Simply Red: Have You Got A Bit Of Manchester In You?
Adrian Deevoy, Q, June 1998
And if not, would you like some? Beware, ladies, for it is Mick Hucknall, humbled by heartbreak but still hopping on like a russet-headed horny toad. Taken aback by the soul grit and lovelorn drama of the latest Simply Red record, Adrian Deevoy goes in search of a little sexual healing.
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