Pass It Around (Smokie album)

Pass It Around

Studio album by Smokey

Released

14 February 1975^[1]

Recorded

Audio International Studios in London

Genre

Glam rock, hard rock, pop rock

Length

44:17

Label

RAK

Producer

Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn

Smokey chronology

Pass It Around
(1975)

Changing All the Time
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Pass It Around is the debut studio album by British rock band Smokey (later renamed Smokie), released in 1975.

The album features eleven original group songs and two Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman compositions. The Chinn / Chapman written title track was chosen to be Smokie's debut single. "Pass It Around" / "Couldn't Live" was released on 21 March 1975 but failed to succeed in the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The problem was playlist controllers who thought that ambiguous lyrics might be expounded to be a reference to smoking marijuana. As a result, the single flopped to reach the UK Top 50.^[1]

In order to promote Pass It Around, Smokie extensively tour Britain starting on 24 April 1975 as support act to Pilot, who scored a UK #1 hit with "January".^[1] Despite all the promotion activity, neither album nor single managed to chart in the UK.^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pass It Around"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	3:07
2.	"Daydreamin'"	Chris Norman, Pete Spencer, Terry Uttley	2:17
3.	"Oh Well, Oh Well"	Norman, Spencer	3:17
4.	"My Woman"	Norman, Spencer	3:22
5.	"It Makes Me Money"	Norman, Spencer	2:57
6.	"Headspin"	Norman, Spencer	3:32
7.	"Goin' Tomorrow"	Norman, Alan Silson, Uttley, Spencer	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"I Do Declare"	Chinn, Chapman	3:46
9.	"Don't Turn Out Your Light"	Norman, Spencer	4:01
10.	"Will You Love Me"	Norman, Silson, Uttley, Spencer	3:44
11.	"A Day at the Mother-in-Law's"	Silson	2:51
12.	"The Coldest Night"	Silson	4:15
13.	"Shy Guy"	Silson	3:25
Total length:			44:17

2007 7T's Records remastered edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Couldn't Live"	Uttley	2:25
Total length:			46:42

Credits

Smokie

Chris Norman – lead vocals and guitar
Terry Uttley – bass and backing vocals
Pete Spencer – drums and vocals
Alan Silson – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on "A Day at the Mother-in-Law's"

Technical personnel

Produced by Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn for Chinnichap
Engineer – Pete Coleman
Recorded at Audio International Studios in London
Tape operators – Pete Silver and Phil Colman
Mastered by Chris Blair at EMI, Abbey Road
Cover photography – Gered Mankowitz

References

1 2 3 Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Pass It Around (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.
↑ Guarisco, Donald A. "Pass It Around review". Allmusic.
↑ "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.

External links

Smokie discography 1975-1982

Smokie

Terry Uttley Martin Bullard Steve Pinnell Mike Craft Mick McConnell Past members: Alan Silson Chris Norman Clarence Dawson Ron Kelly Arthur Higgins Pete Spencer Alan Barton

Studio albums	Pass It Around Changing All the Time Midnight Café Bright Lights & Back Alleys The Montreux Album The Other Side of the Road Solid Ground Strangers in Paradise Midnight Delight All Fired Up Boulevard of Broken Dreams Whose Are These Boots? Chasing Shadows Burnin' Ambition The World and Elsewhere Light a Candle - The Christmas Album Wild Horses – The Nashville Album Uncovered Uncovered Too On the Wire Take a Minute

Live albums	Greatest Hits Live Live in Concert 1995-1997 - Who the Fuck is Alice

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Very Best of Smokie - 14 Hit Singles The Very Best of Smokie

Singles	"Pass It Around (1975) "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (1975) "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" (1975) "Living Next Door to Alice" (1976) "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone" (1977) "Needles and Pins (1977)

Related articles	Smokie discography

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