Smokie discography
(Redirected from Chasing Shadows (Smokie album))
| Smokie discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 21 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 22 |
| Singles | 54 |
British rock band Smokie released 21 studio albums and 54 singles between 1975 and 2010.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| 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 | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Changing All the Time |
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18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Midnight Café |
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— | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 12 | — | 173 | ||
| Bright Lights & Back Alleys |
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— | 36 | 6 | — | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| The Montreux Album |
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52 | 26 | 6 | — | 15 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 3 | — | ||
| The Other Side of the Road |
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— | 57 | 7 | — | — | 17 | — | 7 | 26 | — | ||
| Solid Ground |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | ||
| Strangers in Paradise |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Midnight Delight |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | ||
| All Fired Up |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | ||
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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| Whose Are These Boots? |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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| Chasing Shadows |
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— | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | 6 | 33 | — |
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| Burnin' Ambition |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The World and Elsewhere |
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— | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | 8 | 56 | — | ||
| Light a Candle – The Christmas Album |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — |
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| Wild Horses – The Nashville Album |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||
| Uncovered |
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— | — | — | 3 | — | 84 | — | 3 | 5 | — |
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| Uncovered Too |
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— | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | — | ||
| On the Wire |
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— | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 12 | 27 | — | ||
| Take a Minute |
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— | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| NOR [9] | ||
| Greatest Hits Live |
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10 |
| The Concert Live – Essen/Germany 10th March 1978 |
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| Live |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Re-recordings
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [5] |
GER [7] |
NL [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] | ||||
| The Best of Smokie |
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— | — | 23 | 3 | 49 |
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| From Smokie with Love |
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— | 49 | — | — | — | ||
| Eclipse Acoustic |
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13 | — | — | 15 | 20 | ||
| The Greatest Hits Rerecorded 2022 |
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— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| 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 |
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— | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
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| The Very Best of Smokie |
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23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Greatest Hits Volume 2 |
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— | 77 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | ||
| The Very Best of Smokie |
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— | — | 5 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| I'll Meet You at Midnight – The Very Best of Smokie |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | ||
| All the Best |
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— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Smokie's Greatest Hits |
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— | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Forever |
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— | — | — | 3[27] | — | 15 | — | 16 | — | ||
| The Best of Smokie & Suzie Quatro |
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— | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Greatest Hits |
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— | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Celebration |
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— | — | — | 2[29] | 34 | 85 | — | — | — | ||
| Who the F**k Is Alice? Plus 18 Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | ||
| Norske hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | ||
| Our Swedish Collection |
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— | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Uncovered – The Very Best of Smokie |
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63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Best Of |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Hit Box |
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— | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 9 | — |
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| From the Heart |
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— | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 20 | 30 | ||
| Living Next Door to Alice |
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— | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Gold 1975–2015 |
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— | — | 73 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | ||
| Gold |
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44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Singles
[edit]| 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 |
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| "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 | — | — | — |
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| "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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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
[edit]- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- ^ "Do to Me" was set for release in the UK but ended up not being issued there.
- ^ "San Francisco Bay" was only released as a single in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa and Australia.
- ^ "Little Town Flirt" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Jet Lagged" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Yesterday's Dreams" was only released as a single in South Africa.
- ^ "Number on My Wall" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Don't Throw It Away" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "The Book" was only released as a single in Australia.
- ^ "Hold On Tight" was only released as a single in Denmark and Ireland.
- ^ "Young Hearts" was only released as a single in Germany and Scandinavia.
- ^ "Falling Apart" was only released as a single in Norway.
- ^ "I Feel Love" was only released as a single in Norway.
- ^ "In the Middle of a Lonely Dream" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "Living Next Door to Alice 1990" was only released as a single in Norway.
- ^ "Smokie Forever – It's Medley-Time" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "You're So Different Tonight" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Don't Play That Game with Me" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "I'd Die for You" was only released a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "Naked Love (Baby Love Me...)" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "Listen to Your Radio" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
- ^ "Bang Bang" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "Can't Cry Hard Enough" was only released as a single in Sweden.
- ^ "Rose-a-Lee" was only released as a single in Scandinavia.
- ^ "Rock'n'Roll Rodeo" was only released a single in Germany and Scandinavia.
- ^ "When the Lightning Strikes" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Light a Candle" was only released a single in Austria and Scandinavia.
- ^ "It Won't Be Christmas" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
- ^ "Wrong Reasons" was only released as a single in Denmark.
- ^ "It Never Rains in Southern California" was only released as a single in Denmark.
- ^ "Be My Baby" was only released as a single in Denmark.
References
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