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A New Flame is the third album by British pop group Simply Red, released in February 1989. It was a huge success worldwide, becoming the band's first UK number one album and certified 7x 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
  1. "It’s Only Love" (Jimmy Cameron/Vella Cameron)- 4:58
  2. "A New Flame" (Mick Hucknall) – 3:57
  3. "You’ve Got It" (Hucknall/Lamont Dozier) – 3:55
  4. "To Be with You" (Hucknall) – 3:22
  5. "More" (Hucknall) – 4:08
Side two
  2. "Turn It Up" (Hucknall/Dozier)- 4:35
  3. "Love Lays It's Tune" (Hucknall) – 4:05
  4. "She’ll Have to Go" (Hucknall) – 3:10
  5. "If You Don’t Know Me by Now" (Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff) – 3:27
  6. "Enough" (Hucknall/Joe Sample) – 5:10

2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks

Disc one
  2. "I Wish" [Live Version] (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
  3. "X" (Fritz McIntyre/Ian Kirkham/Tim Kellett/Chris Joyce/Tony Bowers) – 4:51
  4. "The Great Divide" (S.H.T.G.) ["She’ll Have To Go" Extended Version] (Hucknall) – 3:56
  5. "Sugar Daddy" (McIntyre/Kirkham/Kellett/Joyce/Bowers) – 3:40
  6. "Funk On Out" [Instrumental] (Hucknall)- 3:31
Disc two (DVD)
’Let Me Take You Home’— Live at Manchester 1990
  1. "Grandma’s Hands" (Bill Withers)
  2. "More" (Hucknall)
  3. "Groovy Situation" (Keith Barrington Rowe)
  4. "Lady Godiva’s Room" (Hucknall)
  5. "Holding Back the Years" (Hucknall/Neil Moss)
  6. "Sad Old Red" (Hucknall)
  7. "Enough" (Hucknall/Sample)
  8. "Turn It Up" (Hucknall/Dozier)
  9. "Something Got Me Started"
  10. "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
  11. "It's Only Love"
  12. Everytime We Say Goodbye"
  13. "Resume"

Personnel

Guest musicians

Charts

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by UK number one album
25 February 1989 – 24 March 1989
29 April 1989 – 5 May 1989
22 July 1989 – 4 August 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Swiss Music Chart number-one album
19 March 1989 – 26 March 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Chart number-one album
11 June 1989 – 23 July 1989 		Succeeded by


Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[27] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[28] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[30] Platinum 494,200[29]
Germany (BVMI)[31] Platinum 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[32] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[33] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[34] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] 7× Platinum 2,100,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ William, Ruhlman. A New Flame at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Hunt, dennis (26 February 1989). "Album Review: Simply Red "A New Flame"". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (19 February 1989). "HOME ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDINGS: RECENT RELEASES; POP/JAZZ". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Robert Christgau review
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ "australian-charts.com Simply Red - A New Flame" (ASP). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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  8. ^ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-10-31
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  10. ^ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
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  20. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1989". aria.com.au. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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  23. ^ "Hitparade.ch - Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1989" (ASP). Swiss Music Charts (in Swedish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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  28. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Simply Red – A New Flame". Music Canada.
  29. ^ "Les Albums Platine". infodisc.fr (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  30. ^ "French album certifications – Simply Red – A New Flame" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  31. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Simply Red; 'A New Flame')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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  35. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  36. ^ "American album certifications – Simply Red – A New Flame". Recording Industry Association of America.
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