Blue Night (Michael Learns to Rock album)

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Blue Night
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Studio album by
Released1 November 2000
RecordedFeb – September 2000 in Denmark
(Boe Larsens Studios, MLTR Studio, Generator, Pancake Studio, Ground Station, and Soundtrack)
Genre Soft rock, pop rock
Label Medley, Warner Music
Producer Boe Larsen, Mikkel Lentz, Nick Foss (exec.), Michael Ritto (exec.)
Michael Learns To Rock (MLTR) chronology
Strange Foreign Beauty
(1999)
Blue Night
(2000)
19 Love Ballads
(2001)
Singles from Blue Night
  1. "Angel Eyes"
    Released: 4 October 2000
  2. "Blue Night"
    Released: 3 November 2000
  3. "You Took My Heart Away"
    Released: 24 January 2001
  4. "One Way Street"
    Released: 15 August 2001

Blue Night is the fifth studio album by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR). It was released on 1 November 2000 by Medley Records (EMI). [1] The album was produced by Boe Larsen with band member Mikkel Lentz, who makes his debut as a songwriter on the song "Tell It to Your Heart". It is the first Michael Learns to Rock album since the departure of bass guitar player Søren Madsen in July 2000; however, his name is still credited on "More Than a Friend". This album was remastered by ADMS on Warner Music label in 2014 due to Michael Learns to Rock 25th anniversary celebrations. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Angel Eyes" Ashley Mulford Jascha Richter, Remee, Mulford3:52
2."Whatever It May Take"RichterRichter5:05
3."Watch Your Back"MulfordRichter3:48
4."You Took My Heart Away"RichterRichter4:30
5."Blue Night"RichterRichter, Soulpoets3:40
6."One Way Street"RichterRichter4:15
7."Stuck in the Heat"RichterRichter4:00
8."Tell It to Your Heart" Mikkel Lentz Mikkel Lentz4:38
9."More Than a Friend" Søren Madsen, MulfordMadsen3:43
10."Digging Your Love"RichterRichter3:46
11."Eternal Flame"MulfordRichter4:40
12."Fools Direction"RichterRichter4:05
2014 remastered edition bonus tracks [4]
No.TitleLength
13."You Took My Heart Away" (demo) (1999)4:27
14."Tell It to Your Heart" (early version)5:04
15."She'll Be Mine" (1998) (released on It Never Rains on Bali)4:52
16."Upon a Christmas Night" (single) (2004)3:54

Charts

Chart (2000–01)Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart [5] 9
Finnish Albums Chart [6] 32
Norwegian Albums Chart [6] 17
Swedish Albums Chart [6] 44
Swiss Albums Chart [6] 25

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