''Fires at Midnight'' is the third studio album by the group
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night is a British-American neo-medieval folk rock band formed in 1997, consisting mainly of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpe, and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyri ...
, released July 10, 2001 through
SPV/
Steamhammer. In comparison to their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaining a
folk rock direction. The album was a Top Ten record in Germany.
On December 2001, ''Fires At Midnight'' was a finalist on the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year. In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.
The album was one of the 10 international bestsellers in Russia during the Autumn of 2001. The single "Times They Are A Changin" stayed in the Russian top 20 Hits for over 9 weeks.
It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".
Track listing
Bonus tracks
Personnel
*
Ritchie Blackmore –
electric and
acoustic guitar
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s,
hurdy-gurdy,
mandolin
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, renaissance
drum
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s,
tambourine
*
Candice Night – lead and backing
vocals,
pennywhistle,
shawms,
harp
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,
recorder,
electronic bagpipes
* Sir Robert of Normandie (
Robert Curiano) –
bass
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Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
, backing vocals
* Carmine Giglio –
keyboards
* Chris Devine –
violin,
viola, recorders,
flute
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* Mike Sorrentino – drums
* Richard Wiederman –
trumpets
* John Passanante –
trombone
* Pat Regan – keyboards
* Albert Dannemann –
bagpipes
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on "All Because of You"
Charts performance
References
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2001 albums
Blackmore's Night albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums