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.
Sly Dunbar – drums, programming Ritchie Stevens – drums Danny Cummings – percussion Mick Hucknall – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, bass, string arrangements Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar Bootsy Collins – bass guitar Heitor TP – guitars Fritz McIntyre – keyboards, backing vocals Ian Kirkham – keyboards, saxophones, EWI Andy Wright – keyboards, programming, string arrangements Dee Johnson – backing vocals Hugh Masekela – flugelhorn Umoja Singers Chorale – choir The London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings Caroline Dale – string arrangements and conductor
Producers – Mick Hucknall and Stewart Levine Album coordinator – Merv Pearson Engineered and mixed by Roland Herrington and Femi Jiya Assistant engineers – Jake Davies, Aiden Love, Bernard O'Reilly and Andy Strange. Mixed at Whitfield Street Studios (London, England) Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) Art direction – Mat Cook and Zanna Design – Mat Cook Photography – Zanna
