No Smoke Without Fire

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No Smoke Without Fire
NoSmokeWithoutFire WishboneAsh.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 October 1978 [1]
RecordedJune–August 1978
Studio De Lane Lea, London, England
Genre Hard rock
Length40:58
Label MCA
Producer Derek Lawrence
Wishbone Ash chronology
Front Page News
(1977)
No Smoke Without Fire
(1978)
Live in Tokyo
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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No Smoke Without Fire is the ninth studio album by English rock band Wishbone Ash. It was the first album since 1972's Argus to be produced by Derek Lawrence. [3] The album peaked at No. 43 in the UK Albums Chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Laurie Wisefield except where noted.

Side one

  1. "You See Red" – 6:03
  2. "Baby the Angels Are Here" (Martin Turner) – 4:44
  3. "Ships in the Sky" – 3:02
  4. "Stand and Deliver" – 7:35

Side two

  1. "Anger in Harmony" (Andy Powell, Wisefield, Turner) – 5:00
  2. "Like a Child" (Turner) – 4.53
  3. "The Way of the World (Part 1)" – 4:09
  4. "The Way of the World (Part 2)" – 5:32 [3]
1998 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Firesign"Martin Turner5:05
10."Time and Space" (remix)Martin Turner6:00
11."Lorelei" (live)Andy Powell, Steve Upton, Laurie Wisefield, Martin Turner6:00
12."Come in from the Rain" (live)Martin Turner4:55
13."Bad Weather Blues" (live)Steve Upton, Andy Powell, Martin Turner, Laurie Wisefield8:00

Personnel

Wishbone Ash
Production

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 43

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