Simply Red Love and the Russian Winter CD Neu

Erscheinungsdatum: 1. November 1999
Label: Eastwest (Warner Music)
Format: Audio CD (CD-Anzahl: 1)

Tonträger CD
Jahr 1999
Zeit 47:28  
Label Warner Music UK Ltd.
Herstellungsland  D
Musikrichtung Pop
EAN-Nr. 639842994224
Katalog-Nr. 3984299422


   Trackliste

1. The Spirit Of Life 4:42   
2. Ain´t That A Lot Of Love 3:56   
3. Your Eyes 4:16   
4. The Sky Is A Gipsy 4:33   
5. Back Into The Universe 3:48   
6. Words For Girlfriends 5:07   
7. Thank You 4:01   
8. Man Made The Gun 4:55   
9. Close To You 4:33   
10. More Than A Dream 3:52   
11. Wave The Old World Goodbye 3:45


Rezension
 
 


Mick Hucknalls Kapital ist seine Stimme. Ein Markenzeichen, das sich fest etabliert hat. Schon ein Jahr nach seinem eher zwiespältig aufgenommenen Album Blue legt er nun Love And The Russian Winter vor und macht mit der fetzigen Single "Ain´t That A Lot Of Love" sogleich klar, wer in England in Sachen weißem, funkigem Rhythm & Blues das Sagen hat. Wobei dieser Simply-Red-typische Titel beileibe nicht die beste Nummer des Albums ist. Der kleine rothaarige Frauenheld aus Manchester wird zur Jahrtausendwende ganz schön introspektiv. "Words For My Girlfriends" (ist hier auch Steffi Graf gemeint?), "Thank You" und "Your Eyes" sind zarte und nachdenkliche Balladen, einer der schönsten Titel aber ist die sanfte Schlußnummer "Wave The Old World Goodbye". Feinster Brit-Soul, durch einige Techno-Anleihen etwas auf die Höhe der Zeit gebracht, aber immer noch Simply Red at its best. –-Ravi Unger

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Simply Red entered a holding pattern after 1991's Stars, turning out two records in a row that essentially replicated its charms, only with diminishing returns. Mick Hucknall must have realized he was stagnating, since 1999's Love and the Russian Winter is the first time since Stars that he's shaken up his sound. It's still recognizably Simply Red, as it trades in '70s soul and jazz-pop influences, but there are a number of reasonably contemporary influences added into the mix. As it turns out, these influences are largely based in house music, which means that Simply Red took some weird middle ground between Everything But the Girl and Soul II Soul. Still, these changes are welcome, since they've revitalized Hucknall and his collaborators, Andy Wright and Gota Yashiki. They're willing to try different sounds and write in different idioms. Occasionally, they might sound as if they're forcing matters somewhat, but there's also a number of gems that pop up on the album, from "The Spirit of Life" to "The Sky Is a Gypsy." And while the title may imply that Love and the Russian Winter is a concept album of sorts, that's not true — Hucknall and company have reserved their ambitions for their refurbished production instead of channeling them into a song cycle. That's for the best, actually, since Simply Red works the best on a song-by-song basis, particularly when they rely on love songs (the millennium farewell "Wave the Old World Goodbye" is one of the more awkward moments on the record). Love and the Russian Winter doesn't quite rise to the level of the group's strongest records, but it's a refreshing change of pace from an outfit that had seemed to have gone stagnant.
 

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