Simply Red Picture Book ( 180g vinyl LP )

release date: 09-10-2020 (originally 1985)

2020 release 180g vinyl LP 

1985’s Picture Book is their iconic debut album, The album, which includes the band’s most successful single – Holding Back The Years – was originally released in October 1985. It also contained covers of The Valentine Brothers’ Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) and a version of Talking Heads’

Tracks:
A1 Come To My Aid 4:04
A2 Sad Old Red 4:32
A3 Look At You Now 3:02
A4 Heaven 4:33
A5 Jericho 6:04

B1 Money's Too Tight (To Mention) 4:14
B2 Holding Back The Years 4:28
B3 Red Box 3:55
B4 No Direction 3:40
B5 Picture Book 5:48

Picture Book helped earn Simply Red a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, while Holding Back The Years became a US Billboard chart-topping single and was also nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.

Across their career, Simply Red, who are led by singer Mick Hucknall, have sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, five of which went to No.1 in the UK, and have over a billion video views on YouTube. The band have enjoyed a huge number of high-charting albums, every one of which has reached the UK Top 10, in addition to countless accolades and world tours.

Picture Book particularly proved a commercial success, going Top 30 in 12 countries, and platinum in four, including the UK and America.