Themes for Great Cities 79/81

Themes for Great Cities – Definitive Collection 79–81 is an American-only^[3] 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).

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(C-)[2]

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