Today (February 6th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of
Sparkle in the Rain, the sixth studio album from the Scottish band Simple Minds. Following
New Gold Dream from the previous year (click
here for that review), this 1984 release went to number 64 on the US Billboard Album chart (with a twenty-four week stay on the chart), number 19 in Switzerland, number 17 in France, number 15 in Australia, number 2 in the Netherlands and Sweden, and number 1 in New Zealand and the UK.
