Tribute to Bobby

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Tribute to Bobby
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Studio album by
Released19 May 2008
Recorded2008
StudioHome Studios and Sphere Studios (London, UK).
Genre Blues, jazz, pop
Label SimplyRed.com
Producer Andy Wright, Gavin Goldberg

Tribute to Bobby is a 2008 album by Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall under the mononym 'Hucknall' and was his first solo album. It was released in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2008 and is a collection of songs in tribute to the blues singer Bobby Bland. The album charted at number 18 in the UK Official Albums Chart [1] and spent two weeks inside the Top 75.

Contents

A DVD was also released along with the album. It contains a documentary which was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee in November 2007.

Track listing

  1. "Farther Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 3:27
  2. "Ain't That Lovin' You" (Deadric Malone) – 3:09
  3. "I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)" (Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis) – 2:15
  4. "Poverty" (Dave Clark, Pearl Woods) – 3:19
  5. "Yolanda" (Daniel Moore) – 3:56
  6. "Stormy Monday Blues" (Aaron "T-Bone" Walker) – 2:39
  7. "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)" (Steve Barri, Michael Omartian, Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 3:11
  8. "I'll Take Care of You" (Brook Benton) – 2:56
  9. "Chains of Love" (Ahmet Nugetre) – 2:59
  10. "I Pity the Fool" (Malone) – 3:36
  11. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Malone) – 3:45
  12. "Lead Me On" (Malone) – 2:17

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. "HUCKNALL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts .