40: The Best of 1979–2019

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Waterfront
  4:46
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Love Song
  3:53
  3.6 ★
• 3
  I Travel
  3:09
• 4
  Glittering Prize
  3:59
• 5
  Sense of Discovery
  3:31
• 6
  The American
  3:34
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Up On the Catwalk
  4:05
• 8
  She’s a River
  4:29
  2.5 ★
• 9
  Someone Somewhere in Summertime
  3:58
• 10
  See the Lights
  3:55
• 11
  Jeweller to the Stars
  3:34
• 12
  War Babies
  4:18
• 13
  Belfast Child
  5:14
• CD 2
• 1
  Home
  4:05
• 2
  Magic
  3:23
• 3
  Promised You a Miracle
  3:58
• 4
  This Is Your Land
  5:02
• 5
  Honest Town
  3:48
• 6
  Glittering Prize (acoustic)
  4:06
• 7
  Waterfront (acoustic)
  5:17
• 8
  See the Lights (acoustic)
  4:59
• 9
  Let There Be Love
  4:44
• 10
  New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
  4:47
• 11
  All the Things She Said
  3:58
• 12
  Once Upon a Time
  5:45
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Don’t You (Forget About Me)
  4:20
  4.2 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Chelsea Girl
  3:57
• 2
  Cry
  3:55
• 3
  Hypnotised
  4:34
• 4
  Stars Will Lead the Way
  3:27
• 5
  For One Night Only
  3:46
• 6
  Theme for Great Cities
  5:51
  4.6 ★
• 7
  Life in a Day
  4:06
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Changeling
  3:30
• 9
  Celebrate
  2:53
• 10
  Blindfolded
  5:22
• 11
  Sanctify Yourself
  3:57
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Mandela Day
  4:08
• 13
  Speed Your Love to Me
  4:03
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Alive and Kicking
  4:46
  3.5 ★

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Release credits

• Andy Gillespie
  keyboard [10]
• Andy Wright
  additional [10], producer [6-8], programming [6-8]
• Bob Clearmountain
  producer [1.2, 1.6, 2.12, 3.6, 3.11, 3.14]
• Brian McGee
  drums (drum set) [1.2, 3.6-7], percussion [7], vocal [7]
• Charlie Burchill
  accordion [6-8], arranger [6-8], guitar [2.6-8, 1.2, 3.6-7, 3.10], keyboard [10], programming [2.6-8, 3.10], vocal [7]
• Cherisse Osei
  percussion [6-8]
• Clinton Outten
  background vocals [10]
• David Bascombe
  remixer [12]
• Derek Forbes
  bass guitar [1.2, 3.6-7], vocal [7]
• Gavin Goldberg
  additional [10], engineer [6-8], mix [3.10, 2.6-8], producer [6-8], programming [6-8]
• Ged Grimes
  background vocals [6-8], bass [6-8], bass guitar [10]
• Gordon Goudie
  additional [6-8], guitar [6-8], harmonica [6-8]
• Heff Moraes
  editor [9], engineer [9]
• Howard Gray
  engineer [1]
• Hugh Jones
  engineer [3.6, 1.6]
• Jez Coad
  mix [13]
• Jim Kerr
  lead vocals [3.7, 3.10, 2.6-8], vocal [3.6, 1.2]
• Jimmy Iovine
  producer [3.6, 3.11, 3.14, 1.2, 1.6, 2.12]
• John Leckie
  arranger [7], engineer [7], producer [7]
• Julian Mendelsohn
  editor [9], mix [9]
• Keith Forsey
  producer [1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 2.13]
• Lewis Chapman
  additional [6-8], assistant [10], percussion [6-8], programming [6-8]
• Lewis Murray
  assistant [6-8]
• Lou Reed
  performer [9]
• Mark McKenna
  engineer [12]
• Martin White
  assistant [12]
• Mel Gaynor
  membranophone [10]
• Michael MacNeil
  keyboard [7], vocal [7]
• Michael MacNeill
  keyboard [3.6, 1.2]
• Moira Marquis
  engineer [12]
• Peter Walsh
  producer [2.3, 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 3.13]
• Ronan Fay
  assistant [6-8]
• Sarah Brown
  background vocals [2.6-8, 3.10]
• Simple Minds
  arranger [7], performer [13], producer [3.10, 2.6-8, 1.8]
• Stephen Lipson
  editor [9], producer [4, 9]
• Steve Hillage
  producer [3.6, 1.2, 1.6]
• Steve Lillywhite
  producer [1]
• Steve Osborne
  producer [10], programming [10]
• Tom Dalgety
  additional [10]
• Tom Lord‐Alge
  editor [3], mix [8]
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Issues

• 

  4
  40: The Best of 1979–2019

  3x CD
  1 November 2019
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  4
  40: The Best of 1979–2019

  CD
  1 November 2019