Midnight Café

Midnight Café
Midnight Café
Studio album by Smokie
Released	9 April 1976
Recorded	Whitney Recording Studios; (Glendale, California)[1]
Genre	Pop rock; country rock;
Length	43:29
Label	RAK
Producer	Mike Chapman; Nicky Chinn;
Smokie chronology
Singles from Midnight Café
	"Something's Been Making Me Blue"; Released: 2 January 1976; "Wild Wild Angels"; Released: 9 April 1976; "I'll Meet You at Midnight"; Released: 3 September 1976;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something's Been Making Me Blue"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	2:59
2.	"Wild Wild Angels"	Chinn, Chapman	3:55
3.	"Poor Lady (Midnight Baby)"	Chris Norman, Pete Spencer	4:41
4.	"When My Back Was Against the Wall"	Norman, Spencer	3:34
5.	"Make Ya Boogie"	Alan Silson, Norman, Spencer, Terry Uttley	5:12

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Stranger"	Chinn, Chapman	4:40
7.	"What Can I Do"	Silson	3:35
8.	"Little Lucy"	Norman, Spencer	3:44
9.	"Going Home"	Norman, Spencer	7:32
10.	"I'll Meet You at Midnight"	Chinn, Chapman	3:14
Total length:			43:29

2007 remastered edition bonus tracks^{[nb 2]}
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Train Song"	Silson	3:44
11.	"The Loser"	Norman, Spencer	3:02
12.	"I'll Meet You at Midnight"	Chinn, Chapman	3:17
13.	"Miss You"	Norman, Spencer	3:36
14.	"Living Next Door to Alice"	Chinn, Chapman	3:28
15.	"Run to You"	Silson, Uttley	3:46
Total length:			62:00

2016 remastered edition bonus tracks^{[nb 3]}
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"What Can I Do" (Alan Silson home demo)	Silson	3:52
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

Chris Norman – lead vocals, back vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, piano
Alan Silson – lead guitar, back vocals, acoustic guitars, lead vocals (on "What Can I Do")
Terry Uttley – bass guitar, back vocals
Pete Spencer – drums, percussion, back vocals

Technical personnel

Mike Chapman – production
Nicky Chinn – production
Pete Coleman – engineering
Chris Blair – mastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements (on tracks 1–4, 6 and 9)
Michael Ross – sleeve design
Gered Mankowitz – photography

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).

^ Ariola 261031-217
^ 7T's GLAM CD 38
^ ^a ^b Sony Music 88985321932
^ RAK SRAK 520

Citations

^ Guarisco, Donald A. Smokie: "Midnight Café" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ Hendriks, Phil (2007). Midnight Café (booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records (GLAM CD 38). p. 3.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – Midnight Café" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Smokie – Midnight Café". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

Discography 1975-1982

[1st_Europe_CD-1] Ariola 261031-217

[2007_7T's-4] 7T's GLAM CD 38

[2016_Sony_Music-5] Sony Music 88985321932

[1st_UK_LP-6] RAK SRAK 520

[AllMusic-2] Guarisco, Donald A. Smokie: "Midnight Café" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[Phil_Hendriks-3] Hendriks, Phil (2007). Midnight Café (booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records (GLAM CD 38). p. 3.

[ac_Germany_Smokie-7] "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – Midnight Café" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[ac_Norway_Smokie-8] "Norwegiancharts.com – Smokie – Midnight Café". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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

[nb 1]

[1]

[2]

[nb 2]

[nb 3]

[nb 4]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Smokie
Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Alan Silson Chris Norman Clarence Dawson Ron Kelly Arthur Higgins Pete Spencer Alan Barton
Studio albums	Pass It Around Changing All the Time Midnight Café Bright Lights & Back Alleys The Montreux Album The Other Side of the Road Solid Ground Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wild Horses – The Nashville Album Take a Minute
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"Pass It Around" "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" "Something's Been Making Me Blue" "Wild Wild Angels" "I'll Meet You at Midnight" "Living Next Door to Alice" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" "It's Your Life" "Needles and Pins" "For a Few Dollars More" "Oh Carol" "Mexican Girl" "Do to Me" "Babe It's Up to You" "San Francisco Bay" "Take Good Care of My Baby" "Run to Me" "Little Town Flirt" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Related articles	Smokie discography

Midnight Café

Hub talks

Midnight Café

Midnight Café

Hub rules

Midnight Café

Hub overview

Add your contribution

Inside this hub

Media Collections

Timelines

Articles

Notes collections

Notes

Days in Chronicle

Root Wikipedia Article

Midnight Café

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Add your contribution

Related Hubs