Home is the eighth Simply Red

Simply Red

Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz...

 studio album, released in 2003. It is the first Simply Red album released on band frontman Mick Hucknall

Mick Hucknall

Michael "Mick" Hucknall is a British singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the British band Simply Red, and is recognisable for his smooth, distinctive voice and wide vocal range, as well as his red curly hair.-Early life:...

's own record label

Record label

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, Simplyred.com. The album was a success all around the world, due to the hit singles, "Sunrise", "Fake", "You Make Me Feel Brand New" and "Home".

The success of "Sunrise" was due in part to the sensuous video being shot in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, and its borrowing of a loop found in the 1981 Hall and Oates single "I Can't Go for That

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

"I Can't Go for That " is a 1981 song recorded by Daryl Hall and John Oates.It was the fourth number-one hit single of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second hit single from their album Private Eyes...

" (as well as some of the lyrics).

The album includes three cover version

Cover version

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s: the Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 song, "Positively 4th Street

Positively 4th Street

"Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded by Dylan in New York City on July 29, 1965. It was released as a single by Columbia Records on September 7, 1965, reaching #1 on Canada's RPM chart, #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #8 on the UK Singles Chart...

," the The Stylistics'

The Stylistics

The Stylistics are a soul music vocal group, and were one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. They formed in 1968, and were composed of lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn. All of their US hits were ballads, graced by the...

 soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 hit, "You Make Me Feel Brand New," and the Dennis Brown

Dennis Brown

Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...

 song, "Money in My Pocket".

Track listing

1. "Home
   Home
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2. "Fake
   Fake (Simply Red song)
   "Fake" is the title of a song written and recorded by British soft rock group Simply Red. It was released in July 2003 as the second single from the album, Home. It was the next single after their international smash hit "Sunrise". It reached number-one on the U.S...
   
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3. "Sunrise
   Sunrise (Simply Red song)
   "Sunrise" is a 2003 single released by Simply Red from the album Home. It was released in March 2003 as the first single from the album. The song contains a sample of Hall & Oates's 1981 smash hit "I Can't Go for That ". It peaked at #1 on the U.S...
   
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4. "You Make Me Feel Brand New
   You Make Me Feel Brand New
   "You Make Me Feel Brand New" was a 1974 hit by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed.An R&B ballad, it was the fifth track from their 1974 album, Let's Put It All Together and was released as a single and reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
   
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5. "Home Loan Blues"
6. "Positively 4th Street
   Positively 4th Street
   "Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded by Dylan in New York City on July 29, 1965. It was released as a single by Columbia Records on September 7, 1965, reaching #1 on Canada's RPM chart, #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #8 on the UK Singles Chart...
   
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7. "Lost Weekend"
8. "Money in My Pocket" (Plan B mix)
9. "Something for You"
10. "It's You"
11. "Home" (reprise)

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)"

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 Vanden Bossche, Kenji Suzuki, Kevin Robinson, Larry Williams, Lennie Castro, London Session Orchestra, Mark Jaimes, Mick Hucknall, Miles Bould, Paul ‘Harry’ Harris, Pete Lewinson, Sarah Brown & Steve Lewinson.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	187

Album - UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

Year	Chart	Position
2003	UK Albums Chart	2 (BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...  Certified Double Platinum)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Sunrise"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
2003	"Sunrise"	Bubbling Under the Hot 100	122
2003	"Sunrise"	Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
2003	"Sunrise"	Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	36
2004	"Fake"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
2004	"You Make Me Feel Brand New"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	5
2004	"Home"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	10

Singles - UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Sunrise"	UK Singles Chart	7
2004	"Fake"	UK Singles Chart	21
2004	"You Make Me Feel Brand New"	UK Singles Chart	7
2004	"Home"	UK Singles Chart	40