ROCK • A • RAMA

Whether by coincidence or not, Simple Minds have connected up with producer Steve Lilly white, and their sound has moved noticeably closer to U-know-2. Singer Jim Kerr is now cutting his Ferryfied approach with some blatant Bonoisms, resulting in some moves towards an original synthesis, while the rhythm section has left behind its pseudo-funk plod for a more fluid, yet still physical, method of movement.