Graffiti Soul | ||||
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Released | 25 May 2009 | |||
Recorded | August – October 2008 | |||
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Genre | Pop rock, synth-pop | |||
Length | 42:52 | |||
Label | The Universal Music Record Label | |||
Producer | Jez Coad, Simple Minds | |||
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Singles from Graffiti Soul | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (58/100)[3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Contactmusic.com | (favourable)[6] |
Mojo | [10] |
NME | (5/10)[11] |
PopMatters | (5/10)[5] |
Q | [9] |
The Quietus | (favourable)[12] |
Record Collector | [13] |
Daily Telegraph | [7] |
The Times | [8] |
Graffiti Soul is the fifteenth studio album (of original material) by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released in May 2009.
On 31 May 2009, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 10, becoming Simple Minds' first UK top ten album in 14 years, since the release of their 1995 album Good News from the Next World.
In early April 2009, the video for the single "Rockets" was made available via the band's official website.