Fires at Midnight

Fires at Midnight
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	10 July 2001
Recorded	During February/April 2001
Genre	Celtic, folk rock, neo-medieval, hard rock
Length	70:29
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Pat Regan and Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore's Night chronology
Under a Violet Moon (1999) Fires at Midnight (2001) Past Times with Good Company (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released July 10, 2001 through SPV/Steamhammer. In comparison with their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. The album reached #32 in Austria, #81 in Switzerland and #9 in Germany.^[2]

On December 2001, Fires At Midnight was a finalist on the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.^[3] In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.^[4]

The album was one of the 10 international bestsellers in Russia during the Autumn of 2001. The single "Times They Are A Changin" stayed in the Russian top 20 Hits for over 9 weeks.^[5]

It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Written in the Stars"	Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night	4:47
2.	"The Times They Are a-Changin''" (Bob Dylan cover)	Dylan	3:30
3.	"I Still Remember"	trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night	5:39
4.	"Home Again"	Blackmore, Night	5:25
5.	"Crowning of the King"	trad. by Tielman Susato, Blackmore, Night	4:29
6.	"Fayre Thee Well" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:05
7.	"Fires at Midnight"	trad. by Alfonso X, Blackmore, Night	7:33
8.	"Hanging Tree"	Blackmore, Night	3:44
9.	"The Storm"	Blackmore, Night	6:08
10.	"Mid Winter's Night"	trad., Blackmore, Night	4:27
11.	"All Because of You"	Blackmore, Night	3:34
12.	"Waiting Just for You"	trad. by Jeremiah Clarke, Blackmore, Night	3:14
13.	"Praetorius (Courante)" (Instrumental)	trad. by Michael Praetorius	1:54
14.	"Benzai-Ten"	Blackmore, Night	3:49
15.	"Village on the Sand"	Blackmore, Night	4:54

Bonus tracks

Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Again Someday"	Blackmore, Night	1:42
2.	"Possum's Last Dance" (Instrumental; European version only)	Blackmore	2:41
3.	"Sake of Song" (B-side to the European Single "The Times They Are a Changin'"; US and Japan version only)	Blackmore, Night	3:13

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – electric and acoustic guitars, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, renaissance drums, tambourine
• Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, pennywhistle, shawms, harp, recorder, electric bagpipes
• Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass, backing vocals
• Carmine Giglio – keyboards
• Chris Devine – violin, viola, recorders, flute
• Mike Sorrentino – drums
• Richard Wiederman – trumpets
• John Passanante – trombone
• Pat Regan – keyboards
• Albert Dannemann – bagpipes on "All Because of You"

Charts performance

Year	Chart	Position
2001	Germany	9
	Japan	20
	Austria	32
	Switzerland	81
	U.K.	138

References

1. Astarita, Glenn. Fires at Midnight at AllMusic
2. "Fires At Midnight - Charts". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
3. "History". Candice Night Official Website. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
4. "Ritchie's Bio". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
5. "Media Archives-Russia". The Official Ritchie Blackmore and Blackmore's Night website. Retrieved 2013-06-09.