Midnight Café

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Midnight Café
Smokie - Midnight Cafe.jpg
Studio album by
Smokie
Released9 April 1976
RecordedWhitney Recording Studios
(Glendale, California)[1]
Genre
Length43:29[nb 1]
LabelRAK
Producer
Smokie chronology
Changing All the Time
(1975) 		Midnight Café
(1976) 		Greatest Hits
(1977)
Singles from Midnight Café
  1. "Something's Been Making Me Blue"
    Released: 2 January 1976
  2. "Wild Wild Angels"
    Released: 9 April 1976
  3. "I'll Meet You at Midnight"
    Released: 3 September 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[1]

Midnight Café is the third studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in April 1976.[2]

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something's Been Making Me Blue"Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman2:59
2."Wild Wild Angels"Chinn, Chapman3:55
3."Poor Lady (Midnight Baby)"Chris Norman, Pete Spencer4:41
4."When My Back Was Against the Wall"Norman, Spencer3:34
5."Make Ya Boogie"Alan Silson, Norman, Spencer, Terry Uttley5:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Stranger"Chinn, Chapman4:40
7."What Can I Do"Silson3:35
8."Little Lucy"Norman, Spencer3:44
9."Going Home"Norman, Spencer7:32
10."I'll Meet You at Midnight"Chinn, Chapman3:14
Total length:43:29
2007 remastered edition bonus tracks[nb 2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Train Song"Silson3:44
11."The Loser"Norman, Spencer3:02
12."I'll Meet You at Midnight"Chinn, Chapman3:17
13."Miss You"Norman, Spencer3:36
14."Living Next Door to Alice"Chinn, Chapman3:28
15."Run to You"Silson, Uttley3:46
Total length:62:00
2016 remastered edition bonus tracks[nb 3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."What Can I Do" (Alan Silson home demo)Silson3:52
Total length:66:05
  • "I'll Meet You At Midnight" is the 12th track on the 2007 and 2016 remastered editions, lifting "Train Song" and "The Loser" up to 10-11, and bumping the remaining bonus tracks to 13-16.

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from the album's 1976[nb 4] and 2016[nb 3] liner notes.

Smokie
Technical personnel
  • Mike Chapman – production
  • Nicky Chinn – production
  • Pete Coleman – engineering
  • Chris Blair – mastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
  • MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering
  • Jimmy Haskell – string arrangements (on tracks 1-4, 6 and 9)
  • Michael Ross – sleeve design
  • Gered Mankowitz – photography

Charts[]

Chart (1976) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 12
Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 173

References[]

Notes

^ "What Can I Do" was recorded at Audio International Studios (London, England).

  1. ^ Ariola 261031-217
  2. ^ 7T's GLAM CD 38
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Sony Music 88985321932
  4. ^ RAK SRAK 520
Citations
  1. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. Smokie: "Midnight Café" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Hendriks, Phil (2007). Midnight Café (booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records (GLAM CD 38). p. 3.
  3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – Midnight Café" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Smokie – Midnight Café". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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