Street Fighting Years

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A1	Street Fighting Years
A2	Soul Crying Out
A3	Wall Of Love
A4	This Is Your Land Vocals [Cameo] – Lou Reed
A5	Take A Step Back
B1	Kick It In
B2	Let It All Come Down Written By – Simple MindsWritten-By – John Giblin
B3	Mandela Day
B4	Belfast Child Lyrics By – Simple MindsWritten-By – Traditional
B5	Biko Written-By – Peter Gabriel
B6	When Spirits Rise

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Charles Burchill*
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – John Altman
• Artwork [" The Beauty Of Fractals "] – Peitgen*, Richter*
• Backing Vocals – Lorna Bannon
• Bagpipes – Roger Sharp
• Bass Guitar – John Giblin, Stephen Lipson
• Cello – Sheena McKenzie, William Lithgow
• Coordinator [Co-ordination] – Jane Ventom
• Design – Assorted Images
• Drums – Manu Katche*, Mel Gaynor
• Engineer – Heff Moraes, Robin Hancock
• Engineer [Assistant] – Danton Supple, Martin Plant
• Management [Managed By] – Bruce Findlay, Jimmy Devlin, Robert White , Sandra Dods
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Other [Logistics] – Paul Kerr
• Other [Nourishment] – Ying Ho Au Yeung
• Other [Talk & Encouragement] – Gary Wathen, Jon Webster, Simon Draper, Steve Lewis, Steve Ralbovsky & Gil Friesen, Willie Richardson
• Percussion – Abdul M'Boup*, Leroy Williams, Sydney Thiam
• Photography By – Guido Harari, NASA/Science Photo Library
• Piano, Accordion, Keyboards [Electronic] – Michael MacNeil
• Producer – Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
• Technician [Technical Master] – Dougie Cowan
• Tin Whistle [Pennywhistle], Bodhrán – Maureen Kerr
• Violin – Lisa Germano
• Vocals – Jim Kerr
• Written-By – Simple Minds (tracks: A1 to B3, B6)

Notes

Made in Scotland March '88 - March '89.
All digitally recorded and mixed analogue i.e. "dad".
Mastered at Masterdisk.

"Street Fighting Years" song written in memory of Victor Hara.
Special thanks to Stewart Copeland - "The Rhythmatist".
Lou Reed courtesy of Sire/WEA Records.

All titles published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. except
track B2 Copyright Control Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and
track B5 published by Peter Gabriel Ltd.
℗ & © 1989 Virgin Records Ltd.

Printed in West Germany by TOPAC

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 012981 555146
• Label Code: LC 3098
• Other: D: 630
• Other: F: PM463
• Rights Society: GEMA STEMRA BIEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MINDSCD1, MINDSCD 1, 0777 7 86443 2 3	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, Virgin	MINDSCD1, MINDSCD 1, 0777 7 86443 2 3	Netherlands	1989
MSC.1234	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Musicals	MSC.1234	Thailand	Unknown
72438-13022-2-4	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin	72438-13022-2-4	US	2003
TC-MIND SC 1	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin, EMI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd	TC-MIND SC 1	Malaysia	1989
409 785, MINDSC1	Simple Minds	Street Fighting Years ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	409 785, MINDSC1	Europe	1989

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