Pass It Around (Smokie album)
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| Studio album by Smokey | ||||
| 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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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 succeed in the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The problem was playlist controllers who thought that ambiguous lyrics might be expounded to be a reference to smoking marijuana. As a result, the single flopped to reach the UK Top 50.[1]
In order to promote Pass It Around, Smokie extensively tour Britain starting on 24 April 1975 as support act to Pilot, who scored a UK #1 hit with "January".[1] Despite all the promotion activity, neither album nor single managed to chart in the UK.[3]
Track listing
| Side one | |||
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| 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 |
| Side two | |||
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| 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 | ||
| 2007 7T's Records remastered edition bonus track | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 14. | "Couldn't Live" | Uttley | 2:25 |
| Total length: | 46:42 | ||
2016 bonus tracks
- 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
Credits
Smokie
- 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
- 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
References
- 1 2 3 Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Pass It Around (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.
- ↑ Guarisco, Donald A. "Pass It Around review". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.