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)Under a Violet Moon1999 Fires at Midnight (2001) Past Times with Good Company (2002)Past Times with Good Company2002

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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.

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

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.

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