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Something Got Me Started,
Stars,
Perfect Love,
Home,
Holding Back The Years,
Stars,
Sunrise,
Sunrise V2,
Fairground,
You Make Me Feel Brand New,
In the early 90s, Simply Red (now effectively Hucknall and various backing musicians) consolidated their position as one of the most accomplished blue-eyed soul outfits to emerge from the UK in recent years. The 1991 album Stars pursued hip-hop-inspired rhythms, alongside their usual soul style. It topped the UK charts over a period of months, outselling much-hyped efforts by Michael Jackson, U2, Dire Straits and Guns N'Roses. The follow-up Life was also a bestseller, although it showed little sign of creative development. The album did feature the wonderful "Fairground", however, which provided Hucknall with his first ever UK chart-topping single. The band returned to the charts in 1996 and 1997 with cover versions of Aretha Franklin's "Angel" and Gregory Isaacs' "Night Nurse". Their fifth consecutive UK number 1 album, Blue, featured several other covers (including two takes of the Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe") and marked a return to the smooth soul style of A New Flame.