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".
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.
"Ps and Qs" was later certified Gold in May 2025, primarily driven by streaming and digital downloads, while "Nite Nite" was certified Silver in April of the same year.https://certified-awards.bpi.co.uk/format/2/artist/2424/title/7839https://certified-awards.bpi.co.uk/format/2/artist/2424/title/7976
Track listing
Sample creditsalbum's liner notes "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.
Kano – primary artist, composer Dick Beetham – mastering Dan Stacey – A&R Ben Sansbury – Art direction, design Mike Skinner – producer, arranger, mixing Fraser T. Smith – producer, guitar, mixing Paul Epworth – producer, guitar Joe Fields – producer, mixing
D Double E - featured artist Leo the Lion – primary artist Josh Garza – drums Leo Bubba Taylor – drums Beni G – scratching Simon Finch – trumpet James Moriarty – photography
Charts Chart (2005) PeakpositionUK Albums Chart36
Certifications Country/provider Certification Sales United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000+
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