Simplified (album)

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Simplified
Simplifiedcover.jpg
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released17 October 2005
Recorded2004–05
StudioMick Hucknall's home studio; Metropolis Studios (London, UK).
Genre
Length49:14
Label
Producer
Simply Red chronology
Home
(2003)		Simplified
(2005)		 Stay
(2007)
Singles from Simplified
  1. "Perfect Love"
    Released: October 2005 [1]
  2. "A Song for You"
    Released: January 2006 [2]

Simplified is the ninth studio album by Simply Red album, released in October 2005. It features new, rearranged recordings of the band's older songs, and four new songs: "Perfect Love" and an alternate version, "My Perfect Love", a cover of Leon Russell's "A Song for You", and "Smile".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Hucknall, except where noted.

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Perfect Love" 
3:12
2."Something Got Me Started"
  • Wright
  • Jaimes
  • Saxon
3:45
3."Holding Back the Years" 
  • Wright
  • Jaimes
  • Saxon
  • Hucknall [a]
4:19
4."More" Hucknall4:19
5."A Song for You" Leon Russell Hucknall4:08
6."Your Mirror" Hucknall4:14
7."Fairground" Hucknall5:14
8."My Perfect Love" Hucknall3:38
9."Smile"
Hucknall3:10
10."Sad Old Red" Hucknall5:45
11."For Your Babies" Hucknall4:24
12."Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" Cole Porter Hucknall3:06

2014 expanded edition

'Disc 2 [4]

Remixes
  1. "Perfect Love (Lazy Radio Mix)" – 3:11
  2. "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Sunset Mix – Long Version)" – 7:43
  3. "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Radio Mix)" – 3:33
  4. "Perfect Love (Kurtis Mantronik 12" Vocal Mix)" – 6:16
  5. "Perfect Love (Motive Hi-lectro Mix)" – 6:30
  6. "Perfect Love (Roger's Dirty Sanchez Mix Edit)" – 6:43
  7. "Perfect Love (Lee Cabrera's Lower East Side Dub)" – 6:00

Live in Cuba

  2. "Perfect Love" – 3:26
  3. "Something Got Me Started" – 3:37
  4. "A Song For You" – 4:09
  5. "Stars" – 4:17
  6. "It's Only Love" – 4:30
  7. "Fairground" – 6:00

DVD

Feature Interview
  1. "Mark Goodier Interviews Mick Hucknall About "Simplified" March 2014"

Promo videos

  2. "Perfect Love"
  3. "Something Got Me Started"
  4. "A Song for You"

BBC TV Appearances

  2. "Perfect Love (Top of the Tops)"
  3. "Something Got Me Started (All Time Greatest Party Songs)"

Notes

Personnel

The album credits alphabetically list the musicians who played on the record, with no indication of which musicians played on which tracks, or what instruments they played.

Credited musicians are: Sarah Brown, Anthea Clarke, Dave Clayton, Simon Hale, Geoff Holroyde, Mark Jamies, Dee Johnson, John Johnson, Ian Kirkham, Pete Lewinson, Steve Lewinson, Chris De Margary, Roachie, Kevin Robinson, Danny Saxon, Kenji Suzuki, Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki.

Danae Blanco Villanueva – guest vocals on "Perfect Love"

Oddly, Mick Hucknall is not listed in the album's musician credits.

Production

Singles

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Simplified
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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