Simply Red got an enormous amount of flak when they came out. How dare that Ginge get all that attention from women. How dare he rip off Marvin and Curtis. Soul purists shook their fists in rage at Top of the Pops switched off and rushed for their Teddy Pendergrass albums.
Holding Back The Years sounds poignant and classy to ne at this remove. I don't listen to the radio shows where they play it on a daily basis so it sounded fresh as a field of daisies when I gave it a listen just now. It had to be re-released in 1986 before it got the chart placing it deserved.
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