Simply Red Picture Book

Year/Genre/City: 1985, Pop Rock, Manchester, England
Matrix #: 9 60452-1
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks good

Cultural Facts:

Breakout Single: Holding Back the Years became the anchorfirst a UK hit, then a major U.S. breakthrough that helped turn mid-80s adult pop-soul into a global radio format.

Band Origins: The songs roots go back to Mick Hucknalls preSimply Red days (Frantic Elevators), making this debut feel like a new band built around older, road-tested material.

Scene Snapshot: Manchester is usually discussed through post-punk and later Madchester, but this LP is a reminder that the city was also exporting sleek, emotionally direct pop-soul in the same era.

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