Paul Young

1997 German manufactured 12-track CD album, late '90s solo album that explored a more country rock direction, includes the single I Wish You Love.

It's been ten years since Paul Young released a solo album and it's been about twice that since he's delivered something approximating the blue-eyed soul that made his reputation back in the '80s. Those hits were steeped in the sound of their time – synthesizers ruled the roost from the sequenced foundations to the accents piled on top – but Good Thing is an attempt to get back to basics, back to the sweet, supple groove of Memphis. Because Good Thing was recorded not at American Sound Studios in 1968 but cut by a distinguished Englishman on a modern digital rig some 50 years later, this album hums with rosy nostalgia and immaculate taste.

When Paul Young entered the stage of the Grugahalle in Essen with his band The Royal Family on 30 March 1985, he was at the height of his career and the most successful British pop star of his time. His album “No Parlez” had broken all sales records, the follow-up album “The Secret Of Association” was about to start at the time of his Rockpalast appearance. Paul Young, his Royal Family as well as his three great background singers Jimmy Chanders, George Chandler and Tony Jackson presented themselves in a top condition and delivered an absolute hit firework, from “Love Of The Common People”, “Broken Man”, “Everything Must Change” to “Whereever I Lay My Hat” everything is represented what the Paul Young fan heart desires. A message in the matter of soul.