On March 6, UMC will revisit Simple Minds’ 1989 album with Street Fighting Years to the tune of a 4-CD box set.  The cinematic Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson-produced LP featured the band’s first U.K. No. 1, “Belfast Child,” even as the group underwent personnel changes.  This expanded edition is the latest in UMC’s ongoing Simple Minds reissue series and features a newly remastered version of the album (undertaken by Andrew Walters at Abbey Road Studios) alongside a disc of B-sides, edits and 12″ remixes.  The box is rounded out by a previously unreleased live show from Verona on September 15, 1989. In a switch that’s sure to surprise fans, no surround sound mix is included.

2-CD and 2-LP editions of Street Fighting Years will also be released.  The CD configuration features the first two discs of the big box set, while the double vinyl features the core album remastered.  Though the Amazon U.S. links for these editions are not yet active (you’ll find placeholders below), the title can currently be imported from the U.K.  Check out the track listings and pre-order your copy below!

Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years: Super Deluxe Edition [4-CD] (Virgin/UMC, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: Original album (released as Virgin MINDS 1 (U.K.), 1989)

1. Street Fighting Years
2. Soul Crying Out
3. Wall Of Love
4. This Is Your Land
5. Take a Step Back
6. Kick It In
7. Let It All Come Down
8. Mandela Day
9. Belfast Child
10. Biko
11. When Spirits Rise

Disc 2: Edits, B-sides and Remixes

1. Belfast Child (Edit)
2. Mandela Day (Edit)
3. This Is Your Land (Edit)
4. Saturday Girl
5. War Of The Dragon
6. This Is Your Land (DJ Version)
7. Kick It In (Edit)
8. Waterfront (’89 Remix)
9. Big Sleep (Live)
10. Kick It In (Unauthorised Mix)
11. Sign O’ The Times (Edit)
12. Let It All Come Down (Edit)
13. Sign O’ The Times
14. Jerusalem
15. Sign O’ The Times (CJ Mackintosh Remix)

Track 1 from Virgin promo single SMDJ 3, 1989
Track 2 from A&M U.S. promo CD single – CD 17882, 1989
Track 3 from A&M U.S. promo CD single – CD 17779, 1989
Tracks 4-5 from “This Is Your Land” 12″ single – Virgin SMXT 4, 1989
Track 6 from Virgin promo single SMDJ 4, 1989
Tracks 7-9 from “Kick It In” 12″ single – Virgin SMXT 5, 1989
Track 10 from “Kick It In” CD single – Virgin THEME 18, 1990
Track 11 from Virgin promo CD BRUCE 4, 1989
Tracks 12-14 from The Amsterdam EP – Virgin SMXT 6, 1989
Track 15 from Virgin 12″ promo DJSMXT 6, 1989

Discs 3-4: Live at Arena di Verona, Italy – 9/15/1989 (previously unreleased)

1. Theme for Great Cities ’90
2. When Spirits Rise
3. Street Fighting Years
4. Mandela Day
5. This Is Your Land
6. Soul Crying Out
7. Waterfront
8. Ghost Dancing
9. Book Of Brilliant Things
10. Don’t You (Forget About Me)

1. Gaelic Melody
2. Kick It In
3. Let It All Come Down
4. Belfast Child
5. Sun City
6. Biko
7. Sanctify Yourself
8. East At Easter
9. Alive and Kicking

Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years: Deluxe Edition [2-CD] (Virgin/UMC, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Disc 1: Original album (released as Virgin MINDS 1 (U.K.), 1989)

1. Street Fighting Years
2. Soul Crying Out
3. Wall Of Love
4. This Is Your Land
5. Take a Step Back
6. Kick It In
7. Let It All Come Down
8. Mandela Day
9. Belfast Child
10. Biko
11. When Spirits Rise

Disc 2: Edits, B-sides and Remixes

1. Belfast Child (Edit)
2. Mandela Day (Edit)
3. This Is Your Land (Edit)
4. Saturday Girl
5. War Of The Dragon
6. This Is Your Land (DJ Version)
7. Kick It In (Edit)
8. Waterfront (’89 Remix)
9. Big Sleep (Live)
10. Kick It In (Unauthorised Mix)
11. Sign O’ The Times (Edit)
12. Let It All Come Down (Edit)
13. Sign O’ The Times
14. Jerusalem
15. Sign O’ The Times (CJ Mackintosh Remix)

Track 1 from Virgin promo single SMDJ 3, 1989
Track 2 from A&M U.S. promo CD single – CD 17882, 1989
Track 3 from A&M U.S. promo CD single – CD 17779, 1989
Tracks 4-5 from “This Is Your Land” 12″ single – Virgin SMXT 4, 1989
Track 6 from Virgin promo single SMDJ 4, 1989
Tracks 7-9 from “Kick It In” 12″ single – Virgin SMXT 5, 1989
Track 10 from “Kick It In” CD single – Virgin THEME 18, 1990
Track 11 from Virgin promo CD BRUCE 4, 1989
Tracks 12-14 from The Amsterdam EP – Virgin SMXT 6, 1989
Track 15 from Virgin 12″ promo DJSMXT 6, 1989

Simple Minds, Street Fighting Years: Remastered [2-LD] (Virgin/UMC, 2020) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada)

Side 1:

1. Street Fighting Years
2. Soul Crying Out
3. Wall Of Love

Side 2:

1. This Is Your Land
2. Take A Step Back
3. Kick It In

Side 3:

1. Let It All Come Down
2. Mandela Day
3. Belfast Child

Side 4:

1. Biko
2. When Spirits Rise