Midnight Café

Midnight Café
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
AllMusic[1]

Midnight Café is the third studio album by the English rock band Smokie (their first with the current spelling), 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
Remastering
  • Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
  • MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering

Charts

Weekly 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

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 37

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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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