Good News from the Next World

Good News from the Next World
Studio album by
Simple Minds
Released30 January 1995
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
Genre
Length48:20[1]
LabelVirgin
Producer
Simple Minds chronology
Glittering Prize 81/92
(1992) 		Good News from the Next World
(1995) 		The Promised
(1997)
Simple Minds studio albums chronology
Real Life
(1991) 		Good News from the Next World
(1995) 		Néapolis
(1998)
Singles from Good News from the Next World
  1. "She's a River"
    Released: 11 January 1995[2]
  2. "Hypnotised"
    Released: 27 March 1995[3]

Good News from the Next World is the tenth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in January 1995 by record label Virgin.

The album's recording started in the band's own studio in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1993, and finished in Los Angeles, US, in summer 1994.[4] The two original band members – singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill – wrote all nine tracks on the album. They were joined by a number of guest musicians for recording sessions. Keith Forsey, who had previously worked with Simple Minds on their breakout single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", shares producing credits with the band.

In some markets the album performed somewhat better than their previous record, Real Life (1991), but it quickly faded from public attention, producing only two moderately successful hit singles.[5]

  1. ^ "Good News from the Next World". Amazon Germany.
  2. ^ "シーズ・ア・リバー | シンプル・マインズ" [She's a River | Simple Minds] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 25 March 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Good News From The Next World". simpleminds.com. 30 January 1995. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ Good News from the Next World - Simple Minds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 8 August 2021