# A New Flame

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The New York Times | (favorable) |
| Number One | |
| Rolling Stone | |
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

* "It's Only Love" (Jimmy Cameron, Vella Cameron) – 4:58
* "A New Flame" (Mick Hucknall) – 3:57
* "You've Got It" (Hucknall, Lamont Dozier) – 3:55
* "To Be with You" (Hucknall) – 3:22
* "More" (Hucknall) – 4:08

### Side two

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

### 2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks

Disc one
* "I Wish" [Live Version] (Stevie Wonder) – 4:05
* "X" (Fritz McIntyre, Ian Kirkham, Tim Kellett, Chris Joyce, Tony Bowers) – 4:51
* "The Great Divide" (S.H.T.G.) ["She’ll Have To Go" Extended Version] (Hucknall) – 3:56
* "Sugar Daddy" (McIntyre, Kirkham, Kellett, Joyce, Bowers) – 3:40
* "Funk On Out" [Instrumental] (Hucknall) – 3:31
Disc two (DVD)

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

* "Grandma’s Hands" (Bill Withers)
* "More" (Hucknall)
* "Groovy Situation" (Keith Barrington Rowe)
* "Lady Godiva’s Room" (Hucknall)
* "Holding Back the Years" (Hucknall, Neil Moss)
* "Sad Old Red" (Hucknall)
* "Enough" (Hucknall, Sample)
* "Turn It Up" (Hucknall, Dozier)
* "Something Got Me Started"
* "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
* "It's Only Love"
* "Everytime We Say Goodbye"
* "Resume"

## 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

## Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for A New Flame :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | 3× Platinum | 210,000$^^$ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria) | Platinum | 50,000$^*$ |
| Belgium (BEA) | Gold | 25,000$^*$ |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) | Gold | 100,000$^*$ |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| France (SNEP) | Platinum | 300,000$^*$ |
| Germany (BVMI) | Platinum | 500,000$^^$ |
| Italy | — | 470,000 |
| Netherlands (NVPI) | 2× Platinum | 200,000$^^$ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | Platinum | 15,000$^^$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Platinum | 100,000$^^$ |
| Sweden (GLF) | Gold | 50,000$^^$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Platinum | 50,000$^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | 7× Platinum | 2,100,000$^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| Summaries |||
| Worldwide | — | 6,000,000 |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||