Pass It Around (Smokie album)
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| Released | 14 February 1975[1] | |||
| Recorded | Audio International Studios in London | |||
| Genre | Glam rock, hard rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 44:17 | |||
| Label | RAK | |||
| Producer | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Pass It Around is the debut studio album by British rock band Smokey (later renamed Smokie), released in 1975.
The album features eleven original group songs and two Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman compositions. The Chinn / Chapman written title track was chosen to be Smokie's debut single. "Pass It Around" / "Couldn't Live" was released on 21 March 1975 but failed to make the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The problem was playlist controllers who thought that the ambiguous lyrics might be seen as a reference to smoking marijuana. As a result, the single failed to reach the UK Top 50.[1]
To promote Pass It Around, Smokie extensively tour Britain starting on 24 April 1975 as support act to Pilot, who scored a UK No. 1 hit with "January".[1] Despite all the promotion activity, neither album nor single managed to chart in the UK.[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pass It Around" | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Daydreamin'" | Chris Norman, Pete Spencer, Terry Uttley | 2:17 |
| 3. | "Oh Well, Oh Well" | Norman, Spencer | 3:17 |
| 4. | "My Woman" | Norman, Spencer | 3:22 |
| 5. | "It Makes Me Money" | Norman, Spencer | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Headspin" | Norman, Spencer | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Goin' Tomorrow" | Norman, Alan Silson, Uttley, Spencer | 3:43 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. | "I Do Declare" | Chinn, Chapman | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Don't Turn Out Your Light" | Norman, Spencer | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Will You Love Me" | Norman, Silson, Uttley, Spencer | 3:44 |
| 11. | "A Day at the Mother-in-Law's" | Silson | 2:51 |
| 12. | "The Coldest Night" | Silson | 4:15 |
| 13. | "Shy Guy" | Silson | 3:25 |
| Total length: | 44:17 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Couldn't Live" | Uttley | 2:25 |
| Total length: | 46:42 | ||
2016 bonus tracks
[edit]- 14. Couldn't Live – 2:23
- 15. I Gotta Be Free [Chris Norman – Demo Recording] – 1:30
- 16. You Ring My Bell [Kindness] – 2:58
Charts
[edit]The album peaked at number 94 for one week in June 1979 in Australia.
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 94 |
Credits
[edit]Smokie
[edit]- Chris Norman – lead vocals and guitar
- Terry Uttley – bass and backing vocals
- Pete Spencer – drums and vocals
- Alan Silson – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on "A Day at the Mother-in-Law's"
Technical personnel
[edit]- Produced by Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn for Chinnichap
- Engineer – Pete Coleman
- Recorded at Audio International Studios in London
- Tape operators – Pete Silver and Phil Colman
- Mastered by Chris Blair at EMI, Abbey Road
- Cover photography – Gered Mankowitz
- Remastering
- Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
- MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Pass It Around (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Pass It Around review". Allmusic.
- ^ "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
