Blue's

Blue's
Studio album by
Zucchero
Released15 June 1987
RecordedSeptember 1986 – February 1987
StudioFonoprint, (Bologna)
UMBI Studios (Modena)
Eel Pie Studios (London)
Townhouse Studios (West London)[1]
GenreRock, blues, pop
Length47:19
LabelPolydor Records
ProducerCorrado Rustici
Zucchero chronology
Rispetto
(1986) 		Blue's
(1987) 		Oro Incenso & Birra
(1989)

Blue's is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari. It was released on 15 June 1987, with Fornaciari credited as "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". The album sold over 1.3 million copies.[2]: 168 

The success that Zucchero had experienced at music festivals in the early 1980s, including several appearances at the Sanremo Music Festival,[3] eventually attracted the attention of foreign musicians.[2]: 168  After travelling to the United States in the mid-1980s, he returned with a new band including some American musicians and a focus on the blues.[3] Among them was keyboardist David Sancious.[2]: 168  The tour following the release of the album included performances featuring Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, and B. B. King.[2]: 168  The album elevated Zucchero's reputation internationally

It became the best-selling album internationally by an Italian musician, until it was overtaken by Zucchero's subsequent studio album Oro Incenso & Birra in 1989.

  1. ^ "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari : Blue's". Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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