Holding Back The Years – Simply Red (1986)

Description

Additional information about this, Simply Red vinyl art.

Simply Red – The Artist/s

Simply Red are an English pop and soul band formed in Manchester in 1985. The band is led by singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who is the only original member remaining in the band. They have released thirteen studio albums, from Picture Book (1985) through Time (2023), all of which have peaked within the top ten on the UK Albums Chart; with the albums A New Flame (1989), Stars (1991), Life (1995) and Blue (1998), along with their Greatest Hits (1996) album, reaching number one. Stars is one of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom. The band broke up in 2010 but re-formed in 2015. Simply Red have sold over 50 million albums.

Holding Back The Years – The Song

“Holding Back The Years“ is a song by the English soul and pop band Simply Red, released as the third single from their debut studio album, Picture Book (1985). In 1986, the ballad reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. The group’s frontman Mick Hucknall wrote the song when he was 17, while living at his father’s house. In a 2018 interview, Hucknall said the song was inspired by a member of the teaching staff at Manchester School of Art, where Hucknall was a fine-art student: the lecturer suggested the greatest paintings are produced when the artist is working in a stream of consciousness, which Hucknall then tried to apply to songwriting – “Holding Back the Years” was the second song he wrote using this method.

Mick Hucknall – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the silhouette of band singer Mick Hucknall with his distinctive long ginger hair.

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