Simply Red - Blue (1998)
Simply Red - Blue (1998)
MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) | Covers Included | 46:59 | 165 MB
Genre: Pop Rock | Label: EastWest
MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) | Covers Included | 46:59 | 165 MB
Genre: Pop Rock | Label: EastWest
Life failed to deliver on the glories of Stars largely because the album lacked the strong original songwriting of its predecessor. Similarly, Blue, the follow-up to Life, is weak on original material. However, Mick Hucknall makes up for the deficits by assembling a good collection of outside material, ranging from Gregory Isaacs' "Night Nurse" to Neil Young's "Mellow My Mind." Initially, Blue was going to be a covers album, and judging by these numbers – along with Dennis Brown's "Ghetto Girl" and one of the two versions of the Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe," not the superfluous chart-grabbing Stevie J. production that replicates all the bad parts of Puff Daddy – it would have been a great, sultry listen. Instead, he's followed through on an album that accentuates his weaknesses as a writer. Granted, he can oversing on occasion, but if Blue does anything, it proves that his voice is his greatest talent and that he should dedicate himself to material that serves it well.
Simply Red - Blue (1998)
Track List:
01. Mellow My Mind
02. Blue
03. Say You Love Me
04. To Be Free
05. The Air That I Breathe
06. Someday In My Life
07. The Air That I Breathe Reprise
08. Broken Man
09. Come Get Me Angel
10. Night Nurse
11. Love Has Said Goodbye Again
12. High Fives
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