The original 1985 CD reissue deleted two songs from Sister Feelings Call, "League of Nations" and "Sound in 70 Cities", as the maximum running time of Red Book CD releases at the time would not accommodate the entire set, and Virgin were unwilling to issue the material as a two-CD set.

Drummer Brian McGee left just after recording the set, and was replaced by Kenny Hyslop as part-time member for the upcoming tour.

The rhythm section was made more prominent than on any earlier album of the band, loud, heavy and sometimes anchoring a track to one or two driving rhythm patterns, but also often put at moving angles with some of the other instruments or with Jim Kerr's vocals (as in "The American" or "Sweat in Bullet"); this gave the songs a spatial, multi-planed and atmospheric sound, whilst keeping up propulsion.

[citation needed] Viewed as vinyl LPs, Sons and Fascination is the fourth Simple Minds album, with Sister Feelings Call being the fifth one.

The dropped tracks included "League of Nations" and "Sound in 70 Cities" (an instrumental version of Sons and Fascination's "70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall"), both of which later appeared on the CD single of the 12-inch cut of "The American" and would re-appear in album form in 2002 and 2003 when remasters of the double set were issued under the title Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call[citation needed].

Reviewing Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call for The Face, Ian Cranna praised the album as "mostly first-rate stuff" and noted that "if Jim Kerr's lyrics have taken a turn for the more obscure then the moving hesitancy of his delivery communicates the urgency of the message powerfully enough.

"[23] Mark Cooper of Record Mirror said that it "confirms the promise of Empires and Dance",[21] while John Gill of Sounds wrote, "Experience has brought further subjects within their vision; quite literally, from angels to nazis.

[25] The listeners of Toronto-area alternative radio station CFNY-FM voted it the best album of 1981 (in a tie with King Crimson's Discipline).

Sons and Fascination found them cannily mining a seam of mesmerising, shimmering art-rock, while tracks like 'Love Song' were so gorgeously lustrous that you could even forgive them their future.

"[27] In The Essential Rock Discography (2006), Martin C. Strong rated Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call highly and wrote: "Simple Minds were beginning to find their niche, incorporating their artier tendencies into more conventional and melodic song structures.

"[28] All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Simple MindsSister Feelings Call All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Simple MindsThe Canadian versions of both Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call contained respectively tracklists and running orders differing from the original versions, with Sons removing two tracks ("70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall" and "Seeing out the Angel") from the original and adding four ("Theme for Great Cities", "The American", "20th Century Promised Land" and "League of Nations") from Sister.

All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Simple MindsSister Feelings Call (Canadian version)[30] All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Simple MindsSons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call The 2002 remastered reissue includes all titles from both albums.

All lyrics are written by Jim Kerr; all music is composed by Simple MindsAdapted from the album's liner notes.