Life (Simply Red album)

Life
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released9 October 1995[1]
RecordedSeptember 1994 – July 1995
StudioPlanet 4 Studios (Manchester, England)
AIR Studios (London, England)
Downtown Studios (Johannesburg, South Africa)
GenreBlue eyed-soul, pop, dance, funk
Length47:18
LabelEast West Records
ProducerMick Hucknall, Stewart Levine
Simply Red chronology
The Montreux EP
(1992) 		Life
(1995) 		Greatest Hits
(1996)
Singles from Life
  1. "Fairground"
    Released: 18 September 1995
  2. "Remembering the First Time"
    Released: 4 December 1995 [2]
  3. "Never Never Love"
    Released: 12 February 1996 [3]
  4. "We're in This Together"
    Released: 7 June 1996 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Music & Media(favorable)[7]
Music Week[8]
NME6/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

Life is the fifth studio album by British pop and soul 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 members Fritz McIntyre and Heitor TP.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BPI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 2 December 1995. p. 48. Retrieved 30 June 2021. Misprinted as 3 December. The albums section uses the correct date.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 10 February 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Simply Red singles".
  5. ^ William, Ruhlman. A New Flame at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  6. ^ Johnson, Connie (28 October 1995). "Album Review: Simply Red "Life"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  7. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 43. 28 October 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Reviews: Albums - Album of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. 30 September 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  9. ^ Fadele, Dele (7 October 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 49. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review