Silver Box
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Silver Box is a 5-CD box set by Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...

, released on October 18, 2004, mostly made up of previously unreleased demos, radio & TV sessions and various live recordings from 1979 to 1995...

It also includes - as a final bonus disc - the studio album Our Secrets Are the Same, Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...

' genuine twelfth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

, originally recorded between April and June 1999 and originally planned to be released on its own in early 2000 but delayed many times and even cancelled until it finally was included in this box set.

CD #1

  1. "Life in a Day" Live, London for the 'BBC In Concert' Series, 8 September 1979.
  2. "Chelsea Girl" Live, London for the 'BBC In Concert' Series, 8 September 1979.
  3. "Here Comes the Fool" Live, London for the 'BBC In Concert' Series, 8 September 1979.
  4. "Changeling" Session recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19 December 1979.
  5. "Premonition" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19 December 1979.
  6. "Citizen (Dance Of Youth)" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19 December 1979.
  7. "Room" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 19 December 1979.
  8. "I Travel" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  9. "Celebrate" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  10. "Thirty Frames a Second" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  11. "Twist/Run/Repulsion" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  12. "Capital City" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  13. "New Warm Skin" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  14. "Constantinople Line" Demo for the album Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance
    Empires and Dance is the third studio album by Simple Minds, released in 1980. It charted poorly, peaking at only #41 in the UK Albums Chart. According to the Allmusic review of the album, this is primarily because the record company Arista only released a small number of copies at a time before...

  15. "Careful in Career" Demo for the album Sister Feelings Call

CD #2

  1. "The American" Demo for the album Sons and Fascination
  2. "Life in Oils" Demo for the album Sons and Fascination
  3. "Sweat in Bullet" Demo for the album Sons and Fascination
  4. "Love Song" Demo for the album Sons and Fascination
  5. "Promised You a Miracle" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 11 February 1982.
  6. "In Trance as Mission" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 11 February 1982.
  7. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 26 August 1982.
  8. "Glittering Prize" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 26 August 1982.
  9. "Hunter & the Hunted" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 26 August 1982.
  10. "The Kick Inside of Me" Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, London, 11 September 1983.
  11. "New Gold Dream" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 5 January 1985.
  12. "Don't You (Forget about Me)
    Don't You (Forget About Me)
    "Don't You " is a song known for its being in the soundtrack to the film The Breakfast Club and performed by the band Simple Minds in 1985. The songwriters were producer Keith Forsey "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song known for its being in the soundtrack to the film The Breakfast Club and...

    " Rehearsal for 'Live Aid', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10 July 1985.

CD #3

  1. "Waterfront" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  2. "Ghost Dancing" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  3. "Book of Brilliant Things" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  4. "Once Upon a Time" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  5. "All the Things She Said" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  6. "Alive & Kicking" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  7. "Sanctify Yourself" Live at The Ahoy, Rotterdam, 3 December 1985.
  8. "Mandela Day" Live at Wembley Stadium, London, 11 June 1988.
  9. "Real Life" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  10. "See the Lights" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.

CD #4

  1. "Travelling Man" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  2. "East at Easter" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  3. "Banging on the Door" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  4. "Stand by Love" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  5. "Oh Jungleland" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  6. "King Is White & in the Crowd" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  7. "Big Sleep" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  8. "Let There Be Love" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  9. "Ghostrider" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  10. "Belfast Child" Live at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow, 13 August 1991.
  11. "She's a River" Live at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 10 September 1995.
  12. "Up on the Catwalk" Live at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 10 September 1995.
  13. "Hypnotised" Live at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 10 September 1995.

CD #5: Our Secrets Are the Same

  1. "Swimming Towards the Sun"
  2. "Jeweller to the Stars"
  3. "Space"
  4. "Death by Chocolate"
  5. "Waiting at the End of the World"
  6. "Neon Cowboys"
  7. "She Knows"
  8. "Hello"
  9. "Happy Is the Man"
  10. "Sleeping"
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