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one step closer: information

  • With One Step Closer getting favourable radio play in Belgium, and the Minds due to start a second session of Proms dates (as quick replacements for Roxette), PIAS decided to ride the wave of band's new high profile with a single release.

  • Fans were slightly disappointed: the single simply cherry picked choice selections from the previous singles; an exclusive non-album track of New Sunrise from the Spaceface release and a token remix of Cry from the previous Absolutely/Eagle singles.

  • It was the last Simple Minds release on both Eagle and PIAS, and also the rarest. Whilst the two-track promo and jewelcased commerical release are rare, there's also a three-track promo and perhaps a card sleeve edition of the single to track down.

  • The front cover photograph by band photographer Matthew Ashton, taken during The Floating World Tour, became the image for the band's Alive And Kicking 2003 outing, appearing on flyers and the tour programme.

  • As had become the pattern by now, Absolutely issued remixes of the title track several months later. However they did so under the name Biba Rom instead of Simple Minds. At this point, the Simple Minds discography started becoming very complicated.



one step closer: quick reference
CD   One Step Closer Eagle/PIAS 122.0244.122
1. One Step Closer[Edit]      (3:55)
2. New Sunrise(4:14)
3. Cry[Clubinvest Remix](6:56)







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