Simply Red discography

Simply Red discography

The band performing in Bremen, 2003
Releases
↙Studio albums 10
↙Compilation albums 4
↙EPs 1
↙Singles 45

The discography of Simply Red, a British soul band, consists of ten studio albums, four compilation albums, one extended play, forty-five singles and a number of other appearances.

The band's first single "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)", was released in 1985 reached the United Kingdom Top 20. Their debut album, Picture Book, was also released in 1985. The following year the band released "Holding Back the Years", which reached number one in Ireland and the US and number two in the UK. Their second album, Men and Women was released in 1987. Third album A New Flame was released in 1989, containing "If You Don't Know Me By Now", which became their second US number one hit. Their fourth album Stars, became the best-selling album for two years running in Europe after its release in 1991 and was certified 12x Platinum in the UK.

Simply Red released "Fairground" in 1995, which became the band's first UK number one single. Its parent album was Life. The band followed this up with cover heavy Blue in 1998 and Love and the Russian Winter in 1999. Subsequent releases were "Home" in 2003, a mixture of original songs and covers. Simplified followed in 2005, mainly an album of stripped down versions of their Classic hits. Stay was the bands tenth studio album released in 2007.

Mick Hucknall announced that the band were due to split in 2010, after a farewell tour, starting in early 2009, ending in 2010.[1]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 NL
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SWE
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 US
[11]
1985 Picture Book
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: WEA Records (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
 2 6 10 — 8 1 9 26 12 16
1987 Men and Women
  • Released: March 1987
  • Label: WEA (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
 2 5 3 — 3 2 4 4 1 31
1989 A New Flame
  • Released: February 1989
  • Label: WEA (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 4 1 22
1991 Stars 1 7 1 4 4 3 2 7 2 76
1995 Life
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: EastWest (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
 1 7 1 — 1 3 3 2 1 75
1998 Blue
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: EastWest (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
 1 38 1 21 1 25 13 5 3 145
1999 Love and the Russian Winter
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: EastWest (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
 6 — 3 57 2 41 — 31 8 —
2003 Home
  • Released: March 2003
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 2 15 8 8 5 2 19 40 6 187
2005 Simplified
  • Released: October 2005
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 3 — 2 64 4 10 — 47 3 —
2007 Stay
  • Released: March 2007
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 4 — 6 58 4 3 — — 6 156

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 AUT
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 IRE
[25]		 NL
[7]		 SWE
[9]		 US
[11]
1996 Greatest Hits
  • Released:
  • Label: Eastwest (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
 1 4 1 — 2 28 3 3 116
2000 It's Only Love
  • Released:
  • Label: Eastwest (#)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
 27 — 5 — 35 25 40 19 —
2003 The Very Best of Simply Red
  • Released:
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 NR — — 30 — 36 — 21 —
2008 Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
  • Released:
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 9 — 25 — 17 26 3 — —
2010 Songs of Love
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: simplyred.com (#)
  • Formats: CD
 12 — — — — — — — —

