Simplified (album)

Simplified is the ninth studio album by Simply Red, released in October 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's "A Song for You", and "Smile".

Simplified
Studio album by Simply Red
Released	17 October 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	Mick Hucknall's home studio; Metropolis Studios (London, UK)
Genre	Soul rock
Length	49:14
Label	Simplyred.com Universal
Producer	Andy Wright Mark Jaimes Danny Saxon Mick Hucknall
Simply Red chronology
Home (2003) Simplified (2005) Stay (2007)
Singles from Simplified
"Perfect Love" Released: October 2005 [1] "A Song for You" Released: January 2006 [2]

Track listing

• Credits adapted from Simply Red's official website.^[3]

Standard version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Perfect Love"		Andy Wright Mark Jaimes Danny Saxon Hucknall[a]	3:12
2.	"Something Got Me Started"	Hucknall Fritz McIntyre	Wright Jaimes Saxon	3:45
3.	"Holding Back the Years"		Wright Jaimes Saxon Hucknall[a]	4:19
4.	"More"		Hucknall	4:19
5.	"A Song for You"	Leon Russell	Hucknall	4:08
6.	"Your Mirror"		Hucknall	4:14
7.	"Fairground"		Hucknall	5:14
8.	"My Perfect Love"		Hucknall	3:38
9.	"Smile"	Hucknall Ian Kirkham	Hucknall	3:10
10.	"Sad Old Red"		Hucknall	5:45
11.	"For Your Babies"		Hucknall	4:24
12.	"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"	Cole Porter	Hucknall	3:06

All tracks are written by Mick Hucknall, except where noted

2014 expanded edition

'Disc 2^[4]

Remixes

1. "Perfect Love (Lazy Radio Mix)" – 3:11
2. "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Sunset Mix – Long Version)" – 7:43
3. "Perfect Love (Love To Infinity Radio Mix)" – 3:33
4. "Perfect Love (Kurtis Mantronik 12" Vocal Mix)" – 6:16
5. "Perfect Love (Motive Hi-lectro Mix)" – 6:30
6. "Perfect Love (Roger's Dirty Sanchez Mix Edit)" – 6:43
7. "Perfect Love (Lee Cabrera's Lower East Side Dub)" – 6:00

Live in Cuba

8. "Perfect Love" – 3:26
9. "Something Got Me Started" – 3:37
10. "A Song for You" – 4:09
11. "Stars" – 4:17
12. "It's Only Love" – 4:30
13. "Fairground" – 6:00

DVD

Feature Interview

1. "Mark Goodier Interviews Mick Hucknall About "Simplified" March 2014"

Promo videos

2. "Perfect Love"
3. "Something Got Me Started"
4. "A Song for You"

BBC TV Appearances

5. "Perfect Love (Top of the Tops)"
6. "Something Got Me Started (All Time Greatest Party Songs)"

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

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.

Danae Blanco Villanueva – guest vocals on "Perfect Love"

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

Production

• Johnny Wow – mixing
• Kevin Metcalfe – mastering at The Soundmasters (London, UK)
• Andy Scade – recording, album technical coordinator
• Dave Bloor – recording (1, 2, 3)
• Gavin Goldberg – recording (1, 2, 3)
• Michael Zimmerling – recording (1, 4–12)
• Peacock Design – art direction, design
• Hamish Brown – band photography
• Hugh Turvey – photography

Singles

• "Perfect Love" (October 2005)
• "Something Got Me Started" / "A Song for You" (January 2006)
• "More" (November 2005) – for Brazilian market

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Simplified Chart (2005) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 14 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 37 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] 40 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 10 French Albums (SNEP)[10] 64 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 4 Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 47 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[15] 3

Year-end charts 2005 year-end chart performance for Simplified Chart (2005) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 57 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 92 UK Albums (OCC)[18] 114

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Simplified

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Simply Red official".
2. "Simply Red official".
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18. "The Official UK Albums Chart 2005" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
19. "British album certifications – Simply Red – Simplified". British Phonographic Industry.