Life (Simply Red album)

Life
Studio album by Simply Red
Released	24 October 1995
Genre	Rock, Soul, Pop, Adult contemporary
Length	47:18
Label	East West Records
Producer	Mick Hucknall, Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
The Montreux EP (1992) Life (1995) Greatest Hits (1996)
Singles from Life
"Fairground" Released: 18 September 1995 "Remembering the First Time" Released: November 1995 "Never Never Love" Released: February 1996 "We're in This Together" Released: June 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Life is the fifth studio album by British band Simply Red, released in 1995. The lead single "Fairground" became their first number 1 hit in the UK. Due to this success, the album also made #1 on the UK album chart. It also included "We're in This Together", the official theme song for Euro '96. This was also the last album to feature band member Fritz McIntyre.

Track listing

All songs composed by Mick Hucknall

1. "You Make Me Believe" – 3:51
2. "So Many People" – 5:19
3. "Lives and Loves" – 3:21
4. "Fairground" – 5:33
5. "Never Never Love" – 4:19
6. "So Beautiful" – 4:58
7. "Hillside Avenue" – 4:45
8. "Remembering the First Time" – 4:43
9. "Out on the Range" – 6:00
10. "We're in This Together" – 4:14

2008 Special Edition bonus tracks

11. "Fairground" (Rollo and Sister Bliss Remix) - 9:06
12. "Remembering the First Time" (Satoshi Tomie Classic 12" Mix) - 8:53
13. "Never Never Love" (Too Precious Club Radio Mix) - 4:22
14. "We're in This Together" (Universal Feeling Mix) - 4:15
15. "You Make Me Believe" (Howie B Mix) - 4:01

Personnel

• Mick Hucknall - lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, bass guitar & string arrangement
• Fritz McIntyre - keyboards & background vocals
• Ian Kirkham - saxophone, EWI & keyboards
• Heitor T P - guitars
• Dee Johnson - background vocals

Guest musicians

• Sly Dunbar - drums and programming
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
• Bootsy Collins - bass guitar
• Ritchie Stevens - drums
• Danny Cummings - percussion
• Hugh Masekela - flugelhorn
• Andy Wright - programming, keyboards and string arrangement
• Umoja Singers Chorale
• The London Metropolitan Orchestra
• Caroline Dale - string arrangement and conduction

The video for “Never Never Love” featured several women, including British actresses Billie Whitelaw and Stephanie Beacham, and fashion models like Kirsten Owen, for example.

Charts

Chart positions Chart (1995) Peak position Australian ARIA Album Chart[4] 7 Austrian Albums Chart[5] 1 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [6] 3 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7] 18 Canadian Albums Chart[8] 30 Danish Albums Chart[9] 2 Dutch Albums Chart[10] 3 European Albums Chart[9] 1 Finnish Albums Chart[11] 14 French SNEP Albums Chart[12] 7 German Media Control Albums Chart[13] 1 Irish Albums Chart[9] 3 Italian Albums Chart[14] 2 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[15] 32 New Zealand Albums Chart[16] 3 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[17] 11 Portuguese Albums Chart[18] 1 Spanish Albums Chart[9] 5 Swedish Albums Chart[19] 2 Swiss Albums Chart[20] 1 UK Albums Chart[21] 1 U.S. Billboard 200 [22] 75

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Platinum 50,000^x France (SNEP)[24] Gold 162,900[25] Germany (BVMI)[26] Platinum 500,000^^ Italy (FIMI)[27] 2× Platinum 200,000^* Netherlands (NVPI)[28] Platinum 100,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[29] Gold 25,000^x United Kingdom (BPI)[30] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^^ Summaries Europe (IFPI)[31] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^* ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
Austrian Albums Chart[32]	23
Italian Albums Chart[33]	30
Swiss Albums Chart[34]	43
UK Albums Chart[35]	4
Chart (1996)	Position
Australian Albums Chart[36]	41
UK Albums Chart[37]	44

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