Home Sweet Home (Kano album)

Home Sweet Home
Studio album by Kano
Released	27 June 2005
Recorded	2004-05
Genre	Grime
Length	61:42
Label	679 Recordings
Producer	Kano (also exec.), DaVinChe, Diplo, Fraser T Smith, Mike Skinner, Mikey J, Paul Epworth, Terror Danjah, TipC
Kano chronology
Home Sweet Home (2005) London Town (2007)

Home Sweet Home is the debut album by British rapper Kano. It was released on 27 June 2005 by 679 Recordings. Kano was 20 years old when the album was released. The album received highly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. Six singles were released from the album— "P's and Q's", "Typical Me" featuring Ghetts, "Remember Me", "Nite Nite" featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets, "Brown Eyes" and "Signs in Life". Two of the singles, "Typical Me" and "Nite Nite", peaked within the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rap Reviews	(9/10) [3]
BBC	(favourable) [4]

Critical response

The album received widespread acclaim, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 12 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ^[5]

Commercial performance

Home Sweet Home entered and peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 36 on 3 July 2005. It is Kano's second highest-charting album of his career, after London Town (2007).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Home Sweet Home"	Kano, Asante	Mikey J	3:37
2.	"Ghetto Kid" (featuring Ghetts)	Kano, Ghetts, Fraser T Smith	Fraser T Smith	3:04
3.	"P's and Q's"	Kano, Chichester	DaVinChe	4:08
4.	"Reload It" (featuring Demon & D Double E)	Kano, Penz, Redhead, Dixon	Diplo	3:47
5.	"Typical Me" (featuring Ghetts)	Kano, Ghetts, Fraser T Smith	Fraser T Smith	4:34
6.	"Mic Check"	Kano, Asante	Mikey J	3:11
7.	"Sometimes"	Kano, Asante	Mikey J	3:35
8.	"9 to 5"	Kano, Asante	Mikey J	2:10
9.	"Nite Nite" (featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets)	Kano, Mike Skinner	Mike Skinner	4:45
10.	"Brown Eyes"	Kano, Chichester	DaVinChe	3:49
11.	"Remember Me"	Kano, Wellington, Bauza	TipC, Fraser T Smith	3:15
12.	"I Don't Know Why"	Kano	Paul Epworth	3:56
13.	"How We Livin'"	Kano, Price	Terror Danjah	3:48
14.	"Nobody Don't Dance No More"	Kano, Fraser T Smith	Fraser T Smith	3:52
15.	"Signs in Life"	Kano, Fraser T Smith	Fraser T Smith, Kano	6:09
16.	"Boys Love Girls"	Kano	Kano	4:02

Samples

• "I Don’t Know Why" samples the "War Pigs" by metal band Black Sabbath.

Personnel

Credits for Home Sweet Home adapted from Allmusic.^[6]

Kano — primary artist, composer Dick Beetham — mastering Dan Stacey — A&R Ben Sansbury — Art direction, design Mike Skinner — producer, arranger, mixing Fraser T. Smith — producer, guitar, mixing Paul Epworth — producer, guitar Joe Fields — producer, mixing

D Double E - featured artist Leo the Lion — primary artist Josh Garza — drums Leo Bubba Taylor — drums Beni G — scratching Simon Finch — trumpet James Moriarty — photography

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[7]	36

Certifications

Country/provider	Certification	Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Gold	100,000+

References

1. "Home Sweet Home Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
2. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
3. "Kano :: Home Sweet Home :: 679". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
4. "BBC - Music - Review of Kano - Home Sweet Home". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
5. "Reviews for Home Sweet Home by Kano - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
6. "Home Sweet Home - Kano". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
7. "2005-07-09 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2005-07-09.