Fires at Midnight

Fires at Midnight
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	July 10, 2001
Recorded	During February/April 2001
Genre	Medieval folk rock
Length	70:29
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Pat Regan and Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology
Under a Violet Moon (1999) Fires at Midnight (2001) Ghost of a Rose (2003)

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Fires at Midnight is a Blackmore's Night's third studio album released on July 10, 2001 through SPV/Steamhammer. In comparison with their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. On December 2001, Fires At Midnight was a finalist on the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.^[2]

In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.^[3]

It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".

Track listing

Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.

1. "Written in the Stars" – 4:49
2. "The Times They Are a Changin'" – 3:33 (Bob Dylan cover)
3. "I Still Remember" – 5:42 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
4. "Home Again" – 5:28
5. "Crowning of the King" – 4:32 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Tielman Susato)
6. "Fayre Thee Well" – Instrumental 2:08 (Written by Blackmore)
7. "Fires at Midnight" – 7:36 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by King Alfonso The 10th)
8. "Hanging Tree" – 3:47
9. "The Storm" – 6:12
10. "Mid Winter's Night" – 4:30 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
11. "All Because of You" – 3:37
12. "Waiting Just for You" – 3:17 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Clarke)
13. "Praetorius (Courante)" – Instrumental 1:57 (Traditional by Michael Praetorius)
14. "Benzai-Ten" – 3:52
15. "Village on the Sand" – 5:04
16. "Again Someday" – 1:42

Bonus tracks

1. "Possum's Last Dance" – Instrumental (2:41) (Written by Blackmore) (European version only)
2. "Sake of Song" – 3:13 (US and Japan version only)

A music video for the song "Times They Are A-Changin'" is on the US version as a CD-ROM bonus.

• Bonus track 1, "Possum's Last Dance", was previously US only bonus track on Shadow of the Moon.
• Bonus track 2, "Sake of Song", was also the non-album B-side to the European single "The Times They Are a Changin'". The song was re-recorded later as "Sake Of The Song" (with vocals) and "Song And Dance" (an instrumental version of the same track) on Autumn Sky.

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – electric and acoustic guitars, hurdy gurdy, mandolin, renaissance drums, tambourine
• Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, pennywhistle, shawms, harp, recorder, electric 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

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r540082
2. ^ "History". Candice Night Official Website. http://candicenight.com/history02.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 
3. ^ "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ritchie_bio.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02.