Stars (Simply Red album)

Stars
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released30 September 1991 (1991-09-30)
RecordedAugust 1990–June 1991
StudioCondulmer Studio, Venice, Italy
GenrePop, blue-eyed soul
Length41:17
LabelEastWest Records
ProducerStewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
A New Flame
(1989) 		Stars
(1991) 		The Montreux EP
(1992)
Singles from Stars
  1. "Something Got Me Started"
    Released: 9 September 1991
  2. "Stars"
    Released: 18 November 1991
  3. "For Your Babies"
    Released: 27 January 1992
  4. "Thrill Me"
    Released: 21 April 1992
  5. "Your Mirror"
    Released: 13 July 1992

Stars is the fourth album by British-based pop/soul/jazz band Simply Red, released on 30 September 1991.[1] Five singles were released from the album, including the UK top ten hits "Stars" and "For Your Babies". The album was a worldwide success, particularly in the band's home country where it has been certified twelve times platinum[2] and was the best-selling album of the year in the UK for both 1991 and 1992,[3][4] the first album to be the best-seller in two consecutive years since Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970–1971. As of April 2019 it is the 14th best-selling album of all time in the UK.[5]

The album was on the shortlist of nominees for the 1992 Mercury Prize. In 2000 Q placed Stars at number 80 in its list of "The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever".[6]

In 2000 it was voted number 258 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[7]

  1. ^ "Simply Red – Stars (Advert)" (PDF). Music Week. 28 September 1991.
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  5. ^ Copsey, Rob (11 April 2019). "The best-selling albums of all time on the Official UK Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ^ "The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever!". Q (165). London, England: EMAP: 59–95. June 2000.
  7. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 2115. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.