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Although it doesn't have a single as strong as "Holding Back the Years" or "If You Don't Know Me by Now," Stars is Simply Red's best album since their debut. It's smoother and more polished than their previous work, yet Mick Hucknall is singing better than ever and his songwriting is improving. That is a good thing, too, since Stars is the first Simply Red album not to contain any cover songs. Having absorbed his pop, soul, and reggae influences, Hucknall is now successfully writing songs in his own style, something that, with the exception of "Holding Back the Years," he hadn't managed previously. The result, in Europe and especially the U.K., was a massive commercial breakthrough for the group. Stars even outsold Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at home. In America, where the band had never established much audience continuity beyond its two number one hit singles, it was a different story, which, given the band's highly American-influenced sound, was a confirmation of the overall decline of English bands in the U.S. in the early '90s.
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Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 1991, 2008 Warner Music UK Limited
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Jess Bailey, Programmer - Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, CoProducer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Marnie Riley, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards - SANDRO FRANCHIN, AssistantEngineer - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Shaun Ward, Bass Guitar - Gota, Drums, Percussion, Programmer - Heitor T.P., Guitar
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Robert Johnson, Writer - Ned Douglas at Funny Bunny Studio., Programmed & Engineered by - Mark Jaimes, Kenji Jammer, Wayne Stobbart, Tim Vine, Andy Wright &, Gota Yashiki., Played by
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Lead Vocals - Robert Johnson, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Lead Vocals - Robert Johnson, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Lead Vocals - Robert Johnson, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Writer - Daren Klein, Mixer, Engineer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Stewart Levine, Producer - Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Vocals, Writer - Daren Klein, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Programmer - Ian Kirkham, Saxophone - Clark Germain, AssistantEngineer - TIM KELLETT, Keyboards, Trumpet - Fritz McIntyre, Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Karl Lever, AssistantEngineer - Heitor T.P., Guitar - Chris Joyce, Drums - Tony Bowers, Bass Guitar - Erik Hanson, Programmer - Lennie Castro, Percussion - Stephannie Spruell, Backing Vocals
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Lead Vocals, Writer - Fritz McIntyre, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Lead Vocals, Writer - Fritz McIntyre, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Simply Red, MainArtist - Mick Hucknall, Writer
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
Although it doesn't have a single as strong as "Holding Back the Years" or "If You Don't Know Me by Now," Stars is Simply Red's best album since their debut. It's smoother and more polished than their previous work, yet Mick Hucknall is singing better than ever and his songwriting is improving. That is a good thing, too, since Stars is the first Simply Red album not to contain any cover songs. Having absorbed his pop, soul, and reggae influences, Hucknall is now successfully writing songs in his own style, something that, with the exception of "Holding Back the Years," he hadn't managed previously. The result, in Europe and especially the U.K., was a massive commercial breakthrough for the group. Stars even outsold Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at home. In America, where the band had never established much audience continuity beyond its two number one hit singles, it was a different story, which, given the band's highly American-influenced sound, was a confirmation of the overall decline of English bands in the U.S. in the early '90s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine & William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:27
- Main artists: Simply Red
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2008 Warner Music UK Ltd. / Simplyred.com Ltd. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
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