A New Flame
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A New Flame | ||||
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Released | 13 February 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
Studio | AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies) | |||
Genre | Blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 41:03 | |||
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Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
Simply Red chronology | ||||
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Singles from A New Flame | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Robert Christgau | C+[5] |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The New York Times | (favorable)[7] |
Number One | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A New Flame is the third album by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in February 1989. It was a huge success worldwide, becoming the band's first UK number one album and certified 7× Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2,100,000 copies in the UK alone. The album was also certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Track listing
- Side one
- "It's Only Love" (Jimmy Cameron, Vella Cameron) – 4:58
- "A New Flame" (Mick Hucknall) – 3:57
- "You've Got It" (Hucknall, Lamont Dozier) – 3:55
- "To Be with You" (Hucknall) – 3:22
- "More" (Hucknall) – 4:08
- Side two
- "Turn It Up" (Hucknall, Dozier) – 4:35
- "Love Lays Its Tune" (Hucknall) – 4:05
- "She'll Have to Go" (Hucknall) – 3:10
- "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 3:24
- "Enough" (Hucknall, Joe Sample) – 5:10
2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks
Disc one
- "I Wish" [Live Version] (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
- "X" (Fritz McIntyre, Ian Kirkham, Tim Kellett, Chris Joyce, Tony Bowers) – 4:51
- "The Great Divide" (S.H.T.G.) ["She’ll Have To Go" Extended Version] (Hucknall) – 3:56
- "Sugar Daddy" (McIntyre, Kirkham, Kellett, Joyce, Bowers) – 3:40
- "Funk On Out" [Instrumental] (Hucknall) – 3:31
Disc two (DVD)
- 'Let Me Take You Home'— Live at Manchester 1990
- "Grandma’s Hands" (Bill Withers)
- "More" (Hucknall)
- "Groovy Situation" (Keith Barrington Rowe)
- "Lady Godiva’s Room" (Hucknall)
- "Holding Back the Years" (Hucknall, Neil Moss)
- "Sad Old Red" (Hucknall)
- "Enough" (Hucknall, Sample)
- "Turn It Up" (Hucknall, Dozier)
- "Something Got Me Started"
- "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
- "It's Only Love"
- "Everytime We Say Goodbye"
- "Resume"
Personnel
Simply Red
- Mick Hucknall – lead vocals and backing vocals
- Fritz McIntyre – keyboards, backing vocals
- Tim Kellett – keyboards, trumpet, live backing vocals
- Heitor TP – guitars
- Tony Bowers – bass
- Chris Joyce – drums
- Ian Kirkham – saxophones
Guest musicians
- Erik Hanson – synthesizer programming
- Larry Williams – synthesizer programming
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
Production
- Producer – Stewart Levine
- Engineered and mixed by Daren Klein
- Assistant engineers – Clark Germain and Karl Lever
- Recorded at AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies)
- Mixed at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Design – Peter Barrett and Andrew Biscomb
- Cover photograph – Juergen Teller
- Inner sleeve photos – Shelia Rock and Juergen Teller
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[40] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[41] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[42] | Gold | 25,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[43] | Gold | 100,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[44] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
France (SNEP)[45] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[46] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Italy | — | 470,000[47] |
Netherlands (NVPI)[48] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[49] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[50] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[51] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[52] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[53] | 7× Platinum | 2,100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[54] | Gold | 500,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 6,000,000[55] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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