Blue (Simply Red album)

Blue
Studio album by Simply Red
Released	May 19, 1998
Recorded	1997 - 1998
Genre	Rock, Soul, Dance-Pop
Label	East West Records
Producer	AGM [Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Mick Hucknall]; Stevie J. Jordan ("The Air That I Breathe (Reprise)")
Simply Red chronology
Life (1995) Blue (1998) Love and the Russian Winter (1999)

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Blue is the sixth studio album by Simply Red, released on East West Records on May 19, 1998.

The album includes five cover versions: "Mellow My Mind" from the 1975 Neil Young album Tonight's the Night; two versions of the frequently-covered "The Air That I Breathe" written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood; the Gregory Isaacs hit "Night Nurse"; and "Ghetto Girl" by Dennis Brown, from whom the band would cover another song in 2003. New versions of previously recorded Simply Red songs also appear here: "Come Get Me Angel" is a re-written version of the 1996 single "Angel", and "Broken Man" was first released as a B-side in 1987.

"The Air That I Breathe Reprise" samples "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp.

"So Jungiful", found on the Japanese edition of the album, is a jungle remix of "So Beautiful" from the band's previous album, Life.

Track listing

1. "Mellow My Mind"
2. "Blue"
3. "Say You Love Me"
4. "To Be Free"
5. "The Air That I Breathe"
6. "Someday in My Life"
7. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise"
8. "Night Nurse"
9. "Broken Man"
10. "Come Get Me Angel"
11. "Ghetto Girl"
12. "Love Has Said Goodbye Again"
13. "High Fives"

Japan bonus track

14. "So Jungiful"

U.S. 12-track edition

1. "Mellow My Mind"
2. "Blue"
3. "Say You Love Me"
4. "To Be Free"
5. "The Air That I Breathe"
6. "Someday in My Life"
7. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise"
8. "Broken Man"
9. "Come Get Me Angel"
10. "Night Nurse"
11. "Love Has Said Goodbye Again"
12. "High Fives"

Personnel

• Vocals: Mick Huck­nall
• Back­ing vocals: Dee John­son, Sarah Brown & Mick Huck­nall
• Gui­tars: Mark Jaimes, Tony Remy, Kenji Jam­mer, Gitsy Wills & Bub Roberts
• Bass: CJ Taylor, Rob­bie Shakespeare & Steve Lew­in­son
• Key­boards: Tim Vine, Paul Car­rack, Alan Clark & Robert Lyn
• Drums: Gota Yashiki, Vel­roy Bailey, Sly Dun­bar & Geoff Hol­royde
• DJ: Dom T
• Brass: Ian Kirkham sax­o­phones, John John­son trom­bone, Mike Green­wood trum­pet and flu­gel­horn & Demo Morselli trum­pet
• Orches­tra: Pro Arte Orches­tra of Lon­don. Arranged and con­duc­ted by David Sin­clair Whitaker

Preceded by Version 2.0 by Garbage Where We Belong by Boyzone

UK number one album May 30, 1998 – June 5, 1998 June 13, 1998 – June 19, 1998

Succeeded by Where We Belong by Boyzone The Good Will Out by Embrace