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For Life, Simply Red retain the basic influences that fueled their earlier albums, especially American R&B of the early '70s, specifically the Marvin Gaye of What's Going On? and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes-era Teddy Pendergrass. Mick Hucknall's singing has calmed down and smoothed out on such songs as "You Make Me Believe" and "So Many People," but that only makes them sound more like the product of Philadelphia International Records. On "Fairground," he opts for a Latin-tinged sound that ends up evoking Herb Alpert more than Milton Nascimento; reggae turns up on "Out on the Range," and the big-time closer, "We're in This Together," is a South African-style anthem, complete with Hugh Masekela's flugelhorn. Stripped of the international superstar trappings, Life is, of course, pretentious, but it does have a couple of promising songs, notably "So Beautiful" and "Remembering the First Time."
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Ltd
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Sister Bliss, Remixer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Goetz, Engineer - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Rollo, Remixer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Limited / Simplyred.com Ltd.
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Satoshi Tomiie, Remixer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Limited / Simplyred.com Ltd.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Writer - Too Precious, Remixer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Limited / Simplyred.com Ltd.
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - Ross Cullum, Mixer, Remixer - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Limited / Simplyred.com Ltd.
Andy Wright, Programmer, Strings Arranger - Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Strings Arranger - Sly Dunbar, Drum Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Keyboards, Saxophone, Woodwinds - HOWIE B, Mixer - Caroline Dale, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Femi Jiya, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Hugh Masekela, Flugelhorn - Roland Herrington, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Danny Cummings, Percussion - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Ritchie Stevens, Drums - Dee Johnson, Backing Vocals - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Limited / Simplyred.com Ltd.
Album review
For Life, Simply Red retain the basic influences that fueled their earlier albums, especially American R&B of the early '70s, specifically the Marvin Gaye of What's Going On? and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes-era Teddy Pendergrass. Mick Hucknall's singing has calmed down and smoothed out on such songs as "You Make Me Believe" and "So Many People," but that only makes them sound more like the product of Philadelphia International Records. On "Fairground," he opts for a Latin-tinged sound that ends up evoking Herb Alpert more than Milton Nascimento; reggae turns up on "Out on the Range," and the big-time closer, "We're in This Together," is a South African-style anthem, complete with Hugh Masekela's flugelhorn. Stripped of the international superstar trappings, Life is, of course, pretentious, but it does have a couple of promising songs, notably "So Beautiful" and "Remembering the First Time."
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:38
- Main artists: Simply Red
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. 2008 ℗ 2001 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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