Smokie discography

Smokie discography
Studio albums	21
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	22
Singles	54

Smokie (an English rock band) in Einsiedel, Germany. Terry Uttley and Mike Craft in the foreground.

British rock band Smokie released 21 studio albums and 54 singles between 1975 and 2010.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	DEN [4] [5]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NL [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [10]	US [11]
Pass It Around	Released: 14 February 1975 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Changing All the Time	Released: September 1975 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		BPI: Silver [12]
Midnight Café	Released: 9 April 1976 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	12	—	173
Bright Lights & Back Alleys	Released: 7 October 1977 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	36	6	—	3	6	—	1	3	—		BPI: Silver [12] BVMI: Gold [13]
The Montreux Album	Released: October 1978 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	52	26	6	—	15	3	29	5	3	—		BPI: Silver [12] BVMI: Gold [13]
The Other Side of the Road	Released: November 1979 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	57	7	—	—	17	—	7	26	—
Solid Ground	Released: 25 September 1981 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	—	—
Strangers in Paradise	Released: March 1982 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Midnight Delight	Released: October 1982 Label: Repertoire Formats: LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	—	—
All Fired Up	Release date: 1988 Label: Wag, Maze Music Formats: CD, LP, MC Also released as My Heart Is True	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Release date: 1989 Label: Wag, Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	NOR: 84,691 [14]
Whose Are These Boots?	Release date: 1990 Label: Wag, Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	NOR: 73,651 [14]
Chasing Shadows	Release date: 1992 Label: Electrola Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	51	—	6	33	—	NOR: 42,907 [14]
Burnin' Ambition	Release date: 1993 Label: Electrola Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The World and Elsewhere	Release date: October 1995 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	—	—	77	—	8	56	—		IFPI NOR: Platinum [15]
Light a Candle – The Christmas Album	Release date: November 1996 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—		IFPI NOR: Gold [16]
Wild Horses – The Nashville Album	Release date: March 1998 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	—
Uncovered	Release date: September 2000 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	3	—	84	—	3	5	—	DEN: 43,892 [17]	IFPI DEN: Platinum [18]
Uncovered Too	Release date: October 2001 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	14	4	—		GLF: Gold [19] IFPI DEN: Gold [20]
On the Wire	Release date: August 2004 Label: CMC Formats: CD	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	12	27	—
Take a Minute	Release date: 9 August 2010 Label: Black Pelican Formats: CD	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	6	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NOR [9]
Greatest Hits Live	Released: November 1988 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, LP, MC	10
The Concert Live – Essen/Germany 10th March 1978	Released: 1998 Label: BMG Ariola Formats: CD	—
Live	Released: 1998 Label: CMC Formats: CD Live in Denmark	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Re-recordings

