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
Stars
(1991)		 Life
(1995)		 Greatest Hits
(1996)
Singles from Life
  1. "Fairground"
  2. "Remembering the First Time"
  3. "Never Never Love"
  4. "We're in This Together"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Los Angeles Times [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Life (1995) was one of the most successful albums by Simply Red. Their song, "Fairground" was also their first number 1 hit in the UK. Due to this success, the album 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.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Mick Hucknall, except "Hillside Avenue" co-written by Connie Crothers

  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

Personnel

Guest musicians

The video for "Never Never Love" featured several women, including Stephanie Beacham.

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
Dutch Albums Chart[9] 3
Finnish Albums Chart[10] 14
French SNEP Albums Chart[11] 7
German Media Control Albums Chart[12] 1
Italian Albums Chart[13] 4
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[14] 32
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] 3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[16] 11
Swedish Albums Chart[17] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 1
UK Albums Chart[19] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 [20] 75

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] Platinum 50,000x
France (SNEP)[22] Gold 162,900[23]
Germany (BVMI)[24] Platinum 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[25] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[28] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[29] 23
Italian Albums Chart[13] 30
Swiss Albums Chart[30] 43
UK Albums Chart[31] 4
Chart (1996) Position
Australian Albums Chart[32] 41
UK Albums Chart[33] 44
Preceded by
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis		 UK number one album
21 October – 10 November, 1995		 Succeeded by
Different Class by Pulp
Preceded by
Zeit by STS		 Austrian Chart number-one album
22 October – 5 November, 1995		 Succeeded by
Megaparty Vol. 2 by Die Schlümpfe
Preceded by
Daydream by Mariah Carey		 Swiss Music Chart number-one album
29 October – 12 November, 1995		 Succeeded by
Made in Heaven by Queen

References

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  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
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