Bright Lights & Back Alleys

Bright Lights & Back Alleys
Studio album by Smokie
Released 29 September 1977
Recorded March — April 1977
Studio Whitney Recording Studios
(Glendale, California)
Genre
Length 39:08[nb 1]
Label RAK
Producer
Smokie chronology
Greatest Hits
(1977)
Bright Lights & Back Alleys
(1977)
The Montreux Album
(1978)
Singles from Bright Lights & Back Alleys
  1. "It's Your Life"
    Released: June 1977
  2. "Needles and Pins"
    Released: 30 September 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Bright Lights & Back Alleys is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released on 29 September 1977 in continental Europe[2] and 7 October in the United Kingdom[3] by RAK Records. Recorded primarily at Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, California, from March to April 1977, it was produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, as were the band's all previous albums.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "It's Your Life"  Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman 3:33
2. "I Can't Stay Here Tonight"  Chris Norman, Pete Spencer 4:05
3. "Sunshine Avenue"  Norman, Spencer 3:09
4. "Think of Me (The Only One)"  Norman, Spencer 4:41
5. "In the Heat of the Night"  Chinn, Chapman 4:45
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "Needles and Pins"  Jack Nitzsche, Sonny Bono 2:43
7. "No One Could Ever Love You More"  Norman, Spencer 2:30
8. "The Dancer"  Leo Sayer, David Courtney 3:50
9. "Baby It's You"  Norman, Spencer 3:49
10. "Walk Right Back"  Norman, Spencer 5:29
Total length:
39:08

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 1977[nb 4] and 2016[nb 3] liner notes.

Smokie
Additional musicians
Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[2] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Germany (BVMI)[7] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 60,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Notes

^ "Baby It's You" was recorded in July 1976 at Decca Studios (Paris, France), and "Think of Me (The Only One)" — in August 1977 at Bovema Studios (Heemstede, Holland).

  1. Ariola 261028-217
  2. 7T's GLAM CD 39
  3. 1 2 Sony Music 88985321942
  4. RAK SRAK 530
Citations
  1. Guarisco, Donald A. Smokie: "Bright Lights & Back Alleys" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – Bright Lights & Back Alleys" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. Hendriks, Phil (2007). Bright Lights & Back Alleys (booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records (GLAM CD 39). p. 4.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Smokie – Bright Lights & Back Alleys" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. "Norwegiancharts.com – Smokie – Bright Lights & Back Alleys". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. "Swedishcharts.com – Smokie – Bright Lights & Back Alleys". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Smokie; 'Bright Lights & Back Alleys')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. "British album certifications – Smokie – Bright Lights & Back Alleys". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 October 2016. Enter Bright Lights & Back Alleys in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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