders 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.

Personnel

*Jim Kerr - vocals
*Charles Burchill - guitar, violin, saxophone
*Derek Forbes - bass guitar
*Brian McGee - drums, percussion
*Michael MacNeil - keyboards

References

* [http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/discog/rtrc/rtrclp1.htm Simple Minds History]