Fires at Midnight
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Fires at Midnight is a Blackmore's Night's third album released on July 10, 2001 through Steamhammer US.
Fires At Midnight reached number 9 on the International German Billboard album charts. It also entered the Austrian charts at No.34, the Czech Republic charts at No.21, and the Slovakia charts at No. 26. During September and October in 2001, the album was one of the top 10 International pop bestseller in Russia. In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.[1]
On December 2001, it was a finalist on the New Age Voice charts for the best vocal album of the year.[2]
It featured the single "The Times They Are a Changin'".
Track listing
All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.
- "Written in the Stars" – 4:49
- "The Times They Are a Changin'" – 3:33 (Bob Dylan cover)
- "I Still Remember" – 5:42 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
- "Home Again" – 5:28
- "Crowning of the King" – 4:32 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Tielman Susato)
- "Fayre Thee Well" – Instrumental 2:08 (Written by Blackmore)
- "Fires at Midnight" – 7:36 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by King Alfonso The 10th)
- "Hanging Tree" – 3:47
- "The Storm" – 6:12
- "Mid Winter's Night" – 4:30 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
- "All Because of You" – 3:37
- "Waiting Just for You" – 3:17 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Clarke)
- "Praetorius (Courante)" – Instrumental 1:57 (Traditional by Michael Praetorius)
- "Benzai-Ten" – 3:52
- "Village on the Sand" – 5:04
- "Again Someday" – 1:42
Bonus track
- "Sake of Song" – 3:13 (Blackmore/Night)
- A music video for the song "Times They Are A-Changin'" is on the US version as a CD-ROM bonus.
Personnel
- Ritchie Blackmore – electric and acoustic guitars, hurdy gurdy, mandolin, renaissance drums, tambourine
- Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, pennywhistle, shawms, harp, recorder, electic bagpipes
- Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass, backing vocals
- Carmine Giglio (keyboards)
- Chris Devine (violin, viola, recorders, flute)
- Mike Sorrentino (drums)
- Richard Wiederman (trumpets)
- John Passanante (trombone)
- Pat Regan – (keyboards)
- Albert Dannemann (bagpipes on "All Because of You")
References
- ^ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ http://www.blackmoresnight.fr/lang1/candice_night.html
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