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Released
  
10 July 2001

Artist
  
Black's Night

Producer
  
Ritchie Black

Length
  
70:29

Release date
  
10 July 2001

Label
  
Steamhammer

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Recorded
  
During February/April 2001

Fires at Midnight (2001)
  
Past Times with Good Company (2002)

Genres
  
Folk rock, Hard rock, Celtic music

Similar
  
Black's Night albums, Hard rock albums

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Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, 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.

Contents

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".

Blackmore s night written in the stars


Personnel

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

    1Written In The Stars4:49
    2The Times They Are A Changin'3:32
    3I Still Remember5:42

    References

    Fires at Midnight Wikipedia