A New Flame

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A New Flame
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Studio album by Simply Red
Released 8 March 1989 (1989-03-08)
Recorded 1988-89
Genre Blue-eyed soul
Length 41:03
Label WEA, Elektra
Producer Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
Men and Women
(1987)Men and Women1987		 A New Flame
(1989)		 Stars
(1991)Stars1991
Singles from A New Flame
  1. "It’s Only Love"
    Released: January 1989
  2. "If You Don’t Know Me By Now"
    Released: April 1989
  3. "A New Flame"
    Released: July 1989
  4. "You’ve Got It"
    Released: October 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[2]
The New York Times positive[3]
Robert Christgau C+ [4]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars [5]

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
  1. "Turn It Up" (Hucknall/Dozier)- 4:35
  2. "Love Lays It's 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) – 3:27
  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

Guest musicians

Charts

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
Anything for You
by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Blast! by Holly Johnson
Cuts Both Ways by Gloria Estefan
Preceded by Swiss Music Chart number-one album
19 March 1989 – 26 March 1989		 Succeeded by
Like a Prayer by Madonna
Preceded by New Zealand Chart number-one album
11 June 1989 – 23 July 1989		 Succeeded by
Past Present by Clannad

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[27] Platinum 50,000
Canada (Music Canada)[28] Platinum 100,000
France (SNEP)[29] Platinum 494,200[30]
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
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ William, Ruhlman. A New Flame at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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  4. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review
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  8. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-10-31
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  35. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter A New Flame in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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