Little Red is the second studio album by British singer Katy B. It was released on 7 February 2014 by Rinse, Columbia Records and Sony Music. The album includes the singles "5 AM", "Crying for No Reason" and "Still". The album is her first number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
Singles "5 AM" was released as the lead single on 4 November 2013. It reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. "Crying for No Reason" was released as the album's second single on 26 January 2014. It debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart. "Still" was released as the album's third single on 2 May 2014.
Other songs "What Love Is Made Of" was released on 5 July 2013 and reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart; however, the song did not make the album's final cut. "Aaliyah", originally released as part of the Danger EP, received extensive airplay on the likes of BBC Radio 1 and became part of the album.
Promotion Tour On 12 November 2013 it was announced that Katy B will be doing a five-date UK tour. A date for London's Roundhouse in October 2014 was added on 17 January 2014. On 5 March 2014, full tour dates for October were added.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Leg 1, March 2014 25 March 2014 BrightonEngland Concorde 2 26 March 2014 London KOKO 27 March 2014 Oxford O2 Academy 28 March 2014 Birmingham The Institute 29 March 2014 Manchester Manchester AcademyLeg 2, October 2014 18 October 2014 BirminghamEngland O2 Academy Birmingham 19 October 2014 Nottingham Rock City 20 October 2014 Southend Cliffs Pavilion 21 October 2014 Bournemouth O2 Academy Bournemouth 23 October 2014 London Roundhouse 24 October 2014 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol 25 October 2014 Manchester Manchester Academy 27 October 2014 Leeds O2 Academy Leeds 29 October 2014 Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle
Critical reception
The album received generally positive reviews, with an average score of 74/100 on Metacritic.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from Little Red album liner notes.
Katy B – vocals Geeneus – engineer, producer DJ Zinc – engineer, keys, mixing The Invisible Men – engineer, producer Jessie Ware – vocals Sampha – producer, vocals Phil Tan – mixing Joey Dyer – keys, programming Jon Shave – keys, programming Jarrad Hearman – engineer, mixing George Fitzgerald – mixing, production Glenn Callaghan – keys Jacques Greene – producer Jason Pebworth – keys George Astaslo – programming
Moto Blanco – producer Joker – producer Adam Harris – Guitar Tom Forrest – mixing Route 94 – producer Largo – engineer, producer Al Shux – mixing, producer Huxley – producer Fraser T Smith – producer Beatriz Artola – engineer M.J. Cole – engineer, producer Stuart Hawkes – mastering Simon Emmett – photography Give Up Art – art direction, design
Chart performance Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 100 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)"Katy B – Little Red" (in Dutch). Ultratop Flanders. Retrieved 12 August 2018.22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)129 Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade)61
Year-end Chart (2014) RankUK Albums (OCC)"End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2014". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2018.82
Certifications
Release history CountryRelease dateFormatLabelIreland7 February 2014Germany10 February 2014United KingdomUnited Kingdom 19 April 2014 Vinyl
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