Simple Minds Vinyl Records
Scotland's Simple Minds evolved from artful late-'70s post-punks into global purveyors of pop grandeur with a string of U.K. chart-topping albums that includes 1984's Sparkle in the Rain and their global breakthrough Once Upon a Time. While the band was widely embraced at home, in Europe, and Oceania, it took the smash hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the film The Breakfast Club to break them in the U.S. Along with the similarly anthemic "Alive and Kicking," it remains their best-known Stateside hit, though they remained one of the U.K.'s biggest bands through the remainder of the decade.