Artist
British soul and pop band which formed in Manchester in 1984 by lead vocalist (and songwriter) Mick "Red" Hucknall with three former members of the band Durutti Column - bassist Tony Bowers, drummer Chris Joyce, and keyboardist/brass player Tim Kellett - plus guitarist Sylvan Richardson and keyboardist Fritz McIntyre. The band signed to Elektra Records and released their debut album "Picture Book" in October 1985.
The band line up changed over the years. By 1996, after their fifth album "Life", Mick Hucknall was the only remaining original member, and the name Simply Red had become a trademark for him. After being dropped by their label EastWest in 2000, they established a website simplyred.com which also became their own label and released the album "Home" in 2003 and all subsequent releases under it.
Hucknall retired the name Simply Red after a farewell tour in 2010, but reunited in 2015 for a tour that marked the 30th anniversary of the band, and released the album "Big Love".
Their biggest hits are "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)", "Holding Back The Years" (1985), "The Right Thing" (1987), "It's Only Love", "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (1989), "Something Got Me Started", "Stars" (1991), "Fairground" (1995) and "Sunrise" (2003).
Tracks
1
Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
2
Come To My Aid
3
Holding Back The Years
4
Open Up The Red Box
5
The Right Thing
6
Infidelity
7
Maybe Someday
8
It's Only Love
9
A New Flame
10
If You Don't Know Me By Now
11
You've Got It
12
Stars
13
Something Got Me Started
14
Thrill Me (Live In Hamburg)
15
Your Mirror (Live At Nymex Arena)
16
For Your Babies
17
Fairground
18
Never Never Love
19
Remembering The First Time
20
So Beautiful (Live At Nymex Arena)
21
We're In This Together
22
Angel
23
Say You Love Me
24
The Air That I Breathe
25
Ain't That A Lot Of Love
26
Your Eyes
Releases
Formats
VHS, Laserdisc, DVD
Labels
Not On Label, EastWest, Warner Music Vision, Warner Vision Australia
Countries
Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America
Members
Andy Wright,
Janette Sewell,
Tim Kellett,Mick Hucknall,
Tim Vine,Dave Clayton,
Velroy Bailey,
Heitor Pereira,Steve Lewinson,Ian Kirkham,
Pete Lewinson,
Gota Yashiki,
Chris Joyce,
Sylvan Richardson,Kenji Suzuki,Kevin Robinson (4),
Shaun Ward (2),
Tony Bowers,
Fritz McIntyre,Roman Roth