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales	Certifications
		DEN [5]	GER [7]	NL [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [10]
The Best of Smokie	Released: October 1990 Label: Telstar Formats: CD, LP, MC Released in Scandinavia as 18 Carat Gold – The Very Best of Smokie	—	—	23	3	49	NOR: 84,140 [14]	BPI: Silver [12]
From Smokie with Love	Released: September 1995 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, MC	—	49	—	—	—
Eclipse Acoustic	Released: June 2008 Label: My Way Music Formats: CD	13	—	—	15	20
The Greatest Hits Rerecorded 2022	Released: 30 September 2022 [21] Label: Music Manager Formats: digital download	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2] [22]	AUT [3]	DEN [4] [5]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NL [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [10]
Bravo präsentiert Smokie	Released: February 1977 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC Germany-only release	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	—
Greatest Hits	Released: April 1977 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	6	—	1	—	1	1	—	1	1	NOR: 195,000 [23]	IFPI FIN: Gold [24] BPI: Silver [12] BVMI: Platinum [13] GLF: Gold [25]
The Very Best of Smokie	Released: October 1980 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		BPI: Gold [12]
Greatest Hits Volume 2	Released: October 1980 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC	—	77	—	—	—	37	—	—	—
The Very Best of Smokie	Released: November 1981 Label: Arcade Formats: LP, MC Austria and Germany-only release	—	—	5	—	—	16	—	—	—
I'll Meet You at Midnight – The Very Best of Smokie	Released: December 1981 Label: Arcade Formats: LP Netherlands-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
All the Best	Released:1981 Label: RAK Formats: LP, MC Australasia-only release	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	AUS: 230,000 [26]
Smokie's Greatest Hits	Released: October 1984 Label: Fame Formats: LP, MC Released in Australia as 17 Greatest Hits	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Forever	Release date: September 1990 Label: Ariola Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, 2xMC Europe-only release	—	—	—	3 [27]	—	15	—	16	—
The Best of Smokie & Suzie Quatro	Release date: 1991 Label: Hit Bound Formats: CD Australia-only release	—	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Greatest Hits	Release date: 1992 Label: RCA Formats: CD, MC Australia-only release	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		ARIA: Gold [28]
Celebration	Release date: November 1994 Label: EMICMC Formats: CD, MC Continental Europe and Scandinavia release	—	—	—	2 [29]	34	85	—	—	—
Who the F**k Is Alice? Plus 18 Greatest Hits	Release date: June 1995 Label: CMC Formats: CD, MC Continental Europe release	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	—	—
Norske hits	Release date: March 1997 Label: CMC Formats: CD Norway-only release	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—
Our Swedish Collection	Release date: April 1999 Label: CMC Formats: 2xCD Released in Denmark as Our Danish Collection	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	2		GLF: Platinum [30] IFPI DEN: Platinum [14]
Uncovered – The Very Best of Smokie	Release date: March 2001 Label: Universal Music TV Formats: 2xCD, 2xMC	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Best Of	Release date: 7 April 2003 Label: Camden Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		BPI: Silver [12] BVMI: Gold [13]
The Hit Box	Release date: August 2003 Label: CMC Formats: 10xCD Europe-only release	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	9	—		IFPI NOR: Gold [16]
From the Heart	Release date: February 2006 Label: CMC Formats: 10xCD Scandinavia-only release	—	—	—	7	—	—	—	20	30
Living Next Door to Alice	Release date: November 2010 Label: Central Station Formats: CD Australia-only release	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gold 1975–2015	Release date: 20 March 2015 Label: Sony Music Formats: 2xCD, digital download	—	—	73	—	—	36	—	—	—
Gold	Release date: 28 August 2020 Label: Crimson/Sony Music Formats: 3xCD	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	IRE [31]	FIN [6]	GER [7]	NL [8]	NOR [9]	SWE [10]	US [11]
"Pass It Around"	1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Pass It Around
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"		3	98	—	2	—	8	17	6	—	96		Changing All the Time
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"		8	50	13	7	—	10	22	—	—	—
"Something's Been Making Me Blue"	1976	17	—	—	16	—	21	—	—	20	—		Midnight Café
"Wild Wild Angels"		54 [A]	—	—	—	—	15	—	—	—	—
"I'll Meet You at Midnight"		11	—	10	1	10	9	5	6	—	—		Non-album singles
"Living Next Door to Alice"		5	2	1	1	9	1	1	1	3	25	BPI: Silver [12] BVMI: Gold [13]
"Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"	1977	12	11	1	5	15	1	1	3	16	—
"It's Your Life"		5	7	4	6	8	3	7	2	15	—		Bright Lights & Back Alleys
"Needles and Pins"		10	7	1	3	27	2	5	4	—	68	BPI: Silver [12]
"For a Few Dollars More"	1978	17	57	2	12	—	2	14	2	19	—		The Montreux Album
"Oh Carol"		5	5	5	3	—	3	23	—	—	—	BPI: Silver [12]
"Mexican Girl"		19	19	2	4	17	1	10	—	16	—
"Do to Me" [B]	1979	—	16	6	—	—	10	—	—	—	—		The Other Side of the Road
"Babe It's Up to You"		—	60	5	—	—	8	41	—	—	—
"San Francisco Bay" [C]	1980	—	—	10	—	—	9	36	—	—	—
"Take Good Care of My Baby"		34	48	10	15	—	18	—	—	—	—		Solid Ground
"Run to Me"		—	—	13	—	—	29	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Little Town Flirt" [D]	1981	—	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	—	—
