The Montreux Album

The Montreux Album is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in 1978. Recorded primarily at Mountain Studios in Montreux (hence the album's title) between 6 and 24 February 1978, it was the band's last album to be made in partnership with Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 1978 and 2016 liner notes.

Smokie

• Chris Norman – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
• Alan Silson – lead vocals (on "You Took Me by Surprise"), backing vocals, acoustic and electric lead guitars
• Terry Uttley – lead vocals (on "Light Up My Life"), backing vocals, bass guitar
• Pete Spencer – lead vocals (on "Petesey's Song"), backing vocals, drums and percussion, tenor saxophone (on "No More Letters")

Technical personnel

• Mike Chapman – production
• Pete Coleman – engineering
• Ian Cooper – mixing (at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, in March 1978) and mastering (at Utopia Studios, London, England)
• Richard Gray – sleeve design
• Gered Mankowitz – art direction and photography

Remastering

• Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
• MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Notes "For a Few Dollars More" was recorded in 24–26 August 1977 at Bovema Studios (Heemstede, Holland).

Citations

External links

• Discography 1975–1982