- pop, blue-eyed soul, pop soul, sophisti-pop
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Elektra
Picture Book is the debut studio album by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in October 1985. It contains the US number-one single "Holding Back the Years", and covers of the Valentine Brothers' "Money's Too Tight " and Talking Heads' "Heaven". Three more singles were released from the album: "Come to My Aid", "Jericho", and "Open Up the Red Box".
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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Tracks
- 1Come to My Aid4:03
- 2Sad Old Red4:33
- 3Look at You Now3:03
- 4Heaven4:33
- 5Jericho6:04
- 6Money's Too Tight4:13
- 7Holding Back the Years4:30
- 8Red Box3:56
- 9No Direction3:42
- 10Picture Book5:49
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Simply Red
- Label
- Elektra
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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