Midnight Café

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

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^[nb 1]
Label	RAK
Producer	Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn
Smokie chronology
Changing All the Time (1975) Midnight Café (1976) Greatest Hits (1977)
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]

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).

1. Ariola 261031-217
2. 7T's GLAM CD 38
3. 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. (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

• Discography 1975-1982