Big Music (Simple Minds album)

For the Machinations album, see Big Music (Machinations album).

Big Music
Studio album by
Simple Minds
Released31 October 2014
RecordedMay 2009 – August 2014[1]
VenueLondon, Bath, Ireland
GenrePop Rock, Synth-Pop
Length51:44
LabelCaroline International/Universal, Sony Music
ProducerGavin Goldberg, Steve Osborne, Owen Parker, Simple Minds, Andy Wright
Simple Minds chronology
Celebrate: The Greatest Hits
(2013) 		Big Music
(2014) 		Live – Big Music Tour 2015
(2015)
Simple Minds studio albums chronology
Graffiti Soul
(2009) 		Big Music
(2014) 		Acoustic
(2016)
Singles from Big Music
  1. "Honest Town"
    Released: 10 October 2014
  2. "Let the Day Begin"
    Released: 13 December 2014
  3. "Midnight Walking"
    Released: 9 February 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Daily Telegraph[4]
The Guardian[5]
Hot Press"HotPress"[6]
The Irish Times[7]
London Evening Standard[8]
musicOMH[9]
Record Collector[10]
Shields Gazette7/10[11]
The Yorkshire Times4/5[12]
MOJO magazine[13]

Big Music is the sixteenth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was released on 31 October 2014 by Sony Music.[14] "Honest Town" was released as the lead single on 10 October 2014. The album was available to stream from 28 October 2014.[15]

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  2. ^ "Critic Reviews for Big Music". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Big Music – Simple Minds". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ Brown, Helen (31 October 2014). "Simple Minds, Big Music, review: 'retro heartache made new-Millennial'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. ^ Bakare, Lanre (30 October 2014). "Simple Minds: Big Music review – epic, over the top, and all the better for it". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Tyaransen, Olaf (31 October 2014). "Simple Minds 'Big Music' - Album Review". Hot Press. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. ^ Clayton-Lea, Tony (31 October 2014). "Simple Minds: Big Music". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Albums of the week (Oct 31-Nov 6)". London Evening Standard. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  9. ^ Hogwood, Ben (9 November 2014). "Simple Minds – Big Music". musicOMH. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  10. ^ Easlea, Daryl. "Simple Minds – Big Music". Record Collector. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  11. ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: Simple Minds – Big Music". Shields Gazette. Johnston Press. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  12. ^ Clark, Graham (14 November 2014). "Album Review: Simple Minds – Big Music (Caroline Records)". The Yorkshire Times. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Simple Minds & B-52's – Horncastle Arena, Thursday 16 February 2017". vbase.co.nz. September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  14. ^ ""Big Music (Deluxe Edition)" von Simple Minds auf Apple Music". iTunes.
  15. ^ music, Guardian (28 October 2014). "Simple Minds - Big Music: Exclusive album stream". The Guardian.