Stay

Performer: Simply Red
Engineer: Pete Craigie
Producer: Morten Schjolin; Danny Saxon; Mark Jaimes; Andy Wright; Mick Hucknall
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: Simply Red: Dee Johnson, Peter Lewinson, Geoff Holroyde, Patrick Murdock, Morten Schjolin, Jilly Johnson, Dave Bloor, Gavin Goldberg, Dave Clayton, Ian Kirkham, John Johnson , Kevin Robinson, Mark Jaimes, Andy Wright , Sarah Brown, Simon Hale, Steve Lewinson, Jim McWilliam, Kenji Suzuki, Chris DeMargary, Anthea Clarke, Danny Saxon. Personnel: London Session Orchestra, Gavyn Wright. As the sole proprietor of the thriving smooth-soul brand Simply Red, the British singer Mick Hucknall could be forgiven for resting on his laurels in his third decade as a consistently successful presence on the U.S. and U.K. charts. But the umpteenth release since his early-1980s punk-rock beginnings with the Frantic Elevators finds the flame-haired soul stirrer helming yet another set of perfectly chosen, sophisticated R&B, leavened with his affectionate cover of the Faces bassist and songwriter Ronnie Lane's "Debris," and the smoking urban blues of "Good Times Have Done Me Wrong." Demonstrating Hucknall's elder-statesman maturity, the warm and cozy "The World and You Tonight" is the singer formerly known as Simply Randy's hymn to suburban respectability, while the pop-R&B of the title track displays his innate talent for blending those two genres in an irresistibly commercial mix.

Led by vocalist Mick Hucknall, neo-soul act Simply Red became one of the U.K.'s best-selling artists during the 1980s and '90s. As students of classic soul, Simply Red collaborated with legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier and released a popular cover of Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes' Philly-soul classic "If You Don't Know Me By Now." While perhaps not the saviors of the form, Simply Red's approach is marked by both a reverence for soul music's past and a crisp sound that's very much their own.

Click Here for Shipping Options and Policies

Shipping or Dimension weight in pounds: 0.25