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- Street Fighting Years
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Simple Minds
Released 1989

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07:34
989 plays

Let It All Come Down
04:56
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Soul Crying Out
06:07
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- Street Fighting Years
- 06:26
- 1,290 plays

- 2
- Soul Crying Out
- 06:07
- 975 plays

- 3
- Wall Of Love
- 05:20
- 799 plays

- 4
- This Is Your Land
- 06:22
- 880 plays

- 5
- Take A Step Back
- 04:22
- 798 plays

- 6
- Kick It In
- 06:11
- 838 plays

- 7
- Let It All Come Down
- 04:56
- 985 plays

- 8
- Mandela Day
- 05:45
- 1,492 plays

- 9
- Belfast Child
- 06:42
- 3,121 plays

- 10
- Biko
- 07:34
- 989 plays

- 11
- When Spirits Rise
- 02:01
- 686 plays

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album review

Their first proper new release since the commercial breakthrough of Once Upon a Time (a live album intervened) and Simple Minds makes a decidedly, noncommercial follow-up. Street Fighting Years is a moody, dark affair. The music is yearning and most of the songs are politically charged lyrically. It was a move that could (and did) bring commercial failure. However, Street Fighting Years is an artistic and elegant album that might lack immediate choruses but draws in the listener. The title track takes some dramatic turns that give the gentle melody added thrust. "Take a Step Back" pulsates and "Wall of Love" rocks with conviction. Slower tracks like the brooding "Let It All Come Down" and a spirited run through the traditional "Belfast Child" are well done. Other noteworthy tracks include a version of the Peter Gabriel classic "Biko" and the soaring "Mandela Day." It might not have satisfied the band's newly won fans, but Street Fighting Years is an interesting, enjoyable album with some truly lovely moments. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide