- rock, electronic, new wave, synth-pop
- 40 min
- 8 tracks
- A&M Records
Once Upon a Time is the seventh studio album by the Scottish rock band Simple Minds, released on 21 October 1985 by Virgin Records. Featuring the singles "Alive and Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", "All the Things She Said" and "Ghost Dancing", it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard 200.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Once Upon a Time5:46
- 2All the Things She Said4:16
- 3Ghost Dancing4:45
- 4Alive and Kicking5:25
- 5Oh Jungleland5:14
- 6I Wish You Were Here4:43
- 7Sanctify Yourself5:01
- 8Come a Long Way5:06
8 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Simple Minds
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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