Home (Simply Red album)

Home
Studio album by Simply Red
Released	24 March 2003
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	Mick Hucknall's home studio; PFL Studios and Metropolis Mastering (London, UK); Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Soul adult contemporary pop
Length	43:20
Label	Simplyred.com
Producer	Mick Hucknall Gota Yashiki Peter Lewinson Steve Lewinson Andy Wright Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
It's Only Love (2000) Home (2003) Simplified (2005)
Singles from Home
"Sunrise" Released: 17 March 2003 "Fake" Released: 7 July 2003 "You Make Me Feel Brand New" Released: 10 November 2003 [1] "Home" Released: 29 March 2004 [2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Dotmusic	6/10 [4]
entertainment.ie	[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Uncut	[8]

Home is the eighth studio album by British pop and soul band Simply Red, released in 2003. It is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall's own record label, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, and includes the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".

The album includes three cover versions: the Bob Dylan song, "Positively 4th Street", The Stylistics' soul hit, "You Make Me Feel Brand New", and the Dennis Brown song, "Money in My Pocket". "Sunrise" borrows a loop from the 1981 Hall & Oates song "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", as well as some of the lyrics.

Track listing

Standard version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Home"	Mick Hucknall Steve Lewinson Peter Lewinson	Hucknall S. Lewinson P. Lewinson	3:17
2.	"Fake"	Hucknall Mark Jaimes Gota Yashiki Ian Kirkham S. Lewinson Dee Johnson John Johnson Kenji Suzuki Sarah Brown Chris De'Margary Kevin Robinson	Hucknall Yashiki Matt Rowe [a]	3:58
3.	"Sunrise"	Hucknall Daryl Hall John Oates Sara Allen	Andy Wright Hucknall [b] Yashiki [b]	3:19
4.	"You Make Me Feel Brand New"	Thom Bell Linda Creed	Stewart Levine Hucknall [a] Yashiki [a]	5:05
5.	"Home Loan Blues"	Hucknall Jaimes Yashiki S. Lewinson Kirkham Suzuki	Hucknall Yashiki	5:00
6.	"Positively 4th Street"	Bob Dylan	Hucknall Yashiki	4:33
7.	"Lost Weekend"	Hucknall	Hucknall Yashiki	4:05
8.	"Money in My Pocket" (Plan B mix)	Joe Gibbs Dennis Brown	Wright Yashiki Hucknall	3:38
9.	"Something for You"	Hucknall Joe Sample	Levine Hucknall [a] Yashiki [a]	5:59
10.	"It's You"	Hucknall	Hucknall Yashiki	3:15
11.	"Home (Reprise)"	Hucknall	Hucknall Yashiki	0:53

Japanese version bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Money in My Pocket"	Gibbs Brown	Hucknall Yashiki	2:58

Limited edition DVD

1. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (live DVD footage)
2. "Lost Weekend" (live DVD footage)
3. Documentary (DVD footage)
4. "Fake" (single mix)
5. "Sunrise (Who Knows About Forever)"

2014 expanded edition

Disc one – Radio Edits

12. "Sunrise (Motivo Hi-Lectro Radio Edit/Mix)" – 3:26
13. "Fake (Radio Mix)" – 3:43
14. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Single Edit)" – 4:18
15. "Home (Tin Tin Out Radio Mix)" – 3:34
16. "Fake (Phunk Investigation Radio Edit)" – 3:01
17. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Antillas Full Vocal Edit)" – 4:14
18. "Home (Motivo Hi-lectro Radio Mix)" – 3:23

Disc two – Remixes

1. "Sunrise (ATFC Morning Glory Remix)" – 8:29
2. "Fake (Phunk Investigation Exte-Club Mix)" – 7:03
3. "Home (David Harness Taboo Vocal)" – 8:00
4. "Sunrise (Love to Infinity Classic Mix)" – 6:49
5. "Fake (Love to Infinity Classic Radio Mix)" – 4:34
6. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Love to Infinity Radio Mix)" – 4:46
7. "Fake (Eric Kupper Club Mix)" – 6:51
8. "Sunrise (Love to Infinity Club Mix)" – 7:51
9. "Fake (Love to Infinity Club Mix)" – 6:58
10. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Love to Infinity Master Mix)" – 6:04
11. "Home (Minimal Chic Mix)" – 6:47
12. "Sunrise (Who Knows About Forever?)" – 3:15

