The following album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns (1986) was also produced by Kimsey and saw the band’s style develop further. The label rejected Kimsey’s original mixes and had the album re-mixed against the wishes of the band, in an attempt to achieve more commercial success. The results have been retrospectively described as over-produced. Despite the intentions of the label, the album was a commercial failure compared to Night Time , failing to reach the top 50 in the UK chart. Its two singles fared little better: ” Adorations ” narrowly missed the UK Top 40 and ” Sanity ” peaked at number 70. However, the band continued touring successfully until the end of the year. Kimsey’s original mixes of Brighter Than A Thousand Suns were eventually restored on the 2008 re-release, to a more favourable response.
Brighter than a Thousand Suns released
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