- Released on the 9th November 2018, 80's Symphonic collected some of decade's most iconic songs and
rearranged them for a 50-piece orchestra.
- Alongside tracks by David Bowie, a-Ha and Ultravox was a new orchestrated version
of Alive And Kicking.
- Most of the tracks were produced by Andy Wright working with
Gavin Goldberg, the team who produced Big Music,
Acoustic and
Walk Between Worlds.
- The arrangements were by Sam Swallow who'd also arranged the orchestral backings on
Walk Between Worlds.
- And, in another Simple Minds connection, the sleeve was designed by Stuart Crouch of Peacock and Stuart Crouch Creative.
He'd been working on Simple Minds' artwork since
Celebrate: The Greatest Hits.
- Alive And Kicking was released on the 1st November 2018, nine
days before the album. It was given its own artwork, which was based on the cover of the album.
- A tiny number of single-track CD promos were also distributed. These featured the same, full-length version of
Alive And Kicking.
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