''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

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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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Flame, A 1989 albums Simply Red albums Albums produced by Stewart Levine Elektra Records albums Albums recorded at AIR Studios