The Montreux Album

Studio album by Smokie

Released

October 9, 1978

Recorded

Mountain Studios,
Montreux, Switzerland,
6–24 February 1978

Genre

Rock, pop rock

Length

34:27

Label

Rak, Ariola, 7T's, Chinnichap

Producer

Mike Chapman for Chinnichap

Smokie chronology

Bright Lights & Back Alleys
(1977)

The Mountreux Album
(1978)

The Other Side of the Road
(1979)

The Montreux Album is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Smokie, released in 1978. In Germany, The Montreux Album spent 24 weeks in the charts, peaking at No. 3. It also reached No. 6 in Austria and No. 52 in the UK Albums Chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Allmusic's brief retrospective review called the album "a solidly played and recorded work".^[1]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Girl Can't Help It"	Chris Norman, Pete Spencer	3:44
2.	"Power Of Love"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	1:54
3.	"No More Letters"	Norman, Spencer	3:27
4.	"Mexican Girl"	Norman, Spencer	3:57
5.	"You Took Me By Surprise"	Alan Silson, Terry Uttley	3:38

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Oh Carol"	Chinn, Chapman	3:39
7.	"Liverpool Docks"	Norman, Spencer	2:56
8.	"Light Up My Life"	Uttley, Silson	4:23
9.	"Petesey's Song"	Norman, Spencer	2:49
10.	"For A Few Dollars More"	Chinn, Chapman	3:33
Total length:			34:27

2007 Remastered Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Stumblin' In (With Suzi Quatro)"	Nicky Chinn , Mike Chapman	3:58
12.	"A Stranger With You (With Suzi Quatro)"	Nicky Chinn , Mike Chapman	3:53
Total length:			42:18

Personnel

Smokie

Chris Norman – lead and backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, castanets
Terry Uttley – bass, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Light Up My Life"
Pete Spencer – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Petesey's Song", tenor saxophone solo on "No More Letters"
Alan Silson – guitars, backing vocals, lead vocal on "You Took Me By Surprise"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	UK Albums Chart	52
1978	Top 100 Albums	3
1978	Austrian Albums Chart	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1978	"For A Few Dollars More" b/w "Goin' Tomorrow"	UK Singles Chart	17
		Top 100 Singles	2
		Dutch Top 40	14
		Ö3 Austria Top 40	2
	"Oh Carol" b/w "Will You Love Me"	UK Singles Chart	5
		Top 100 Singles	3
		Dutch Top 40	26
		Ö3 Austria Top 40	2
	"Mexican Girl" b/w "You Took Me By Surprise"	UK Singles Chart	19
		Top 100 Singles	1
		Dutch Top 40	11
		Ö3 Austria Top 40	2
	"Stumblin' In" b/w "A Stranger With You"	UK Singles Chart	41
1979	"Stumblin' In" b/w "A Stranger With You"	The Billboard Hot 100	4
		Top 100 Singles	2
		Dutch Top 40	3
		Ö3 Austria Top 40	6

Sources

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Smokie - The Montreux Album Overview". Allmusic.

Smokie

Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Past members: 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 Strangers in Paradise Midnight Delight All Fired Up Boulevard of Broken Dreams Whose Are These Boots? Chasing Shadows Burnin' Ambition The World and Elsewhere Light a Candle - The Christmas Album Wild Horses – The Nashville Album Uncovered Uncovered Too On the Wire Take a Minute

Live albums	Greatest Hits Live Live in Concert 1995-1997 - Who the Fuck is Alice

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Very Best of Smokie - 14 Hit Singles The Very Best of Smokie

Singles	If You Think You Know How to Love Me (1975) Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me (1975) Lay Back in the Arms of Someone (1977) Living Next Door to Alice (1972)