Mick Hucknall
Simply Red - Stars (Classic Album)
Simply Red will go down in history as one of the UK’s biggest and most successful pop bands of the late eighties and early nineties. Formed in 1984, Mike Hucknall and co released their debut album Picture Book in 1985 which went platinum, making Simply Red one of that year’s major success stories. Their following albums, Men And Women and A New Flame continued this success but it was the arrival of Simply Red’s fourth album Stars, released in September 1991, that would change history forever. Stars would top the UK charts for nineteen weeks and become the biggest selling album of 1991 in the UK, making Simply Red a household name. They also achieved phenomenal success around the world with Stars spawning two top ten hits, For Your Babies and the title track Stars as well as three top forty hits, Something Got Me Started, Thrill Me and Your Mirror. Stars would go on and sell in excess of eight-and-a-half million copies by the middle of 1993.
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Simply Red: Live At Montreux 2003
Simply Red are one of the most successful British acts of all time with global album sales in excess of 50 million. Both the band and Mick Hucknall as a solo artist have been frequent visitors to Montreux across their 25 year career. This concert, filmed on 15 July 2003, was part of the tour in support of their multi-platinum album 'Home'. It features several tracks from that album, including three UK hit singles, along with many of their biggest hits and best loved album tracks. It's a typically polished and sparkling Simply Red performance with Mick Hucknall in excellent voice and the band in fine form.
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Simply Red: Stars
This documentary looks a the classic songs from the album and includes specially recorded tracks plus archive footage and promotional clips. We learn of Mick Hucknall's musical vision and the inspiration behind the songs he wrote and recorded for what is considered to be the classic Simply Red album.
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