Live in the City of Light

Infobox Album
Name = Live in the City of Light
Type = Live album
Artist = Simple Minds


Released = May 11, 1987
Recorded = August 12, 1986 at Le Zenith, Paris, France
Genre = Rock
Length = 82:22
Label = Virgin - SMDL 1
Producer = Bruce Lampcov
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39frxqu5ld6e link]
Last album = "Once Upon a Time"
(1985)
This album = "Live In The City of Light"
(1987)
Next album = "Street Fighting Years"
(1989)

"Live in the City of Light" is a live album by Simple Minds. It was released to document their successful worldwide "Once Upon a Time" tour, Simple Minds The album is a double-live set and was released in 1987, which was recorded primarily in Paris in 1986. Following the lead of other socially conscious bands, including U2, Simple Minds' tour promoted the work of Amnesty International.

Inspired by Peter Gabriel, with whom they toured in the early 1980s, Simple Minds headlined a series of concerts throughout the US and Europe in 1988 with numerous other politically-minded artists (including Gabriel) known as "Freedomfest," designed to highlight the evils of apartheid in South Africa. The band wrote the song "Mandela Day" specifically for this series of concerts, and the song would appear on their next album. The album charted at #1 in the UK.

Track listing

ide one

tracklist
title1 = Ghostdancing
length1 = 7:22
title2 = Big Sleep
length2 = 4:27
title3 = Waterfront
length3 = 5:21
title4 = Promised You a Miracle
length4 = 4:38

ide two

tracklist
title5 = Someone, Somewhere in Summertime
length5 = 5:59
title6 = Oh Jungleland
length6 = 6:35
title7 = Alive & Kicking
length7 = 6:27

ide three

tracklist
title8 = Don't You (Forget About Me)
length8 = 6:37
title9 = Once Upon a Time
length9 = 6:06
title10 = Book of Brilliant Things
length10 = 4:53
title11 = East at Easter
length11 = 4:20

ide four

tracklist
title12 = Sanctify Yourself
length12 = 7:06
title13 = Love Song" - "Sun City" - "Dance to the Music
length13 = 7:02
title14 = New Gold Dream
length14 = 5:31

*Recorded live at Le Zenith, Paris, August 12/13, 1986
*"Someone, Somewhere in Summertime" recorded live at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Australia, October 1986

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before = "It's Better to Travel" by Swing Out Sister
title = UK number one album
years = June 6, 1987 – June 12, 1987
after = "Whitney" by Whitney Houston