Released 19 May 1998 | Recorded 1997 - 1998 Release date 19 May 1998 | |
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Producer 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
- Simply red mellow my mind
- Track listing
- Japan bonus track
- 2008 Special Edition bonus tracks
- US 12 track edition
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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.
- "Mellow My Mind" (Neil Young) - 3:55
- "Blue" - 4:38
- "Say You Love Me" - 3:43
- "To Be Free" - 4:04
- "The Air That I Breathe" (Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) - 4:24
- "Someday in My Life" - 4:03
- "The Air That I Breathe Reprise" - 4:35
- "Night Nurse" (Gregory Isaacs, Sylvester Weise) - 3:57
- "Broken Man" - 3:34
- "Come Get Me Angel" - 4:02
- "Ghetto Girl" (Dennis Brown) - 3:31
- "Love Has Said Goodbye Again" - 3:14
- "High Fives" - 2:49
Japan bonus track
- "So Jungiful"
2008 Special Edition bonus tracks
- "Ghetto Girl" [Blood & Fire Sound System Remix]
- "To Be Free" [Livin' Joy A-Hanetta Mix]
- "Love Has Said Goodbye Again" [Rae & Christian Mix]
- "So Jungiful"
- "Tu Sei Dentro Di Me" [Someday in My Life]
U.S. 12-track edition
- "Mellow My Mind"
- "Blue"
- "Say You Love Me"
- "To Be Free"
- "The Air That I Breathe"
- "Someday in My Life"
- "The Air That I Breathe Reprise"
- "Broken Man"
- "Come Get Me Angel"
- "Night Nurse"
- "Love Has Said Goodbye Again"
- "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).
Songs
Mellow My Mind3:57
Blue4:38
Say You Love Me3:44