Blue Eyed Soul is the twelfth studio album by British pop group Simply Red. The album was released on 8 November 2019 by BMG.^[1]

The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, selling 9,772 copies in its first week. It is Simply Red's 14th top 10 album in the United Kingdom.^[2]

The vinyl release has a slightly different song order from the CD and digital releases. Apparently, the preferred order is that of the vinyl release, which favours slower songs earlier.^[3]

Simply Red

• Mick Hucknall – vocals, backing vocals (5, 6, 8)
• Dave Clayton – keyboards, backing vocals (5, 6, 8)
• Kenji Suzuki – guitars, backing vocals (5, 6, 8)
• Steve Lewinson – bass
• Roman Roth – drums, backing vocals (5, 6, 8)
• Ian Kirkham – saxophones
• Kevin Robinson – trumpet, backing vocals (1, 5-8), percussion (5, 6, 8, 9)

Additional musicians

• Danny Saxon – additional keyboards (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Andy Wright – programming, additional keyboards (1, 5, 8, 9), percussion (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Gavin Goldberg – programming, additional guitars (1)
• Peter-John Vettese – string programming (10), arrangements (10)
• Mark Jaimes – additional guitars (1, 2, 3, 7)
• Marc JB – additional beats (1)
• Chris De Margary – saxophones

Strings (Tracks 2, 3 & 4)

• Peter-John Vettese – arrangements (2, 3)
• Sam Swallow – arrangements (4)
• Amy Stewart – string contractor for Isobel Griffiths Ltd.
• Dave Daniels – cello
• Peter Lale and Bruce White – viola
• Ian Humphries, Patrick Kiernan, Everton Nelson and Emlyn Singleton – violin

Production

• Andy Wright – producer
• Gavin Goldberg – engineer, mixing (1), additional mixing
• Mick Hucknall – mixing (2-10)
• Lewis Chapman – assistant engineer, mix engineer
• Tony Cousins – mastering at Metropolis Mastering (London, UK)
• Stuart Crouch Creative – design, cover illustration
• Dean Chalkley – photography