Smokie discography

Smokie discography
Studio albums21
Live albums3
Compilation albums22
Singles54

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

Albums

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Studio albums

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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
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
The Montreux Album
  • Released: October 1978
  • Label: RAK
  • Formats: LP, MC
52 26 6 15 3 29 5 3
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
Whose Are These Boots?
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Wag, Polydor
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1
Chasing Shadows
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Electrola
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
51 6 33
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
Light a Candle – The Christmas Album
  • Release date: November 1996
  • Label: CMC
  • Formats: CD, MC
12
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
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[18]
Uncovered Too
  • Release date: October 2001
  • Label: CMC
  • Formats: CD, MC
3 14 4
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

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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
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

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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
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
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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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
The Very Best of Smokie
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: RAK
  • Formats: LP, MC
23
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
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
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 63
The Best Of
  • Release date: 7 April 2003
  • Label: Camden
  • Formats: CD
The Hit Box
  • Release date: August 2003
  • Label: CMC
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Europe-only release
5 9
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

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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
"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
"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
"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 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

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  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.

References

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