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Music : Picture Book
Rating: 
- The fire in the belly
Man, I long for singers to sing with this passion now-a-days, including Simply Red. The majority of this album was written when sad old Red (aka Mick Hucknall) was living in a box room council flat and boy was he firey back then. The resentment, love and sorrow he had for life is conveyed in every note sung on this album to a degree he never really was able to reproduce. Maybe it was the money. Ironic, since it was Moneys Too Tight To Mention that caterpaulted them to their peak. I love this album for not only its mood, not only his firey raw voice but also for the superb melody and music. The throbbing of the double bass, the jazzy piano solos, brass crescendos all brought together in the superb reverb drenched recording and engineering.
We miss you Red.
Rating: - Before The Hype
Before the hype there was this....
One of the best debut albums ever. Mixing covers and new songs this was a career launcher for Mick Hucknall. This is where Simply Red began and is one of the best of their albums.
From the opening of Come To My Aid this shows a band and singer that would go on to become world beaters before the hype took over and the genius was lost.
Thec album mixes white soul with funky protest and an ace Talking Heads cover. Even after all these years I can put this on and I want to sing and dance along.
Definitely worth owning by anyone and has not dated at all.
Rating: - A Classic 80's Album thats overshadowed by their latersucess
Like the other review I too was a Big Simply Red fan when I 14 but this Album is still in my CD rack. This album goes from really good music in "come to my aid and "moneys too toight" to well thought out lyrics in "jericho" and heaven" and then there's the title track which is melodic in its first listen and gets better every time.The engineering and production on this album were never equaled in Simply Red's later albums which is a shame as this album showed real promise. A must buy for anyone who has anytime for Simply Red/Mick Hucknall.
Rating:
- Simply Red used to be OK
When I was 15, Simply Red were my favourite band. Seems a long time ago, now. Much of the music they (well, let's face it, they're not really a 'they' any more - more of a 'he') have churned out lately has been pretty mediocre, but the early stuff - 'Picture Box' and 'Men and Women' - is good. Not excellent, but passable.
- The fire in the bellyMan, I long for singers to sing with this passion now-a-days, including Simply Red. The majority of this album was written when sad old Red (aka Mick Hucknall) was living in a box room council flat and boy was he firey back then. The resentment, love and sorrow he had for life is conveyed in every note sung on this album to a degree he never really was able to reproduce. Maybe it was the money. Ironic, since it was Moneys Too Tight To Mention that caterpaulted them to their peak. I love this album for not only its mood, not only his firey raw voice but also for the superb melody and music. The throbbing of the double bass, the jazzy piano solos, brass crescendos all brought together in the superb reverb drenched recording and engineering.
We miss you Red.
Rating:
- Before The HypeBefore the hype there was this....
One of the best debut albums ever. Mixing covers and new songs this was a career launcher for Mick Hucknall. This is where Simply Red began and is one of the best of their albums.
From the opening of Come To My Aid this shows a band and singer that would go on to become world beaters before the hype took over and the genius was lost.
Thec album mixes white soul with funky protest and an ace Talking Heads cover. Even after all these years I can put this on and I want to sing and dance along.
Definitely worth owning by anyone and has not dated at all.
Rating:
- A Classic 80's Album thats overshadowed by their latersucessLike the other review I too was a Big Simply Red fan when I 14 but this Album is still in my CD rack. This album goes from really good music in "come to my aid and "moneys too toight" to well thought out lyrics in "jericho" and heaven" and then there's the title track which is melodic in its first listen and gets better every time.The engineering and production on this album were never equaled in Simply Red's later albums which is a shame as this album showed real promise. A must buy for anyone who has anytime for Simply Red/Mick Hucknall.
Rating:
- Simply Red used to be OKWhen I was 15, Simply Red were my favourite band. Seems a long time ago, now. Much of the music they (well, let's face it, they're not really a 'they' any more - more of a 'he') have churned out lately has been pretty mediocre, but the early stuff - 'Picture Box' and 'Men and Women' - is good. Not excellent, but passable.