Smokie discography
Studio albums21
Live albums2
Compilation albums3

British rock band Smokie released 21 studio albums and 26+ singles between 1975 and 2010.

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
DEN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1975 Pass It Around
  • Released: 14 February 1975
  • Label: RAK
94
1975 Changing All the Time
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: RAK
18 16
1976 Midnight Café
  • Released: April 1976
  • Label: RAK
6 12 173
1977 Bright Lights & Back Alleys
  • Released: October 1977
  • Label: RAK
36 6 3 6 1 3
1978 The Montreux Album
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: RAK
52 26 6 15 3 29 5 3
1979 The Other Side of the Road
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: RAK
57 7 17 7 26
1981 Solid Ground
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: RAK
31
1982 Strangers in Paradise
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: RAK
1982 Midnight Delight 24
1988 All Fired Up
  • Label: Maze Music
1989 Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  • Label: WAG
1
1990 Whose Are These Boots? 1
1992 Chasing Shadows 51 6 33
1993 Burnin' Ambition
  • Label: Akropolis
1995 The World and Elsewhere
  • Released: 1 July 1995
  • Label: CMC
77 8 56
1996 Light a Candle – The Christmas Album 12
1998 Wild Horses – The Nashville Album
  • Released: 25 February 1998
  • Label: CMC
19
2000 Uncovered
  • Label: CMC
35 84 3 5
2001 Uncovered Too
  • Label: CMC
3 14 4
2004 On the Wire
  • Released: 30 August 2004
  • Label: ZYX
7 12 27
2010 Take a Minute
  • Released: 9 August 2010
  • Label: Black Pelican
3 6
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
NOR
[8]
1988 Greatest Hits Live 10
2009 Live in Concert 1995–1997: Who the Fuck Is Alice
  • Released: 25 September 2009
  • Label: Dance Street
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2][18][19]
AUT
[3]
DEN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
1977 Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 1977
  • Label: RAK
6 1 1 1 1 1
1980 Smokie's Greatest Hits Volume 2[23]
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: RAK
77 37
1980 The Very Best of Smokie – 14 Hit Singles[24]
  • Released: 15 September 1980
  • Label: RAK
23
1981 The Very Best of Smokie
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Arcade
5 16
1981 All the Best
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Rak
2
1984 17 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: J & B Records
56
1991 The Best of Smokie and Suzie Quatro
(with Suzie Quatro)
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Hit Bound (HB 0051C)
66
1992 The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: RCA (SPCD 1211)
9
1999 The Collection
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: BMG
1999 Our Swedish Collection
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: EMI
2004 Hit Box
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: EMI
2010 Living Next Door to Alice 36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Label & # Peak chart positions Certifications UK album title
UK
[27][1]
AUS
[2]
US
[10]
1975 "Pass It Around" RAK 192 Pass It Around
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" RAK 206 3 98 96 Changing All the Time
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" RAK 217 8 50
1976 "Something's Been Making Me Blue" RAK 227 17 Midnight Café
"Wild Wild Angels" RAK 233 54[upper-alpha 1]
"I'll Meet You at Midnight" RAK 241 11 Non-LP A-side
(and later pressings of the European ver. of Midnight Café)
"Living Next Door to Alice" RAK 244 5 2 25 Non-LP A-side
1977 "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" RAK 251 12 11
"It's Your Life" RAK 260 5 7 Bright Lights & Back Alleys
"Needles and Pins" RAK 263 10 7 68
1978 "For a Few Dollars More" RAK 267 17 57 The Montreux Album
"Oh Carol" RAK 276 5 5
"Mexican Girl" RAK 283 19 19
1979 "Do to Me" RAK 293 16 The Other Side of the Road
"Babe It's Up to You" RAK 300 60
1980 "San Francisco Bay" RAK (Sweden, Germany)
"Take Good Care of My Baby" RAK 309 34 48 Solid Ground
"Run to Me" RAK 321 The Very Best of Smokie — 14 Hit Singles
1981 "Little Town Flirt" RAK (Germany) Non-LP A-side
1982 "Jet Lagged" RAK (Germany) Solid Ground
"Yesterday's Dreams" RAK (S. Africa) Strangers in Paradise
"Don't Throw It Away" Repertoire 171011 Midnight Delight
"Number on My Wall" Repertoire 613574
"Looking Daggers" Mean 101 Non-LP A-side
1989 "'Boulevard of Broken Dreams" WAG 10 77 Boulevard of Broken Dreams
1995 "Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k Is Alice)"
(with Roy Chubby Brown)
3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
  2. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0646119176.
  3. 1 2 "Albums chart positions in Austria".
  4. 1 2 "Albums chart positions in Denmark". IFPI Denmark.
  5. 1 2 "Finnishcharts.com - Finnish charts portal". Finnish Charts. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Albums chart positions in Germany". Media Control GfK International.
  7. 1 2 "Albums chart positions in the Netherlands".
  8. 1 2 3 "Albums chart positions in Norway". Nielsen SoundScan.
  9. 1 2 "Albums chart positions in Sweden". Nielsen SoundScan.
  10. 1 2 3 "Chart positions in the US". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dutch album certifications – Smokie" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved September 10, 2020. Enter Smokie in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  12. 1 2 3 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Smokie)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  13. "Smokin'" (PDF). Billboard. July 6, 1996. p. 91. Retrieved October 9, 2020 via World Radio History.
  14. 1 2 "Gold/Platinum". IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  15. "Hitlist 2000". Hitlisten. IFPI Denmark. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  16. "Album Top-40". Hitlist.nu. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  17. "Gold/Platinum 2001" (PDF). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  18. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  19. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  20. 1 2 "Gold/platinum". IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  21. Bakkemoen, Kurt (March 29, 1980). "Thespian Turns Pop Star Via Smurf Disk" (PDF). Billboard. p. 113. Retrieved August 25, 2020 via World Radio History.
  22. "From The Music Capitols Of The World - Stockholm" (PDF). Billboard. October 8, 1977. p. 88. Retrieved September 10, 2020 via World Radio History.
  23. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - Greatest Hits Volume 2". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  24. "spanishcharts.com - Smokie - The Very Best Of Smokie - 14 Hit-Singles". Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  25. "Market Leaders Surveyed: Majors Fight Economics with Quirky Rock Originals". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 23. June 12, 1982. p. A/NZ-4. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 16, 2020 via Google Books.
  26. 1 2 "Gold/Platinum 1999" (PDF). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  27. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 510. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7.
  28. "Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  29. "Smokie - Needles and Pins". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  30. "Smokie - Oh Carol". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  31. "Smokie Ft Roy Chubby Brown - Living Next Door to Alice". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
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