Night Owls (album)

This article is about the jazz album. For the punk rock album, see The Dollyrots. For Other uses, see Night Owl (disambiguation).

1990 studio album by Vaya Con Dios

Night Owls

Studio album by

Vaya Con Dios

Released| 25 April 1990
Recorded| Winter 1989–1990
Studio| BSB Studios in Brussels
Genre|

* Jazz
* blues
* soul
* Latin pop
* gypsy
* soft rock

Length| 40:37
Label| Ariola Records
Producer| Dani Klein
Dirk Schoufs
Vaya Con Dios chronology
| Vaya Con Dios
(1988)  | Night Owls
(1990)  | Time Flies
(1992)

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|

Night Owls is the second studio album by Vaya Con Dios. It was released in 1990.

## Track listing

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Side ANo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Nah Neh Nah"| 2:52
2.| "Far Gone Now"| 3:08
3.| "Sunny Days"| 3:29
4.| "Sally"| 3:28
5.| "Something’s Got A Hold On Me"| 2:36
6.| "I Don’t Want To Know"| 3:35

Side BNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "What's a Woman?"| 3:56
2.| "Night Owls"| 3:56
3.| "Pack Your Memories"| 3:04
4.| "With You"| 4:02
5.| "Travelling Light"| 3:32
6.| "Quand elle rit aux éclats"| 3:46

## Personnel

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* André Brasseur – Hammond organ
* Bruno Castellucci – drums
* Steve Clisby – background vocals
* Verona Davis – background vocals
* Jason Johnson – background vocals
* Dani Klein – vocals
* Eric Melaerts – acoustic guitar
* Patrick Mortier – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Dirk Schoufs – bass guitar, arranger, producer
* Frank Wuyts – piano
* Marc François – mixing engineer

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1990–1993)  | Peak
position

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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] | 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] | 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] | 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[4] | 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 1

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1990)  | Position

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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 2
Chart (1991)  | Position

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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] | 94
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 12

## Certifications and sales

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Austria (IFPI Austria)[14] | Platinum  | 50,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[15] | Platinum  | 30,000*
Denmark  | —  | 27,000[16]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[17] | Gold  | 29,481[17]
France (SNEP)[18] | Gold  | 140,000[16]
Germany (BVMI)[19] | Platinum  | 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[20] | Platinum  | 100,000^
Norway  | —  | 10,000[16]
Sweden (GLF)[21] | Gold  | 56,000[16]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] | 3× Platinum  | 150,000^
Summaries
Worldwide  | —  | 2,000,000[16]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
2. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
4. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1993. 4. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
5. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
7. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1990". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
8. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1990". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
9. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
10. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
11. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1991". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
12. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
13. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
14. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). IFPI Austria.
15. ^ "Night Owls - Platinum in Belgium" (PDF). Music & Media. 24 November 1990. p. 14. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
16. ^ a b c d e "BMG Int'I Lets Vaya Con Dios Album Fly". Billboard. 17 October 1992. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
17. ^ a b "Vaya Con Dios" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
18. ^ "French album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in French). InfoDisc. Select VAYA CON DIOS and click OK.
19. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vaya Con Dios; 'Night Owls')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
20. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 28 November 2018. Enter Night Owls  in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1992 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
21. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
22. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Night Owls')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

## External links

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* Night Owls at Discogs
* Album Night Owls at Eurosong.ru

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Vaya Con Dios

* Dani Klein
* Jean-Michel Gielen

Albums|

* Vaya Con Dios (1988)
* Night Owls (1990)
* Time Flies (1992)
* Roots and Wings (1995)
* The Promise (2004)

Singles|

* "Just a Friend of Mine" (1987)
* "Nah Neh Nah" (1990)
* "What's a Woman?" (1990)
* "Don't Break My Heart" (1995)

Label|

* Ariola

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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