"Jet Lagged" [E]	1982	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Solid Ground
"Yesterday's Dreams" [F]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Strangers in Paradise
"Number on My Wall" [G]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Midnight Delight
"Looking Daggers"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Don't Throw It Away" [H]	1983	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Midnight Delight
"The Book" [I]	1986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Hold On Tight" [J]	1987	—	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—		All Fired Up
"Cry in the Night"		184 [32]	—	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
"My Heart Is True"	1988	160 [33]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Young Hearts" [K]	1989	—	—	—	—	24	43	—	—	—	—		Boulevard of Broken Dreams
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"		77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Falling Apart" [L]	1990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I Feel Love" [M]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Whose Are These Boots?
"In the Middle of a Lonely Dream" [N]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Living Next Door to Alice 1990" [O]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Best of Smokie
"Smoke Forever – It's Medley-Time" [P]	1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"You're So Different Tonight" [Q]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Chasing Shadows
"Don't Play That Game with Me" [R]		—	—	—	—	—	84	—	—	—	—
"I'd Die for You" [S]	1993	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Naked Love (Baby Love Me...)" [T]		—	—	—	—	—	71	—	—	—	—		Burnin' Ambition
"Listen to Your Radio" [U]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Bang Bang" [V]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Who the F**k Is Alice?"	1994	—	—	—	13	—	18	—	—	22	—		Who the F**k Is Alice? Plus 18 Greatest Hits
"Can't Cry Hard Enough" [W]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Celebration
"Rose-a-Lee" [X]	1995	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The World and Elsewhere
"Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k Is Alice)" (with Roy Chubby Brown)		3	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Platinum [12]	Non-album single
"Rock'n'Roll Rodeo" [Y]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The World and Elsewhere
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain"	1996	138 [34]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"When the Lightning Strikes" [Z]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Light a Candle" [AA]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Light a Candle – The Christmas Album
"It Won't Be Christmas" [AB]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Wrong Reasons" (with Maggie Reilly) [AC]	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Wild Horses – The Nashville Album
"And the Night Stood Still"	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"It Never Rains in Southern California" [AD]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Uncovered
"Be My Baby" [AE]	2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Uncovered Too
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
2. "Do to Me" was set for release in the UK but ended up not being issued there.
3. "San Francisco Bay" was only released as a single in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa and Australia.
4. "Little Town Flirt" was only released as a single in Germany.
5. "Jet Lagged" was only released as a single in Germany.
6. "Yesterday's Dreams" was only released as a single in South Africa.
7. "Number on My Wall" was only released as a single in Germany.
8. "Don't Throw It Away" was only released as a single in Germany.
9. "The Book" was only released as a single in Australia.
10. "Hold On Tight" was only released as a single in Denmark and Ireland.
11. "Young Hearts" was only released as a single in Germany and Scandinavia.
12. "Falling Apart" was only released as a single in Norway.
13. "I Feel Love" was only released as a single in Norway.
14. "In the Middle of a Lonely Dream" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
15. "Living Next Door to Alice 1990" was only released as a single in Norway.
16. "Smokie Forever – It's Medley-Time" was only released as a single in Germany.
17. "You're So Different Tonight" was only released as a single in Germany.
18. "Don't Play That Game with Me" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
19. "I'd Die for You" was only released a single in Continental Europe.
20. "Naked Love (Baby Love Me...)" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
21. "Listen to Your Radio" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
22. "Bang Bang" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
23. "Can't Cry Hard Enough" was only released as a single in Sweden.
24. "Rose-a-Lee" was only released as a single in Scandinavia.
25. "Rock'n'Roll Rodeo" was only released a single in Germany and Scandinavia.
26. "When the Lightning Strikes" was only released as a single in Germany.
27. "Light a Candle" was only released a single in Austria and Scandinavia.
28. "It Won't Be Christmas" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
29. "Wrong Reasons" was only released as a single in Denmark.
30. "It Never Rains in Southern California" was only released as a single in Denmark.
31. "Be My Baby" was only released as a single in Denmark.

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