℗ 2022 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
| Released | October 21, 2022 |
| Duration | 47m 59s |
| Record Label | BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd |
| Genre | Rock |
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1.1
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Vision Thing
Simple Minds |
4:39 | |||
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1.2
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First You Jump
Simple Minds |
4:23 | |||
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1.3
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Human Traffic
Simple Minds |
4:17 | |||
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1.4
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Who Killed Truth?
Simple Minds |
3:58 | |||
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1.5
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Solstice Kiss
Simple Minds |
5:23 | |||
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1.6
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Act of Love
Simple Minds |
4:00 | |||
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1.7
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Natural
Simple Minds |
3:26 | |||
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1.8
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Planet Zero
Simple Minds |
4:10 | |||
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1.9
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The Walls Came Down
Simple Minds |
3:54 | |||
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1.10
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Direction of the Heart (Taormina 2022)
Simple Minds |
4:55 | |||
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1.11
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Wondertimes
Simple Minds |
4:54 |
Simple Minds newest release Direction of the Heart, their 19th studio album, arrives via BMG Rights Management. It's the band's first album of new material since 2018's Walk Between Worlds and was heralded by lead single "Vision Thing" - a tribute to Jim Kerr's "best pal", his father who passed away in 2019.
Most of the new album's tracks were written, created and demoed in Sicily (where both Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill live). Unable to come to the UK because of COVID-19 quarantine rules, Simple Minds recorded the album at Hamburg's Chameleon Studios.
"How to make a feel-good 'Electro-rock' record, during the very worst of times? Direction Of The Heart is the result of that challenge. Who would have thought we'd have so much fun creating it?"
- Simple Minds
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd Studio Masters
Tracks 1-5, 7-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Track 6 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-5, 7-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM Track 6 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.10 -0.10 to -0.10 | -9.39 -10.22 to -8.38 | -6.75 -7.90 to -5.70 | 5 4 to 6 | |
| 1 | Vision Thing | 0.00 | -9.71 | -7.1 | 5 |
| 2 | First You Jump | 0.00 | -8.38 | -5.7 | 4 |
| 3 | Human Traffic | 0.00 | -8.86 | -6.3 | 5 |
| 4 | Who Killed Truth? | 0.00 | -9.05 | -6.3 | 5 |
| 5 | Solstice Kiss | 0.00 | -10.22 | -7.9 | 5 |
| 6 | Act of Love | -0.10 | -9.36 | -7.3 | 5 |
| 7 | Natural | 0.00 | -8.89 | -6.1 | 4 |
| 8 | Planet Zero | 0.00 | -8.75 | -6.5 | 5 |
| 9 | The Walls Came Down | 0.00 | -9.81 | -6.9 | 5 |
| 10 | Direction of the Heart (Taormina 2022) | 0.00 | -10.20 | -7.4 | 6 |
| 11 | Wondertimes | 0.00 | -10.09 | -6.8 | 5 |