SIMPLY RED - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE

SIMPLY RED

SONGWRITER: ALBERT HAMMOND & MIKE HAZLEWOOD

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BLUE

LABEL: EAST WEST RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1998

 

        Blue is the sixth studio album by British band Simply Red. It was released by East West Records on 19 May 1998 in the United Kingdom. Initially conceived as a cover album, it features production from lead singer Mick Hucknall as well as Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Stevie J, and Joe "Jake" Carter. Hucknall, Wright, and Yashiki are the only musicians featured in the Blue CD booklet's photography; this is a first for a Simply Red album, as all prior albums featured photos of the various band members credited.

          The album includes five cover versions: "Mellow My Mind" from the 1975 Neil Young album Tonight's the Night; two versions of the frequently covered "The Air That I Breathe", written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood; the Gregory Isaacs hit "Night Nurse"; and "Ghetto Girl" by Dennis Brown, from whom the band would cover another song in 2003. New versions of previously recorded Simply Red songs also appear here: "Come Get Me Angel" is a rewritten version of the 1996 single "Angel", and "Broken Man" was first released as a B-side in 1987. "The Air That I Breathe Reprise" samples "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp. "So Jungiful", found on the Japanese edition of the album, is a jungle remix of "So Beautiful" from the band's previous album, Life.

If I could make a wish I think I'd pass

Can't think of anything I need

No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound

Nothing to eat no books to read

Making love with you, has left me peaceful warm inside

What more could I ask

There's nothing left to be desired

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

Just to have you now

All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want

 

Peace came upon me and it breathes in me

Don't sleep silent angel don't you sleep

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love

You just to have you now

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe you're all I want

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe

 

Sometimes all I need is the air that I breathe and to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe yes to love you

All I need is the air that I breathe.