Midnight Café

Midnight Café
Studio album by Smokie
Released April 9, 1976
Recorded Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, with the exception of "What Can I Do", which was recorded at Audio International Studios, London, 1975-1976
Genre Glam rock, soft rock, pop rock
Length 43:29 (original version)
62:00 (2007 remastered edition)
Label Rak
Ariola
7T's
Chinnichap
Producer Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn for Chinnichap
Smokie chronology

Changing All the Time
(1975)
Midnight Café
(1976)
Greatest Hits
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Midnight Café is the third studio album by the British rock band Smokie, released in 1976. Midnight Café lingered around the German album charts for a lengthy 38 weeks, peaking at # 6, and also rose to # 12 in the Norwegian album charts. The album reached # 173 on the US Billboard 200.

Track listing

Side One
No. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(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
Note
2007 Remastered Edition Bonus Tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
10. "Train Song"  Silson 4:44
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
Note

Personnel

Smokie

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 Germany Top 100 Albums 6
1976 Norway VG-lista 12
1977 United States The Billboard 200 173

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "Something's Been Making Me Blue" b/w "Train Song" United Kingdom UK Singles Chart 17
Germany Top 100 Singles 21
"Wild Wild Angels" b/w "The Loser" Germany Top 100 Singles 15
"I'll Meet You At Midnight" b/w "Miss You" United Kingdom UK Singles Chart 11
Germany Top 100 Singles 9
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 5
Austria Ö3 Austria Top 40 10
"Living Next Door To Alice" b/w "Run To You" United Kingdom UK Singles Chart 5
Germany Top 100 Singles 1
Netherlands Dutch Top 40 1
Austria Ö3 Austria Top 40 1
1977 "Living Next Door To Alice" b/w "Run To You" United States The Billboard Hot 100 25

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