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.

Track listing

Side one

Side two

2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks

Disc one

Disc two (DVD)

'Let Me Take You Home'— Live at Manchester 1990

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

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References