The Montreux Album | ||||
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Released | 12 September 1978 | |||
Recorded | 6–24 February 1978[1] | |||
Studio | Mountain Studios (Montreux, Switzerland) | |||
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Length | 34:32[nb 1] | |||
Label | RAK | |||
Producer | Mike Chapman | |||
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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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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: | 34:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Stumblin' In" (with Suzi Quatro) | Chinn, Chapman | 3:58 |
12. | "Stranger with You" (with Suzi Quatro) | Chinn, Chapman | 3:53 |
Total length: | 42:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Roll On Baby" | Spencer | 2:41 |
12. | "Love's a Riot" | Chinn, Chapman | 3:43 |
13. | "Stumblin' In" | Chinn, Chapman | 3:59 |
14. | "A Stranger with You" | Chinn, Chapman | 3:52 |
Total length: | 48:45 |
Credits are adapted from the album's 1978 and 2016 liner notes[nb 4][nb 3].
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Germany (BVMI)[11] | Gold | 250,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Notes ^ "For a Few Dollars More" was recorded in 24–26 August 1977 at Bovema Studios (Heemstede, Holland).
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