Night Owl (album)

Night Owl
Studio album by Gerry Rafferty
Released	June 1979
Recorded	1978-1979
Genre	Pop
Label	United Artists
Producer	Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty chronology
City to City (1978) Night Owl (1979) Snakes and Ladders (1980)

Night Owl is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in North America and the United Kingdom. The title song reached #5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10.

The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.

Re-releases

On January 30, 2007 Collectables Records released Night Owl and City To City as a two-disc set.

Track listing

All songs written by Gerry Rafferty.

1. "Days Gone Down" 6:27
2. "Night Owl" 6:09
3. "The Way That You Do It" 5:06
4. "Why Won't You Talk to Me" 3:56
5. "Get It Right Next Time" 4:39
6. "Take the Money and Run" 5:48
7. "Family Tree" 5:55
8. "Already Gone" 4:52
9. "The Tourist" 4:14
10. "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" 4:22

Personnel

• Gerry Rafferty - vocals, acoustic guitar, polymoog 2, piano 9
• John Kirkpatrick - accordion
• Richard Thompson - guitar, mandolin
• Mo Foster - bass
• Barbara Dickson - background vocals
• Richard Harvey - organ, synthesizer, recorder, penny whistle
• Richard Brunton - guitar
• Hugh Burns - guitar
• Betsy Cook - background vocals
• Tommy Eyre - synthesizer, piano
• Liam Genockey - drums
• Graham Preskett - violin, fiddle, mandolin, piano
• Raphael Ravenscroft - saxophone, lyricon
• Frank Ricotti - percussion
• Linda Thompson - background vocals
• Pete Wingfield - organ
• Gary Taylor - bass, vocals
• Patrick (John Byrne) - Front cover painting

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Pop Albums	29

Single

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1979	"Night Owl"	UK Top 40	5
1979	"Days Gone Down (Still Got The Light In Your Eyes)"	Billboard Pop Singles	17
1979	"Get It Right Next Time"	Billboard Pop Singles	21
1979	"Get It Right Next Time"	UK Top 40	30

External links

• Night Owl at Discogs (list of releases)