Fires at Midnight

Fires at Midnight
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released 10 July 2001
Recorded During February/April 2001
Genre Celtic, folk rock, neo-medieval, hard rock
Length 70:29
Label SPV/Steamhammer
Producer Pat Regan and Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology

Under a Violet Moon
(1999)		 Fires at Midnight
(2001)		 Past Times with Good Company
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released July 10, 2001 through SPV/Steamhammer. In comparison with their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. The album reached #32 in Austria, #81 in Switzerland and #9 in Germany.[2]

On December 2001, Fires At Midnight was a finalist on the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.[3] In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.[4]

The album was one of the 10 international bestsellers in Russia during the Autumn of 2001. The single "Times They Are A Changin" stayed in the Russian top 20 Hits for over 9 weeks.[5]

It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Written in the Stars"  Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night 4:47
2. "The Times They Are a Changin'" (Bob Dylan cover)Dylan 3:30
3. "I Still Remember"  trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night 5:39
4. "Home Again"  Blackmore, Night 5:25
5. "Crowning of the King"  trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night 4:29
6. "Fayre Thee Well" (Instrumental)Blackmore 2:05
7. "Fires at Midnight"  trad. by Alfonso X, Blackmore, Night 7:33
8. "Hanging Tree"  Blackmore, Night 3:44
9. "The Storm"  Blackmore, Night 6:08
10. "Mid Winter's Night"  trad., Blackmore, Night 4:27
11. "All Because of You"  Blackmore, Night 3:34
12. "Waiting Just for You"  trad. by Jeremiah Clarke, Blackmore, Night 3:14
13. "Praetorius (Courante)" (Instrumental)trad. by Michael Praetorius 1:54
14. "Benzai-Ten"  Blackmore, Night 3:49
15. "Village on the Sand"  Blackmore, Night 4:54

Bonus tracks

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 81

References

  1. ↑ Astarita, Glenn. Fires at Midnight at AllMusic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fires At Midnight - Charts". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  3. ↑ "History". Candice Night Official Website. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Media Archives-Russia". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  6. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Fires at Midnight". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2014.