New Flame

Simply Red | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East/West Records
• ASIN: B000002IFP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,882 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Only Love

2. A New Flame

3. You've Got It

4. To Be With You

5. More

6. Turn It Up

7. Love Lays Its Tune

8. She'll Have to Go

9. If You Don't Know Me by Now

10. Enough

Editorial Reviews

2008 two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) Collector's Edition of Mick Hucknall and the gang's sophomore album featuring five bonus tracks on the CD plus a DVD that contains the Let Me Take You Home concert, filmed at Manchester Polytechnic in 1990, previously only available on VHS. A New Flame came out in 1989 and topped the album charts bringing four massive singles 'It's Only Love', 'A New Flame', 'You've Got It' and the classic 'If You Don't Know Me By Now'. Contains an extended booklet that includes extra pictures and new essay by Brian Southall. Rhino UK. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unappreciated genius, April 28, 2000

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Music Geek (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Flame (Audio CD)

For the life of me, I can't understand why "A New Flame" was so widely panned; call me crazy, but this was my favorite Simply Red album. Where "Men and Women" was somewhat uneven and "Life" gets a bit dull by the end, "A New Flame" really seemed to flow as an album without ever losing steam. How could critics ignore the sheer beauty of "You've Got It" or "Again"? What's wrong with "Turn it Up"? The one false note (in my opinion) was "If You Don't Know Me By Now"; there was no reason to re-make the original, and Mick Hucknall made no particular improvements to it. But on the strength of "You've Got It" alone, this album deserved much more respect than it got.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...simply the best!!!, October 11, 2001

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Stefano Cristaldi (Catania ITALY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Flame (Audio CD)

I am a big big fan of Simply Red. I have got all their albums, from Picture book to Blue. However, this is the strongest one of all Mick's production. Just listen to 'You've got it', 'More', 'Love lays its tune' and the masterpiece: 'Enough'.
You will not find something comparable in other cd,believe me!
Jazz, soul, pop, all mixed together in such an elegant way...
Perhaps,another 'must'for a real fan is 'Mountreaux ep'.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Soul Classic, July 26, 2000

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Thierno Barry (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Flame (Audio CD)

I agree wholeheartedly with 'Music Geek'; this is the most consistent 'Simply' CD. I've owned this album for over 10 years now (a couple of those years I had vynil, then purchased the CD when it became available). 'It's Only Love' is perhaps one of my all-time fav tunes. I also like 'You've got it' very much, co-written with the legendary Lamont Dozier (of Motown's The Enterprise Fame). I also like 'Enough', co-written by Joe Sample. Though there other fine moments on this CD, those are my fav tracks. The songs are sung effortlessly, the tracks are flawlessly recorded, and the instrumentation is exquisitely mixed. Kudos to the musicians and engineers; oh, and to what's his name, Mick for thick vocals. It's truly a must have.