Simply Red - Blue (1998/2008) [Complete CD] Special Edition

Blue is the sixth studio album by British band Simply Red. It was released by East West Records on 19 May 1998 in the United Kingdom. Initially conceived as a cover album, it features production from lead singer Mick Hucknall as well as Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Stevie J, and Joe "Jake" Carter. Hucknall, Wright, and Yashiki are the only musicians featured in the Blue CD booklet's photography; this is a first for a Simply Red album, as all prior albums featured photos of the various band members credited.

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 rewritten version of the 1996 single "Angel" (an Aretha Franklin cover), 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.

Tracklist:
01 - Mellow My Mind 0:00
02 - Blue 3:55
03 - Say You Love Me 8:33
04 - To Be Free 12:16
05 - The Air That I Breathe 16:19
06 - Someday In My life 20:43
07 - The Air That I Breathe (Reprise) 25:07
08 - Night Nurse 29:25
09 - Broken Man 33:21
10 - Come Get Me Angel 36:57
11 - Ghetto Girl 40:59
12 - Love Has Saind Goodbye Again 44:27
13 - High Fives 47:41

Bonus tracks
14 - Ghetto Girl (Blood & Fire Sound System Mix) 50:36
15 - To Be Free (Livin' Joy A-Hanetta Mix)
16 - Love Has Said Goodbye Again (Rae & Christian Mix)
17 - So Jungiful
18 - Tu Sei Dentro Di Me (Someday In My Life)

Simply Red
Mick Hucknall – lead vocals, backing vocals
Tim Vine – keyboards
Andy Wright – programming
Mark Jaimes – guitars
Steve Lewinson – bass
Velroy Bailey – drums
Gota Yashiki – drums, programming
Ian Kirkham – saxophones
John Johnson – trombone
Sarah Brown – backing vocals
Dee Johnson – backing vocals