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Album name：Blue

Almost concurrent with the attempted credibility boost of Rod Stewart's When We Were the New Boys comes Mick Hucknall's nod to roots as diverse as Neil Young and reggae crooner Gregory Isaacs, along with a fistful of originals, on the sixth Simply Red album. Blue is the lifestyle music Hucknall was born to make, but given such high-flown material, it's hardly the embarrassment it might have been. Certainly, a recasting of Young's 'Mellow My Mind' as boudoir fodder is more convincing than past missteps like the group's massacre of 'If You Don't Know Me By Now.' He should probably leave Aretha Franklin's catalog alone, though. --Rickey Wright