Home Sweet Home (Kano album) explained

Home Sweet Home
Type:studio
Artist:Kano
Cover:Kano-hsh.jpg
Released:27 June 2005
Recorded:2002–04
Length:61:42
Label:679 Recordings
Next Title:London Town
Next Year: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.

Critical reception

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".[1]

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

Sample credits[2]

Personnel

Credits for Home Sweet Home adapted from Allmusic.[3]

Charts

Certifications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reviews for Home Sweet Home by Kano - Metacritic. Metacritic. 8 March 2015.
  2. album's liner notes
  3. Web site: Home Sweet Home - Kano. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Credits. 2013-04-30.
  4. Web site: 2005-07-09 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive . . 2005-07-09.