Description
Simply Red – Stars / EastWest Audio CD 1991 / 9031-75284-2
UPC 090317528427
Stars is the fourth album by British-based pop/soul/jazz band Simply Red, released in September 1991. Five singles were released from the album, including the UK top ten hits "Stars" and "For Your Babies". The album was a worldwide success, particularly in the band's home country where it has been certified twelve times platinum and was the best-selling album of the year in the UK for both 1991 and 1992, the first album to be the best-seller in two consecutive years since Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970–71. As of July 2016 it is the 14th best-selling album of all time in the UK.
The album was on the shortlist of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. In 2000 Q placed Stars at number 80 in its list of "The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever".
In 2000 it was voted number 258 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
| Label: | EastWest – 9031-75284-2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1991 |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul, Pop |
| Style: | Soul |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Something Got Me Started |
4:01 | |
| 2 | Stars | 4:07 | |
| 3 | Thrill Me | 5:03 | |
| 4 | Your Mirror | 3:59 | |
| 5 | She's Got It Bad | 3:33 | |
| 6 | For Your Babies | 4:16 | |
| 7 | Model | 3:46 | |
| 8 | How Could I Fall | 4:44 | |
| 9 | Freedom | 3:52 | |
| 10 | Wonderland | 3:45 |
- Artwork – Sammy Farrington
- Bass – Shaun Ward (2)
- Composed By – Fritz McIntyre (tracks: 1, 3)
- Drums, Percussion, Programmed By – Gota
- Engineer [Assistant] – Marnie Riley, Sandro Franchin
- Engineer, Mixed By – Daren Klein
- Guitar – Heitor T. P.
- Keyboards – Fritz McIntyre, Jess Bailey, Tim Kellett
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Photography By – Zanna (9)
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Saxophone – Ian Kirkham
- Vocals, Backing Vocals – Fritz McIntyre
- Written-By, Composed By, Lyrics By, Co-producer, Backing Vocals, Vocals – Mick Hucknall
