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Simply Red

Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...

 album released in 2005. It features new, rearranged recordings of the band's older songs, and four new songs: "Perfect Love" and an alternate version, "My Perfect Love", a cover of Leon Russell

Leon Russell

Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....

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A Song for You

"A Song for You" is a soulful love song written and originally recorded by rock singer-songwriter and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album 'Leon Russell', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune...

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Track listing

1. "Perfect Love"
2. "Something Got Me Started
   Something Got Me Started
   "Something Got Me Started" was the first single released from what would become Simply Red's biggest selling album, Stars; at the time, the group had not released a record for almost two years, so anticipation was high for the new song.- History :...
   
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3. "Holding Back the Years
   Holding Back The Years
   "Holding Back the Years" is the 7th track of Simply Red's debut studio album Picture Book. The song was a smash success for the group and quickly rose to the top of charts across the world. It remains their most successful single, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 12...
   
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4. "More"
5. "A Song for You
   A Song for You
   "A Song for You" is a soulful love song written and originally recorded by rock singer-songwriter and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album 'Leon Russell', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune...
   
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6. "Your Mirror"
7. "Fairground"
8. "My Perfect Love"
9. "Smile"
10. "Sad Old Red"
11. "For Your Babies"
12. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"

Musicians

The album credits alphabetically list the musicians who played on the record, with no indication of which musicians played on which tracks, or what instruments they played.

Credited musicians are: Sarah Brown, Anthea Clarke, Dave Clayton, Simon Hale, Geoff Holroyde, Mark Jamies, Dee Johnson, John Johnson, Ian Kirkham, Pete Lewinson, Steve Lewinson, Chris De Margary, Roachie, Kevin Robinson, Danny Saxon, Kenji Suzuki, Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki.

Oddly, Mick Hucknall is not listed in the album's musician credits.

Singles

• "Perfect Love" (October 2005)
• "Something Got Me Started" / "A Song for You" (January 2006)