Disc three – Live at Ronnie Scott's (Recorded February 2003)

1. "Fake" – 3:52
2. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" – 4:57
3. "Positively 4th Street" – 4:27
4. "Home Loan Blues" – 4:51
5. "Home" – 3:30
6. "So Beautiful" – 4:57
7. "It's Only Love" – 4:29
8. "Come to My Aid" – 4:06
9. "Sunrise" – 3:23
10. "Lost Weekend" – 3:59
11. "Money in My Pocket" – 3:33
12. "Something for You" – 6:23
13. "Home (Live in Sicily)" (bonus track) – 3:46

DVD

Feature interview

1. "Mark Goodier Interviews Mick Hucknall About "Home" – March 2014"

Promo videos

2. "Sunrise"
3. "Fake"
4. "You Make Me Feel Brand New (Live)"
5. "Home"

Bonus features

6. "Home Album EPK"
7. "The Making of Sunrise"
8. "The Making of Fake"

BBC TV appearances

9. "Sunrise" ( Parkinson , broadcast on 22 February 2003)
10. "Fake" ( Later... with Jools Holland , broadcast on 20 June 2003)

Notes

• "Sunrise" contains extracts from "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)", written by Daryl Hall, John Oates, and Sara Allen.
• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an original producer

Personnel

Musicians

The album credits list the musicians who played on the record, with no indication of which musicians played on which tracks, or what instruments they played.

Credited musicians are (in order listed): Andy Wright, Anthea Clarke, Arthur Adams, Bernie Worrell, Chris De Margary, Danny Saxon, Dave Clayton, Dean Parks, Dee Johnson, Freddie Washington, Gota Yashiki, Ian Kirkham, James Gadson, Joe Sample, John Johnson, Karl Van Den Bossche, Kenji Suzuki, Kevin Robinson, Larry Williams, Lenny Castro, The London Session Orchestra, Mark Jaimes, Mick Hucknall, Miles Bould, Paul "Harry" Harris, Pete Lewinson, Sarah Brown and Steve Lewinson.

Production

Technical

• Michael Zimmerling – recording engineer (1, 2, 5-8, 11)
• Rik Pekkonen – recording engineer (4, 9)
• Andy Scade – recording assistant (1, 2, 5-8, 11)
• Johnny Wow – mixing (1, 4-7, 10)
• Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing (2)
• Andy Wright – mixing (3, 8)
• Madkap – mixing (3)
• Mark Jolley – mixing (3)
• John Lee – assistant mix engineer (1, 2, 4-7, 9, 10)

Album credits

• Peacock Design – art direction, design
• Rick Guest – photography
• Andy Earl – band photography
• Hugh Turvey – photography (pages 5 & 6)
• Gusto – photography (pages 5 & 6)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Home Chart (2003–2004) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 15 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 15 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 11 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [13] 20 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15] 34 French Albums (SNEP) [16] 8 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 5 Italian Albums (FIMI) [18] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [19] 19 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [20] 5 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 40 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 6 UK Albums (OCC) [23] 2 US Billboard 200 [24] 187

Year-end charts 2003 year-end chart performance for Home Chart (2003) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] 50 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 59 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [27] 7 French Albums (SNEP) [28] 124 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [29] 14 Italian Albums (FIMI) [30] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] 26 UK Albums (OCC) [32] 26 2004 year-end chart performance for Home Chart (2004) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [33] 27

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Home

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [34]	Gold	15,000*
Belgium (BEA) [35]	Gold	25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [36]	Gold	50,000^
France (SNEP) [37]	Gold	100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [38]	Platinum	200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [39]	2× Platinum	160,000^
Portugal (AFP) [40]	Gold	20,000^
Russia (NFPF) [41]	Gold	10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [43]	2× Platinum	600,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [44]	Platinum	1,000,000*
Worldwide	—	2,500,000 [45]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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