Good News from the Next World

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.

Good News from the Next World
Studio album by
Simple Minds
Released30 January 1995
StudioBonnie Wee Studios, Scotland, UK;
Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland;
Conway, Westlake & Track Records, Los Angeles, California
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: 1995
  2. "Hypnotised"
    Released: March 1995

Overview

The album garnered moderate commercial success. In the UK, it reached number 2 and produced two UK top 20 hits: "She's a River" (number 9) and "Hypnotised" (number 18).

"She's a River", inspired by Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha,[2] was also a commercial success worldwide, reaching number 2 in Italy, number 3 in Canada, number 6 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart (now the Mainstream Rock chart) and number 52 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was their first hit in the United States since "See the Lights" in 1991.[3]

"Hypnotised" was less successful globally, though charting in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland and Italy.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Canoe.ca[5]
CMJfavourable[6]
Melody Makerunfavourable[7]
Rolling Stonefavourable[8]
Q[9]
Time Outfavourable[10]
Voxunfavourable[11]

Good News from the Next World received favourable reviews among critics in the United States. In the U.K. it received mixed reviews. John Harris wrote in Melody Maker that the album "approximates the noise that would be made if the entire contents of a music shop were strapped to an Empire transport ship from Star Wars", adding "for all its cod-Wagnerian vastness, there are no tunes."[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.

No.TitleLength
1."She's a River"5:32
2."Night Music"5:24
3."Hypnotised"5:53
4."Great Leap Forward"5:56
5."7 Deadly Sins"5:11
6."And the Band Played On"5:32
7."My Life"5:16
8."Criminal World"5:03
9."This Time"4:58
10."Celtic Strings (Bonus track on Japanese edition)"5:15

Personnel

Additional musicians

  • Keith Forsey – producer
  • Simple Minds - producer
  • Brian Reeves – recording
  • Tom Lord Alge – mixing
  • Mark Browne – bass
  • Malcolm Foster – bass
  • Marcus Miller – bass
  • Lance Morrison – bass
  • Mark Schulman – drums
  • Tal Bergman – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
  • Stefani Spruill – backing vocals
  • Pat Hodges – backing vocals
  • Maxann Lewis – backing vocals
  • Julia Walters – backing vocals
  • Chris Fogel – assistant engineer
  • Sean O'Dwyer – assistant engineer
  • Rob Kirwan – assistant engineer
  • Gil Morales – assistant engineer
  • Kenny Polakovich – assistant engineer
  • Doug Cowan – technical direction
  • Tony Donald – equipment
  • Clive Banks for CBL – worldwide representation
  • Alan McBlane – coordination
  • Stylorouge – art direction and design
  • David Scheinmann – band photography
  • Rob O'Conner – textural photography
  • Stuar MacKenzie – textural photography

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[57] Gold 25,000*
France (SNEP)[58] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[59] Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[60] 3× Gold 150,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[61] Gold 25,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[62] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[63] Gold 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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