Caravan to Midnight

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Caravan to Midnight
CaravantoMidnightcover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1978
Studio Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Blues, rock
Length37:49
Label Chrysalis
Producer Don Davis
Robin Trower chronology
In City Dreams
(1977)
Caravan to Midnight
(1978)
Victims of the Fury
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Caravan to Midnight is the sixth studio album by the English musician Robin Trower, released in 1978. The album cover art is by Hipgnosis. It was reissued in 1997 as a 2-on-1 CD along with his next 1980 album Victims of the Fury . [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by James Dewar and Robin Trower except where noted.

Side one

  1. "My Love (Burning Love)" – 3:17
  2. "Caravan to Midnight" (Robin Trower) – 5:01
  3. "I'm Out to Get You" – 5:24
  4. "Lost in Love" – 4:27

Side two

  1. "Fool" – 3:45
  2. "It's for You" – 4:38
  3. "Birthday Boy" – 3:51
  4. "King of the Dance" – 3:10
  5. "Sail On" – 4:02

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] 87
United States (Billboard 200)37

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References

  1. Dawson, Michael P.. Robin Trower - Caravan to Midnight (1978) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 718.
  4. Dawson, Michael P.. Robin Trower - Caravan to Midnight (1978) / Victims of the Fury (1980) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 313. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.