Simplified (album)
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| Studio album by Simply Red | ||||
| Released | 13 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–05 | |||
| Genre | Soul, rock | |||
| Label | Simplyred.com | |||
| Producer |
Andy Wright, Mark Jaimes and Danny Saxon (tracks 1–3) Mick Hucknall (tracks 4–12) | |||
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Simplified is a Simply Red album released in October 2005. It features new, rearranged recordings of the band's older songs, and four new songs: "Perfect Love" and an alternate version, "My Perfect Love", a cover of Leon Russell's "A Song for You", and "Smile".
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Hucknall, except where noted.
- "Perfect Love" – 3:13
- "Something Got Me Started" (Hucknall/Fritz McIntyre) – 3:45
- "Holding Back the Years" – 4:19
- "More" – 4:19
- "A Song for You" (Leon Russell/Hucknall) – 4:08
- "Your Mirror" – 4:15
- "Fairground" – 5:15
- "My Perfect Love" – 3:38
- "Smile" (Hucknall/Ian Kirkham) – 3:10
- "Sad Old Red" – 5:45
- "For Your Babies" – 4:25
- "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 3:06
2014 Expanded Edition [1]
- Disc 2
- Remixes
- "Perfect Love (Lazy Radio Mix)" - 3:11
- "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Sunset Mix - Long Version)" - 7:43
- "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Radio Mix)" - 3:33
- "Perfect Love (Kurtis Mantronik 12" Vocal Mix)" - 6:16
- "Perfect Love (Motive Hi-lectro Mix)" - 6:30
- "Perfect Love (Roger's Dirty Sanchez Mix Edit)" - 6:43
- "Perfect Love (Lee Cabrera's Lower East Side Dub)" - 6:00
- Live in Cuba
- "Perfect Love" - 3:26
- "Something Got Me Started" - 3:37
- "A Song For You" - 4:09
- "Stars" - 4:17
- "It's Only Love" - 4:30
- "Fairground" - 6:00
- DVD
- Feature Interview
- "Mark Goodier Interviews Mick Hucknall About "Simplified" March 2014"
- Promo videos
- "Perfect Love"
- "Something Got Me Started"
- "A Song for You"
- BBC TV Appeareances
- "Perfect Love (Top Of The Tops)"
- "Something Got Me Started (All Time Greatest Party Songs)"
Musicians
The album credits alphabetically list the musicians who played on the record, with no indication of which musicians played on which tracks, or what instruments they played.
Credited musicians are: Sarah Brown, Anthea Clarke, Dave Clayton, Simon Hale, Geoff Holroyde, Mark Jamies, Dee Johnson, John Johnson, Ian Kirkham, Pete Lewinson, Steve Lewinson, Chris De Margary, Roachie, Kevin Robinson, Danny Saxon, Kenji Suzuki, Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki.
Oddly, Mick Hucknall is not listed in the album's musician credits.
Singles
- "Perfect Love" (October 2005)
- "Something Got Me Started" / "A Song for You" (January 2006)
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