Simple Minds - Graffiti Soul (Limited Edition) (2009).
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dazzle Ships (.Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Sugar Tax (1991).Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (1989).Simple Minds - Good News From The Next World (1995).Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Orchestral Man.Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture &.Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The Pacific Ag.The Gits - Frenching The Bully (1992) ☠.The Gits - Enter: The Conquering Chicken (1993) ☠.Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever (1987)."Pandora's Box" - Sugar Tax is for the most part just there Even at its most active - "Call My Name" and Sample collages made up of moon-landing broadcasts, though the song Inspiration, Sugar Tax includes a pleasant cover of Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights," with guest vocals by Christine Mellor, while "Apollo XI" uses Dazzle Ships-styled Results lack an essential spark (Holmes' drumming creativity beingĮspecially missed). Without his longtime bandmates to help him, the Into calmer waters recorded entirely by himself outside of some guitarįrom Stuart Boyle.
Giddy, playful romp that showed McCluskey still hadn't lost his touch entirely, and which became OMD'sīiggest single at home since "Souvenir." Beyond that, though, the albumĬan best be described as pleasant instead of memorable, an exploration Start: "Sailing on the Seven Seas," with glam-styled beats underpinning a There was one definite redeeming number at the Resulted in his fine singing style surrounded by pedestrian arrangementsĪnd indifferent songs. Like fellow refugees from the early '80s such asīilly Mackenzie and Marc Almond, McCluskeyįound himself bedeviled in the early '90s with an artistic block that Is comfortably settled into a less-spectacular range of songs that only Wouldn't be revisited anyway, for better or for worse, but instead ofĭelightful confections with subtle heft like "Enola Gay" and "Tesla The answer, based on the album - not entirely. Someone who clearly could balance artistic and commercial impulses in a With the split between McCluskey and the rest of the band resolved by the former's decision to carry on with the band's name on his own, the question before Sugar Tax'sĪppearance was whether the change would spark a new era of success for