A New Flame

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.

A New Flame
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released13 February 1989 (1989-02-13)
Recorded1988–1989
StudioAIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies)
GenreBlue-eyed soul
Length41:03
Label
ProducerStewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
Men and Women
(1987)		 A New Flame
(1989)		 Stars
(1991)
Singles from A New Flame
  1. "It’s Only Love"
    Released: 16 January 1989
  2. "If You Don’t Know Me By Now"
    Released: 28 March 1989 [1]
  3. "A New Flame"
    Released: 26 June 1989 [2]
  4. "You've Got It"
    Released: 16 October 1989 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauC+[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
The New York Times(favorable)[7]
Number One[8]
Rolling Stone[9]

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
  1. "Turn It Up" (Hucknall, Dozier) – 4:35
  2. "Love Lays Its Tune" (Hucknall) – 4:05
  3. "She'll Have to Go" (Hucknall) – 3:10
  4. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 3:24
  5. "Enough" (Hucknall, Joe Sample) – 5:10

2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks

Disc one

  1. "I Wish" [Live Version] (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
  2. "X" (Fritz McIntyre, Ian Kirkham, Tim Kellett, Chris Joyce, Tony Bowers) – 4:51
  3. "The Great Divide" (S.H.T.G.) ["She’ll Have To Go" Extended Version] (Hucknall) – 3:56
  4. "Sugar Daddy" (McIntyre, Kirkham, Kellett, Joyce, Bowers) – 3:40
  5. "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

Simply Red

Guest musicians

  • Erik Hanson – synthesizer programming
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer programming
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Stephanie Spruell – backing vocals

Production

  • Producer – Stewart Levine
  • Engineered and mixed by Darren 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

Certifications and sales
Certifications and sales for A New Flame
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[31] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[32] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[33] Gold 25,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[34] Gold 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[36] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[37] Platinum 500,000^
Italy — 470,000[38]
Netherlands (NVPI)[39] 2× Platinum 200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[40] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[41] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[42] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[43] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] 7× Platinum 2,100,000^
United States (RIAA)[45] Gold 500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 6,000,000[46]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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