SIMPLY RED – MEN AND WOMEN LP – Nr MINT A4/B2  SOUL POP

Simply Red – Men and Women
(Elektra/EastWest Records  1987  WX85)
Matrix No’s: A4/B2

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which has sold more than 50 million albums since the mid 1980s. The lead singer of the band is the singer/songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by the time the band was disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. At the 1992 and 1993 Brit Awards, they received the award for Best British Group. The group re-formed in 2015.

Men and Women is the second album released by British pop group Simply Red in 1987.

Track listing

Side one

1. “The Right Thing” (Mick Hucknall) – 4:19
2. “Infidelity” (Hucknall/Lamont Dozier) – 4:09
3. “Suffer” (Hucknall/Dozier) – 4:55
4. “I Won’t Feel Bad” (Simply Red) – 4:14
5. “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” (Cole Porter) – 3:23

Side two

6. “Let Me Have It All” (Sylvester Stewart) – 3:45
7. “Love Fire” (Bunny Wailer) – 3:58
8. “Move On Out” (Hucknall) – 4:55
9. “Shine” (Hucknall) – 3:22
10. “Maybe Someday…” (Hucknall) – 4:18

Personnel

Band

• Mick Hucknall – Vocals
• Chris Joyce – Drums & Percussion
• Tony Bowers – Bass & Percussion
• Tim Kellett – Keyboards, Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Percussion [live backing vocals]
• Fritz McIntyre – Keyboards & Vocals
• Sylvan Richardson – Guitars

Additional players

• Janette Sewell – Vocals
• Ian Kirkham – Tenor & Baritone Sax
• Derek Wadsworth – Trombone on “Love Fire”
• Eleanor Morris – Cello on “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
• Steve Rainford – Keyboard programming