Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul, Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Simply Red
Released 30 September 1991
Recorded August 1990–June 1991
Studio Condulmer Studio, Venice, Italy
Genre Pop, blue-eyed soul
Length 41:17
Label EastWest Records
Producer Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
A New Flame
(1989) Stars
(1991) The Montreux EP
(1992)

Stars is the fourth album by British-based pop/soul/jazz band Simply Red, released on 30 September 1991.[1] Five singles were released from the album, including the UK top ten hits `Stars` and `For Your Babies`. The album was a worldwide success, particularly in the band`s home country where it has been certified twelve times platinum[2] and was the best-selling album of the year in the UK for both 1991 and 1992,[3][4] the first album to be the best-seller in two consecutive years since Simon & Garfunkel`s Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970–1971. As of April 2019 it is the 14th best-selling album of all time in the UK.[5]

The album was on the shortlist of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. In 2000 Q placed Stars at number 80 in its list of `The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever`.[6]

In 2000 it was voted number 258 in Colin Larkin`s All Time Top 1000 Albums.[7]

Composition and recording
Recording for the album originally began in Paris in August 1990, but the initial sessions did not go well: the equipment in the studio did not live up to expectations, and with the Gulf War having just started and dominating television news reports, the band found the atmosphere in the bunker-like studios oppressive and not conducive to making music. The group moved to the more relaxed surroundings of Venice to resume recording in the Condulmer Studios.[8]

Simply Red`s leader and singer Mick Hucknall had wanted the album to have a less electronic and more soulful sound than their previous work, and had recruited programmer Gota after hearing his work with Soul II Soul. Hucknall did not realise that Gota was also a drummer until he heard him jamming on the drum kit one evening in Venice, after which Gota also became the band`s full-time drummer. The songs had been written over the previous year: `Something Got Me Started` and `Stars` had been written on the road during the group`s previous tour. `Thrill Me` was based on a riff that McIntyre had come up with, while Hucknall described `Wonderland` as `probably the most political song I`ve written`, documenting his dissatisfaction with the British Conservative government of the time.[9]

Artwork
The album cover features a photograph of singer Hucknall in the Californian desert, wearing a Native American painted cloak that he had bought in Spain. Hucknall had insisted that in the shot he would be wearing the cloak and nothing else, displaying his bare legs. However, when photographer Zanna showed the photographs to EastWest Records, they were concerned that Hucknall`s bare legs would offend sensibilities in the US, and Zanna had to digitally retouch the picture using a test photograph of her assistant`s jeans-covered legs.[10]

Original release
All songs written and composed by Mick Hucknall, except where noted.

`Something Got Me Started` (Hucknall, Fritz McIntyre) – 4:01
`Stars` – 4:08
`Thrill Me` (Hucknall, McIntyre) – 5:04
`Your Mirror` – 3:59
`She`s Got It Bad` – 3:33
`For Your Babies` – 4:17
`Model` – 3:46
`How Could I Fall` – 4:45
`Freedom` – 3:52
`Wonderland` – 3:49

Personnel
Simply Red

Mick Hucknall – lead vocals, backing vocals
Fritz McIntyre – keyboards, backing vocals on `Freedom`, additional vocals on `Something Got Me Started` and `Wonderland`
Dee Johnson – backing vocals
Tim Kellett – keyboards
Heitor TP – guitars
Shaun Ward – bass
Gota Yashiki – drums, percussion, programming
Ian Kirkham – saxophones
Additional personnel

Jess Bailey – keyboard programming

Production

Producer – Stewart Levine
Co-producer – Mick Hucknall
Album coordination – Bob Harding
Engineered and mixed by Darren Klein
Assistant engineers – Sandro Franchin and Marnie Riley
Recorded at Condulmer Recording Studios (Venice, Italy).
Mixed at Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
Art direction and photography – Zanna
Management – Andy Dodd and Elliot Rashman at So What Arts, Ltd.