Big Night (album)

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Big Night
Peter Andre - Big Night (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Released26 May 2014 [1]
Recorded2013–2014
Genre Swing music
Label Andre Music
Peter Andre chronology
Angels & Demons
(2012)
Big Night
(2014)
White Christmas
(2014)
Singles from Big Night
  1. "Kid"
    Released: 9 February 2014
  2. "Big Night"
    Released: 13 April 2014

Big Night is the ninth studio album released by British-Australian singer-songwriter Peter Andre. The album was released on 26 May 2014, and was preceded by the lead single, "Kid".

Contents

Background

Andre wanted to take another musical direction with this swing music album. Peter co-wrote all 11 songs with singer-songwriter Stevie Appleton. [1] In February 2014, he released the first song off this album, "Kid", which was chosen for the DreamWorks animated movie Mr. Peabody & Sherman . [2] Kid was also used in the Autumn Iceland TV commercials.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Carys Jones wrote for Entertainment-Focus that Big Night was "a really great effort from Peter Andre and [was] probably the best album that he [had] ever released" [3] and Janelle Tucknott of RenownedForSound.com claimed that "leaping into the Big Band/Swing/Soul/Blues direction of Big Night [was] a risk which [had] paid off nicely for Peter Andre". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Andre and Stevie Appleton. All tracks produced by Stevie Appleton

Big Night Standard edition [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Big Night"2:43
2."Kid"2:58
3."Preach"3:34
4."New Orleans"3:26
5."Nothing Matters"3:15
6."Just A Jam"3:06
7."Beware"3:05
8."Would You Mind?"3:20
9."Jessie Ryder"3:46
10."I Do"3:15
11."Birdie Blues"3:49
Big Night Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
12."17"4:32
13."Never Stop Loving You"3:31
14."Sweetheart"3:21

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak position
Scottish Albums Chart [6] 93
UK Album Charts [7] 23
UK Independent Chart [8] 4

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References

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  3. 1 2 Jones, Carys. "Peter Andre – Big Night album review". Entertainment-Focus.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Tucknott, Janelle. "Album Review: Peter Andre – Big Night". RenownedForSound.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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