Smokers Delight

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Smokers Delight
Nightmaresonwax Smokersdelight.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 September 1995 (1995-09-25)
Recorded1995
Studio
Genre
Length72:28
Label Warp
Producer E.A.S.E.
Nightmares on Wax chronology
A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter
(1991)
Smokers Delight
(1995)
Carboot Soul
(1999)

Smokers Delight is the second studio album by English DJ and record producer Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 1995 on Warp in the United Kingdom, and on Wax Trax in the United States. It peaked at number 84 on the UK Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Muzik 4.5/5 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Smokers Delight was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book in 2005. [6] In 2015, Fact placed it at number 15 on the "50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" list. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Nights Introlude"4:40
2."Dreddoverboard"5:48
3."Pipes Honour"9:05
4."Me + You"0:56
5."Stars"6:59
6."Wait a Minute/Praying for a Jeepbeat"2:44
7."Groove St."7:29
8."Time (To Listen)"0:29
9."(Man) Tha Journey"6:19
10."Bless My Soul"5:56
11."Cruise (Don't Stop)"7:05
12."Mission Venice"2:50
13."What I'm Feelin (Good)"2:26
14."Rise"5:14
15."Rise (Reprise)"1:46
16."Gambia Via Vagator Beach"4:41
17."Aquaself [Bonus Track]"6:16
18."Let's Ascend [Bonus Track]"6:43
19."Dreddoverboard - Funk Mix [Bonus Track]"6:43
20."Nights Introlude - Live in Chicago [Bonus Track]"7:00

For the digital deluxe re-release, two bonus tracks are added to the album, titled "Aquaself" and "Let's Ascend". A funk remix of "Dreddoverboard", as well as a live version of "Nights Introlude" from a Chicago DJ set/concert by Evelyn, are also added to the album's deluxe bonus disk.

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 84
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 75

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