Empires and Dance

Empires and Dance

Infobox Album
Name = Empires and Dance
Type = Album
Artist = Simple Minds


Released = September 1, 1980
Recorded = 1980
Genre = New Wave
Length = -
Label = Arista Records
Producer = John Leckie
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ytavqjmboj0a link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22283-reel-to-real-cacophony-empires-and-dance link] |
Last album = "Real to Real Cacophony"
(1979)
This album = "Empires and Dance"
(1980)
Next album = "Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call"
(1981)

"Empires and Dance" is the third album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It reached #41 in the UK Albums Chart.

The opening track "I Travel" was released as a single in 1980, failing to chart. Following the release of this album, Simple Minds transferred to Virgin Records, where they met with much greater commercial success. Arista tried to capitalize on this success by re-releasing "I Travel" as a single in 1982, and again in 1983. Both times, it still failed to chart.

The song's lyrics refer to European politics, as well as Brian Eno's first Ambient series' record, "Music for Airports": [ [http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/songs/rtrc/it1.htm "I Travel" at simpleminds.org] ] :Europe has a language problem,:Talk, talk, talk, talk, talking on.:In central Europe,:Men are marching,:Marching on and marching on.:Love songs playing in the restaurants,:Airport playing Brian Eno.

Track listing

# "I Travel"
# "Today I Died Again"
# "Celebrate"
# "This Fear of Gods"
# "Capital City"
# "Constantinople Line"
# "Twist/Run/Repulsion"
# "Thirty Frames a Second"
# "Kant-Kino"
# "Room"

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