| Celebration | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Simple Minds |
| Cover: | Celebrationsimpleminds.jpg |
| Released: | 5 February 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1979–1980 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | John Leckie |
| Prev Title: | Themes for Great Cities 79/81 |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Celebration is a compilation album by Simple Minds, released in 1982. The compilation features tracks from the band's first three albums released during their tenure on the Arista Records label, prior to their move to Virgin Records in 1981. One of the tracks, "Kaleidoscope", was exclusive to this CD and LP until it appeared on the X5 box set in 2012.[1] [2] [3]
Originally released by Arista Records in February 1982, the album spent six weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 45 in March 1982. To promote the album, Arista reissued the single "I Travel" which failed to reach the charts.
The album was reissued by Virgin Records later that year after Virgin had acquired the rights to Simple Minds back catalouge. Virgin released it on CD in 1989, mistakenly including the track "Kant-Kino" which was not listed on the sleeve. A 2001 CD release by the dutch Disky label featured additional artwork.
The back of the cover feature a photograph of the band taken at Glasgow Botanic Gardens in 1980.
In NME, writer Paul Morley reviewed the album in the form of a letter addressed to Jim Kerr. Morley described the compilation as "a pretty desperate looking" release, "put together with only a very tiny fraction of thought." "Still, the second side helps go some way to underlining why Simple Minds have made such an impression on my life."[4]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| France SNEP Compilation Albums Chart[5] | 162 | |
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 45 |