Home Sweet Home (Kano album)

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.

Home Sweet Home
Studio album by
Kano
Released27 June 2005
Recorded2002-04
Length61:42
Label679 Recordings
ProducerKano (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)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Rap Reviews(9/10) [3]
BBC(favourable) [4]
Pitchfork8.4/10[5]

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".[6]

Commercial performance

Home Sweet Home entered and peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 36 on 3 July 2005. It is Kano's third highest-charting album of his career, after London Town (2007) and Made in the Manor (2016). Despite its relatively low peak, it is his highest-selling album, having reached Gold status in the UK, while the aforementioned two albums have thus far reached Silver status.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Home Sweet Home"Kano, Michael AsanteMikey J3:37
2."Ghetto Kid" (featuring Ghetts)Kano, Justin Clarke, Fraser T SmithFraser T Smith3:04
3."P's and Q's"Kano, Chadley ChichesterDaVinChe4:08
4."Reload It" (featuring Demon & D Double E)Kano, Wesley Pentz, Redhead, Darren Dixon, Dean BarrettDiplo3:47
5."Typical Me" (featuring Ghetts)Kano, Clarke, SmithSmith4:34
6."Mic Check"Kano, AsanteMikey J3:11
7."Sometimes"Kano, AsanteMikey J3:35
8."9 to 5"Kano, AsanteMikey J2:10
9."Nite Nite" (featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets)Kano, Mike SkinnerMike Skinner4:45
10."Brown Eyes"Kano, ChichesterDaVinChe3:49
11."Remember Me"Kano, Wellington, Bauza, SmithTipC, Fraser T Smith3:15
12."I Don't Know Why"Kano, Paul Epworth, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill WardPaul Epworth3:56
13."How We Livin'"Kano, Rodney PriceTerror Danjah3:48
14."Nobody Don't Dance No More"Kano, SmithFraser T Smith3:52
15."Signs in Life"Kano, SmithFraser T Smith, Kano6:09
16."Boys Love Girls"KanoKano4:02

Sample credits[7]

  • "I Don't Know Why" contains samples from "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath.
  • "Reload It" contains samples from "I Dig Love" by Asha Puthli

Personnel

Credits for Home Sweet Home adapted from Allmusic.[8]

Charts
Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[9] 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. Dombal, Ryan (July 20, 2005). "Kano: Home Sweet Home". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 20, 2005.
  6. "Reviews for Home Sweet Home by Kano - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. album's liner notes
  8. "Home Sweet Home - Kano". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  9. "2005-07-09 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2005-07-09.
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