The Vinyl Countdown # 1711

Simply Red, Picture Book (1985)

I am not a Simply Red fan. But I do own this album. And I’m happy to have it in my collection. No shame. There’s a lot of average stuff on this – even if it is the band’s best album, the debut that justifies (in some way) part of why this band became so (irritatingly) huge. I like the song Holding Back The Years. It’s a c…