Title: Return to Krautrock
Product review: With original bassist Derek Forbes and producer Peter Walsh back on board the band return to their Krautrock roots. After the stadium rock of 1995's Good News From The Next World, this, the band's 12th studio album, does a U-turn towards the cool soundscapes of 1982's classic New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84). This makes for a better album. But while there's less pomposity than before, there's still plenty of pose and faux-U2isms, and touches of their Euro-trash lifestyles. Walsh does a good job in the studio mixing in humming synths, distorted vocals, and beautifully numbing guitar. Songs like Glitterball, War Babies and Killing Andy Warhol have an oddly familiar feel but are great songs nonetheless. Once a bloated monster, Simple Minds have shed a few pounds and are now a lither, leaner music machine.
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