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The Montreux Album

释义

Track listing
Personnel
Charts
Certifications
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = The Montreux Album
| type = studio
| artist = Smokie
| cover = Smokie - The Montreux Album.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = October 1978
| recorded = 6–24 February 1978{{ref|a}}
| venue =
| studio = Mountain Studios
(Montreux, Switzerland)
| genre = {{flatlist|

Pop rock
country rock

}}
| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=32}}{{refn|Ariola 261027-217|name=1st Europe CD|group="nb"}}
| label = RAK
| producer = Mike Chapman
| prev_title = Bright Lights & Back Alleys
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = The Other Side of the Road
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Montreux Album
| type = studio
| single1 = For a Few Dollars More
| single1date = January 1978
| single2 = Oh Carol
| single2date = May 1978
| single3 = Mexican Girl
| single3date = September 1978
}}
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[1]
}}

The Montreux Album is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in 1978. Recorded primarily at Mountain Studios in Montreux (hence the album's title) between 6 and 24 February 1978, it was the band's last album to be made in partnership with Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Track listing

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = The Girl Can't Help It
| writer1 = Chris Norman, Pete Spencer
| length1 = 3:44
| title2 = Power of Love
| writer2 = Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
| length2 = 1:54
| title3 = No More Letters
| writer3 = Norman, Spencer
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Mexican Girl
| writer4 = Norman, Spencer
| length4 = 3:57
| title5 = You Took Me by Surprise
| writer5 = Alan Silson, Terry Uttley
| length5 = 3:38
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| total_length = 34:32
| title6 = Oh Carol
| writer6 = Chinn, Chapman
| length6 = 3:39
| title7 = Liverpool Docks
| writer7 = Norman, Spencer
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Light Up My Life
| writer8 = Uttley, Silson
| length8 = 4:23
| title9 = Petesey's Song
| writer9 = Norman, Spencer
| length9 = 2:49
| title10 = For a Few Dollars More
| writer10 = Chinn, Chapman
| length10 = 3:33
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2007 remastered edition bonus tracks{{refn|7T's GLAM CD 40|name=2007 7T's|group="nb"}}
| total_length = 42:19
| title11 = Stumblin' In
| note11 = with Suzi Quatro
| writer11 = Chinn, Chapman
| length11 = 3:58
| title12 = Stranger with You
| note12 = with Suzi Quatro
| writer12 = Chinn, Chapman
| length12 = 3:53
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2016 remastered edition bonus tracks{{refn|Sony Music 88985321952|name=2016 Sony Music|group="nb"}}
| total_length = 48:45
| title11 = Roll On Baby
| writer11 = Spencer
| length11 = 2:41
| title12 = Love's a Riot
| writer12 = Chinn, Chapman
| length12 = 3:43
| title13 = Stumblin' In
| writer13 = Chinn, Chapman
| length13 = 3:59
| title14 = A Stranger with You
| writer14 = Chinn, Chapman
| length14 = 3:52
}}

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 1978 and 2016 liner notes{{refn|RSO RS-1-3045, 2394 222|name=1st U.S. LP|group="nb"}}{{refn|Sony Music 88985321952|name=2016 Sony Music|group="nb"}}.

Smokie

Chris Norman – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
Alan Silson – lead vocals (on "You Took Me by Surprise), backing vocals, acoustic and electric lead guitars
Terry Uttley – lead vocals (on "Light Up My Life"), backing vocals, bass guitar
Pete Spencer – lead vocals (on "Petesey's Song"), backing vocals, drums and percussion, tenor sax (on "No More Letters")

Technical personnel

Mike Chapman – production
Pete Coleman – engineering
Ian Cooper – mixing (at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, in March 1978) and mastering (at Utopia Studios, London, England)
MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering
Richard Gray – sleeve design
Gered Mankowitz – art direction and photography

Charts

{{Album chart | Austria | 6 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | Finland | 15 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | Germany4 | 3 | id = 9117 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | Netherlands | 29 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | Norway | 5 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | Sweden | 3 | artist = Smokie | album = The Montreux Album | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}{{Album chart | UK2 | 52 | artist = Smokie | date = 1978-11-04 | accessdate = 9 September 2016 | refname = "UK Albums"}}

Chart (1978)	Peak position

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}{{certification Table Entry | type = album | region = Germany | artist = Smokie | title = The Montreux Album | award = Gold | certyear = 1978 | relyear = 1978 | accessdate = 9 September 2016 | autocat = yes}}{{certification Table Entry | type = album | region = United Kingdom | artist = Smokie | title = The Montreux Album | award = Silver | certyear = 1978 | relyear = 1978 | accessdate = 9 September 2016 | autocat = yes}}{{Certification Table Bottom}}

References

Notes

{{note|a}}"For a Few Dollars More" was recorded in 24–26 August 1977 at Bovema Studios (Heemstede, Holland).

1. ^{{Allmusic | class = album | id = the-montreux-album-mw0000580172 | label = Smokie: "The Montreux Album" > Review | first = James | last = Chrispell | accessdate = 9 September 2016}}

Citations

External links

Discography 1975-1982

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