Big Music (album)

Big Music is the sixteenth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. It was released on 31 October 2014 by Sony Music. "Honest Town" was released as the lead single on 10 October 2014. The album was available to stream from 28 October 2014.

Background

During the recording of Simple Minds previous studio album Graffiti Soul, Jim Kerr stated: «We really are flowing with ideas at the moment and [...] I do feel that we are possibly writing two albums simultaneously at present.» Several tracks were omitted from Graffiti Soul so that the album had more focus. Possible candidates include "Six Degrees Of Separation", "Lotus Effect" and "Shaman".

According to Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr, Big Music has lots of power and passion, urgency and momentum, adding "it is energetic, it's got a raw power and a lot of vitality".

Recording

On 19 May 2014, it was announced that Simple Minds had just finished recording Big Music. Even so, a final recording took place on 27 August 2014.

Big Music

Big Music (also known as Reliance Big Music) is an Indian record label owned by Anil Ambani. It is a part of Reliance BIG Entertainment, a subsidiary of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

The label was started in 2005, along with several other subsidiaries of Reliance Big Entertainment. BIG Music is the exclusive licensee in India to Universal Pictures International, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment Global & DreamWorks Animation. They had also launched an artist-management division called Big Talent in 2008, which is the second local label after Columbia Records India to offer artists 360-degree deals.

In 2008, T-Series acquired the music catalog of Big music, as they cut a deal with them along with web portal Bollywood Hungama, where all three companies will co-own the current and future music catalogue of Big Entertainment and the same shall be exclusively distributed by T-Series on all platforms in all formats including the current titles in the Big Music catalogue and all future titles in Reliance Big Entertainment including all physical formats, Radio & Television, Mobile and digital formats, across the globe.