A New Flame Explained
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 oneDisc two (DVD)
- 'Let Me Take You Home'— Live at Manchester 1990
Personnel
Simply Red
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
Notes and References
- European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 6. 11. 18 March 1989. 23. 29800226.
- Book: Pennanen, Timo. Simply Red. Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. fi. 2nd. Helsinki. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. 2021. 235. 978-952-7460-01-6.
- Top 3 Albums in Europe. Music & Media. 6. 13. 1 April 1989. 30. 29800226.
- News: Ísland (LP-plötur). DV. is. 17 March 1989. 36. 1021-8254. Timarit.is.
- Top 3 Albums in Europe. Music & Media. 6. 10. 11 March 1989. 28. 29800226.
- Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. 30 May 2022. Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "A new flame" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
- Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. ja. Roppongi, Tokyo. Oricon Entertainment. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
- Book: Salaverrie, Fernando. September 2005. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. es. 1st. Madrid. Fundación Autor/SGAE. 84-8048-639-2.
- Simply Red Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. 8 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716050552/https://www.billboard.com/music/Simply-Red/chart-history/billboard-200. 16 July 2019.
- Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums for 1989. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 January 2024.
- Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 1989. austriancharts.at. de. 8 January 2024.
- Top 100 Albums of '89. RPM. 51. 8. 23 December 1989. 14. 0033-7064. Library and Archives Canada.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1989. nl. Dutch Charts. 8 January 2024.
- European Top 100 Albums 1989. Music & Media. 6. 51. 23 December 1989. 9. 29800226.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1989. de. GfK Entertainment. 16 November 2018.
- Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1989. Recorded Music NZ. 8 January 2024.
- Web site: Topp 40 Album Sommer 1989. no. VG-lista. 9 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021110/http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2/dato/1989/periode/sommer. 8 September 2017.
- Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1989. hitparade.ch. de. 8 January 2024.
- Year End Albums. Record Mirror. 20 January 1990. 42. 0144-5804.
- Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989. Billboard. 8 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516041642/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-billboard-200-albums. 16 May 2021.