Blue's
| Blue's | ||||
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| Released | 15 June 1987 | |||
| Recorded | September 1986 – February 1987 | |||
| Studio | Fonoprint, (Bologna) UMBI Studios (Modena) Eel Pie Studios (London) Townhouse Studios (West London) | |||
| Genre | Rock, blues, pop | |||
| Length | 47:19 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Producer | Corrado Rustici | |||
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Blue's is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari. It was released on 15 June 1987, with Fornaciari credited as "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". The album sold over 1.3 million copies.: 168
The success that Zucchero had experienced at music festivals in the early 1980s, including several appearances at the Sanremo Music Festival, eventually attracted the attention of foreign musicians.: 168 After travelling to the United States in the mid-1980s, he returned with a new band including some American musicians and a focus on the blues. Among them was keyboardist David Sancious.: 168 The tour following the release of the album included performances featuring Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, and B. B. King.: 168 The album elevated Zucchero's reputation internationally
It became the best-selling album internationally by an Italian musician, until it was overtaken by Zucchero's subsequent studio album Oro Incenso & Birra in 1989.