As we are discussing individual songs, i thought “Shine” worth a mention.
I think the song has a lot of energy and a great hook that with decent airplay could have been a sizeable hit. It’s certainly more memorable then the Luke warm “Dirty Looks”. I don’t see the fact it had been released on a Simply Red album a couple of months prior being an issue.
Its a great shame it was not recorded for the Swept Away album where it would have found the perfect home.. Perhaps used in place of the dismal “We Are The Children”. As it was, it was kind of stranded on the not so hot, Red Hot album, along with two other great songs. Summertime” and “Hard For Me To Say”.