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Blue (Simply Red album)

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Released
  
19 May 1998

Artist
  
Simply Red

Label
  
East West Records

Recorded
  
1997 - 1998

Release date
  
19 May 1998

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Producer
  
AGM Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Mick Hucknall; Stevie J. Jordan ("The Air That I Breathe (Reprise)")

Blue (1998)
  
Love and the Russian Winter (1999)

Genres
  
Pop music, Soul music, Rock music, Dance-pop

Nominations
  
Echo Award for Best International Rock/Pop Group

Similar
  
Simply Red albums, Adult contemporary music albums

Simply red mellow my mind


Blue is the sixth studio album by Simply Red, released on East West Records on May 19, 1998.

Contents

The album includes five cover versions: "Mellow My Mind" from the 1975 Neil Young album Tonight's the Night; two versions of the frequently covered "The Air That I Breathe", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood; the Gregory Isaacs hit "Night Nurse"; and "Ghetto Girl" by Dennis Brown, from whom the band would cover another song in 2003. New versions of previously recorded Simply Red songs also appear here: "Come Get Me Angel" is a rewritten version of the 1996 single "Angel", and "Broken Man" was first released as a B-side in 1987. Mick Hucknall and the production team of Andy Wright and Gota Yashiki are the only musicians featured in the Blue CD booklet's photography; this is a first for a Simply Red album, as all prior albums featured photos of the various band members credited.

"The Air That I Breathe Reprise" samples "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp.

"So Jungiful", found on the Japanese edition of the album, is a jungle remix of "So Beautiful" from the band's previous album, Life.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Hucknall, except where noted.

  1. "Mellow My Mind" (Neil Young) - 3:55
  2. "Blue" - 4:38
  3. "Say You Love Me" - 3:43
  4. "To Be Free" - 4:04
  5. "The Air That I Breathe" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) - 4:24
  6. "Someday in My Life" - 4:03
  7. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise" - 4:35
  8. "Night Nurse" (Gregory Isaacs, Sylvester Weise) - 3:57
  9. "Broken Man" - 3:34
  10. "Come Get Me Angel" - 4:02
  11. "Ghetto Girl" (Dennis Brown) - 3:31
  12. "Love Has Said Goodbye Again" - 3:14
  13. "High Fives" - 2:49

Japan bonus track

  1. "So Jungiful"

2008 Special Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Ghetto Girl" [Blood & Fire Sound System Remix]
  2. "To Be Free" [Livin' Joy A-Hanetta Mix]
  3. "Love Has Said Goodbye Again" [Rae & Christian Mix]
  4. "So Jungiful"
  5. "Tu Sei Dentro Di Me" [Someday in My Life]

U.S. 12-track edition

  1. "Mellow My Mind"
  2. "Blue"
  3. "Say You Love Me"
  4. "To Be Free"
  5. "The Air That I Breathe"
  6. "Someday in My Life"
  7. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise"
  8. "Broken Man"
  9. "Come Get Me Angel"
  10. "Night Nurse"
  11. "Love Has Said Goodbye Again"
  12. "High Fives"

Personnel

(The band members that appeared in the live line-up during the Blue Tour [and also during the two-year promotion of the next Simply Red album – Love and the Russian Winter – which was released a year later, in 1999] – are listed in bold).

  • Lead vocals: Mick Hucknall
  • Backing vocals: Dee Johnson, Sarah Brown & Mick Hucknall
  • Guitars: Mark Jaimes, Tony Remy, Kenji Suzuki (credited as Kenji Jammer in the booklet of the album), Gitsy Wills & Bub Roberts
  • Bass guitar: CJ Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare & Steve Lewinson
  • Keyboards: Tim Vine, Paul Carrack, Alan Clark & Robert Lyn
  • Drums: Gota Yashiki, Velroy Bailey, Sly Dunbar & Geoff Holroyde
  • DJ: Dom T
  • Brass: Ian Kirkham (saxophones), John Johnson (trombone), Mike Greenwood (trumpet and flugelhorn) & Demo Morselli (trumpet)
  • Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra of London, arranged and conducted by David Sinclair Whitaker

    • Songs

    Mellow My Mind3:57
    Blue4:38
    Say You Love Me3:44

    References

    Blue (Simply Red album) Wikipedia
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