Extended plays

The Montreux EP

Live albums

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
 IRE
 ITA
 FRA
 GER
 AUS
 AUT
 CAN
 NL
 SWE
 SWI
 NZ
 US
 US
(AC)
[28]		 US
(Dance)
[28]
1985 "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)" 13 9 4 29 - 21 - 51 22 - - 8 28 - 2 Picture Book
"Come to My Aid" 66 - 11 - - - - - - - - 24 - - 13
"Holding Back the Years" 51 - - - - - - - 5 - - - - - -
1986 "Jericho" 53 - - - 57 - - - 13 - - - - - -
"Holding Back the Years" (re-issue) 2 1 20 - - 16 22 6 - - - 40 1 4 -
"Open Up the Red Box" 61 28 - - - 70 - - - - - 38 - - -
1987 "The Right Thing" 11 12 4 - 27 17 - 21 5 - 10 9 27 - - Men and Women
"Infidelity" 31 13 22 - - 54 - - 57 - - 26 - - -
"Maybe Someday..." 88 - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 -
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 11 14 47 - - - - - 29 - - - - - -
1988 "I Won't Feel Bad" 68 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1989 "It's Only Love" 13 7 1 24 21 31 - 30 10 - 12 31 57 19 - A New Flame
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" 2 4 16 11 19 1 9 1 5 2 12 1 1 1 -
"A New Flame" 17 28 - 43 55 48 - - 31 - - 22 - - -
"You've Got It" 46 14 43 - - - - 48 - - - - - 7 -
1991 "Something Got Me Started" 11 8 5 19 11 29 5 11 3 18 6 10 23 21 13 Stars
"Stars" 8 13 11 24 19 29 18 17 15 32 11 32 44 8 -
1992 "For Your Babies" 9 11 - 46 43 55 23 39 40 - - 47 - 24 -
"Thrill Me" 33 30 - - - - - - 58 - - - - - -
"Your Mirror" 17 28 - - 59 - - - - - - - - - -
"Freedom" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Montreux EP" 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Montreux EP
1995 "Fairground" 1 1 3 26 5 7 5 - 5 17 6 6 114 - 25 Life
"Remembering the First Time" 22 - - - 55 - - - 23 - - 30 - - 36
1996 "Never Never Love" 18 - - - - 42 - - - - - - - - -
"We're in This Together" 11 - - - 32 - 23 - 34 - - - - - -
"Angel" 4 23 14 - 71 - - - - - - 11 - - 6 Greatest Hits
1997 "Night Nurse"
(Sly & Robbie featuring Simply Red)		 13 - - - - - - - - - - 44 - - - Blue
1998 "Say You Love Me" 7 15 10 - 49 - 18 - 71 - - - - - -
"The Air That I Breathe" 6 - - - 66 - 17 - 82 - - - - - -
"Ghetto Girl" 34 - 29 - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Mellow My Mind" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39
"To Be Free" - - - - 88 - - - - - - - - - -
1999 "Ain't That a Lot of Love" 14 - 30 - 55 - 29 - 68 - 45 41 - - 3 Love and the Russian Winter
2000 "Your Eyes" 26 - - - 95 - - - - - - - - - -
2003 "Sunrise" 7 14 4 17 14 35 25 3 6 - 22 11 122 5 1 Home
"Fake" 21 - 7 - 43 - - - 19 - 41 - - - 1
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" 7 - 14 - 43 - 47 - 43 - 76 - - 10 5
2004 "Home" 40 - - - - - - - 74 - - - - 24 10
2005 "Perfect Love" 30 - 13 - 45 - 23 - 69 - 34 - - 16 1 Simplified
2006 "Something Got Me Started" /
"A Song for You"		 108 - - 127 - - - - - - - - - - -
"Oh! What a Girl!" 57 - 6 - 68 - 43 - - - 23 - - - - Stay
2007 "So Not Over You" 34 - 2 - 65 - 36 - 31 - - - - 22 -
"Stay" 36 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 5
"The World and You Tonight" 104 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2008 "Go Now" 157 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 - Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
2009 "Money's Too Tight (To Mention) 2009" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
2010 "I Have The Love" / "Beside You" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Songs of Love

Music videos

Year Video Director
1985 "Money's Too Tight (To Mention)"
1985 "Come To My Aid" (2 versions)
1985 "Holding Back The Years"
1986 "Jericho"
1986 "Open Up The Red Box"
1987 "The Right Thing"
1987 "Infidelity"
1987 "Maybe Someday..."
1987 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
1988 " I Won't Feel Bad"
1989 "It's Only Love" Andy Morahan
1989 "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
1989 "A New Flame"
1989 "You've Got It"
1991 "Something Got Me Started" Andy Morahan
1991 "Stars"
1992 "For Your Babies"
1992 "Thrill Me"
1992 "Your Mirror"
1992 "Lady Godiva's Room"
1995 "Fairground"
1995 "Remembering The First Time"
1996 "Never Never Love" Zanna
1996 "We're In This Together" Zanna
1996 "So Beautiful"
1996 "Angel"
1997 "Night Nurse"
1998 "Say You Love Me"
1998 "The Air That I Breath"
1998 "Ghetto Girl"
1999 "Ain't That A Lot Of Love" Mike Lipscombe
2000 "Your Eyes"
2003 "Sunrise"
2003 "Fake" (Single Version) Andy Morahan
2003 "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
2004 "Home"
2005 "Perfect Love"
2006 "Something Got Me Started"
2006 "A Song For You"
2006 "Oh! What A Girl!"
2007 "So Not Over you"
2008 "Go Now"

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