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Midnight Café

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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, released in April 1976.[2]

Track listing

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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

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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

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Weekly charts

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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

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

References

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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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