New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) is the fifth studio album by the Scottish band Simple Minds. The album was released in September 1982 by record label Virgin. It is considered one of the defining albums of the new pop movement of the early 1980s. It spawned the commercially successful singles "Promised You a Miracle" released in April 1982, "Glittering Prize" released in August 1982, and “Someone Somewhere in Summertime" released in November 1982. The album's title track, "New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)", saw a limited release in Italy in March 1983 following the band's Italian leg of their supporting tour. The release of New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) was considered a turning point for the band, whose previous studio albums did not gain significant commercial success. Lead singer Jim Kerr said that "every band or artist with a history has an album that's their Holy Grail, I suppose New Gold Dream was ours", and that the recording of the album was "a special time because we were really beginning...

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