Home Sweet Home (Kano album)
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Home Sweet Home is the debut album by British rapper Kano. It was released on 27 June 2005 by 679 Recordings. Kano was 20 years old when the album was released. The album received highly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. Six singles were released from the album— "P's and Q's", "Typical Me" featuring Ghetts, "Remember Me", "Nite Nite" featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets, "Brown Eyes" and "Signs in Life". Two of the singles, "Typical Me" and "Nite Nite", peaked within the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Rap Reviews | (9/10) [3] |
| BBC | (favourable) [4] |
Critical response
The album received widespread acclaim, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 12 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]
Commercial performance
Home Sweet Home entered and peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 36 on 3 July 2005. It is Kano's second highest-charting album of his career, after London Town (2007).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Home Sweet Home" | Kano, Asante | Mikey J | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Ghetto Kid" (featuring Ghetts) | Kano, Ghetts, Fraser T Smith | Fraser T Smith | 3:04 |
| 3. | "P's and Q's" | Kano, Chichester | DaVinChe | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Reload It" (featuring Demon & D Double E) | Kano, Penz, Redhead, Dixon | Diplo | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Typical Me" (featuring Ghetts) | Kano, Ghetts, Fraser T Smith | Fraser T Smith | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Mic Check" | Kano, Asante | Mikey J | 3:11 |
| 7. | "Sometimes" | Kano, Asante | Mikey J | 3:35 |
| 8. | "9 to 5" | Kano, Asante | Mikey J | 2:10 |
| 9. | "Nite Nite" (featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets) | Kano, Mike Skinner | Mike Skinner | 4:45 |
| 10. | "Brown Eyes" | Kano, Chichester | DaVinChe | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Remember Me" | Kano, Wellington, Bauza | TipC, Fraser T Smith | 3:15 |
| 12. | "I Don't Know Why" | Kano | Paul Epworth | 3:56 |
| 13. | "How We Livin'" | Kano, Price | Terror Danjah | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Nobody Don't Dance No More" | Kano, Fraser T Smith | Fraser T Smith | 3:52 |
| 15. | "Signs in Life" | Kano, Fraser T Smith | Fraser T Smith, Kano | 6:09 |
| 16. | "Boys Love Girls" | Kano | Kano | 4:02 |
- Samples
- "I Don’t Know Why" samples the "War Pigs" by metal band Black Sabbath.
Personnel
Credits for Home Sweet Home adapted from Allmusic.[6]
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Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart[7] | 36 |
Certifications
| Country/provider | Certification | Sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI) | Gold | 100,000+ |
References
- ^ "Home Sweet Home Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Kano :: Home Sweet Home :: 679". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "BBC - Music - Review of Kano - Home Sweet Home". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Reviews for Home Sweet Home by Kano - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Home Sweet Home - Kano". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ "2005-07-09 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2005-07-09.