Blue (studio album) by Simply Red

Blue by Simply Red
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 45,480th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (772nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (7,242nd)
Award Best albums of all time (45,480th)
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Simply Red bestography

Blue is ranked 6th best out of 16 albums by Simply Red on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Simply Red is Picture Book which is ranked number 3290 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 448.

Simply Red album bestography « Higher ranked (25,267th) This album (45,480th) Lower ranked (47,379th) »
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Blue track list

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 15 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 65.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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This album is worth a listen just for Ghetto Girl, a cover of an old reggae song. Never bought any Simply Red before this (and haven't since) but heard Mick Hucknall sing it without a band during an interview on TFI Friday years ago and it just blew me away. Like him or hate him, the mans got a great soulful voice.
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