Smokie

UK three CD set, the only Smokie compilation you'll ever need. Formed in Bradford, Yorkshire, Smokie rose to fame in the 1970s and found chart success with their signature glam-pop sound. This career compilation includes all of the group's biggest hits including 'Living Next Door To Alice', 'It's Your Life', ' Oh Carol', 'Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone' and 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain'. Disc One covers the period of 1975-1976 including classics tracks 'Don't Play Your Rock 'N' Roll To Me' and 'If You Think You Know How To Love Me' which both peaked at #3 in the UK singles chart. Disc Two opens with Smokie's international hit 'Living Next Door To Alice' which was a #1 hit in 7 countries. Other hits included on this disc include 'Oh Carol' and 'Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone'. Disc Three concludes the set with tracks from the end of Smokie's classic era, including the singles 'Take Good Care Of My Baby', 'Little Town Flirt' and 'Jet Lagged'.

Legends 3 CD set features a total of 45 classic tracks. Originally formed in Yorkshire, England, in 1966, Smokie hit the British pop charts several times during the late '70s with updated psychedelic pop, influenced by the band's stay on Mickie Most's Rak Records as well as the writers of most of the band's hit material, Rak's Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire. The band found success at home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had a number of line-up changes and were still actively touring in 2018. Among their most famous hit singles are "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", "Oh Carol", "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone", "I'll Meet You at Midnight". Their most popular hit single, "Living Next Door to Alice", peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and, in March 1977, reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.

By the end of the 1970s, Smokie seemed more or less spent as a serious commercial force, although they continued racking up the hit singles, sporadically at home and consistently in Germany. This album, however, caught them during one of their fallow patches, midway between the peaks of "Mexican Girl" and "Take Good Care of My Baby," and it was very easy to overlook it entirely…

On their fourth album, Smokie attempt to broaden their country-flavored pop with a few stylistic experiments. The resulting album is successful for the most part. For instance, their European hit "It's Your Life" effectively marries the group's sweet harmonies to a reggae-styled pop melody, and further spices things up by throwing in a surprising Beatles-styled midsection…

Smokie's final album, 1982's Strangers in Paradise was the ideal follow-up to the now three-year-old Other Side of the Road – musically and lyrically, it's as strong as Smokie ever were, with the title track and "Two Strangers Falling" surely ranking up there with the best of the band's output…

Originally formed in Yorkshire, England, in 1966, Smokie hit the British pop charts several times during the late '70s with updated psychedelic pop, influenced by the band's stay on Mickie Most's Rak Records as well as the writers of most of the band's hit material, Rak's Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Vocalist Chris Norman, bassist Terry Utley, guitarist Alan Silson, and drummer Ron Kelly had played in the Elizabethans, but formed the band Kindness in 1970.

Solid Ground is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Smokie, released in 1981…