Themes for Great Cities 79/81

Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81
Compilation album by Simple Minds
Released	November 1981
Genre	Rock
Label	Stiff
Producer	Steve Hillage
Simple Minds chronology
Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981) Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81 (1981) Celebration (1982)

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Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81 is an American-only compilation album by Simple Minds. It was released in November 1981 by Stiff Records. At the time, the only Simple Minds album released in the US was Life in a Day and this was designed to introduce the American audience to their other albums (which would soon be issued there by Virgin).

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Travel"	3:56
2.	"Celebrate"	5:09
3.	"In Trance as Mission"	6:51
4.	"Thirty Frames a Second"	5:14

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Premonition"	5:29
2.	"Sweat in Bullet" (Single Edit Remix)	3:05
3.	"Love Song" (Single Edit)	3:54
4.	"The American"	3:51
5.	"Theme for Great Cities"	5:50

Personnel

• Charles Burchill – guitars
• Derek Forbes – bass
• Brian McGee – drums
• Michael MacNeil – keyboards
• Jim Kerr – vocals