Лейбл: Sony Music 88985321942
Формат: CD, Stereo, Album, Expanded Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Год записи: март-апрель 1977
Год выхода: 29 сентября 1977 / 2016
Страна: Europe
Стиль: Soft Rock, Pop Rock

Юбилейное переиздание четвёртого студийного альбома.

01 It's Your Life (Chinn, Chapman)
02 I Can't Stay Here Tonight (Norman, Spencer)
03 Sunshine Avenue (Norman, Spencer)
04 Think Of Me (Norman, Spencer)
05 In The Heat Of The Night (Chinn, Chapman)
06 Needles And Pins (Nitzsche, Bono)
07 No One Could Ever Love You More (Norman, Spencer)
08 The Dancer (Sayer, Courtney)
09 Baby It's You (Norman, Spencer)
10 Walk Right Back (Norman, Spencer)

Bonus Tracks:

11 Now You Think You Know (Terry Uttley)
12 Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone (Chinn, Chapman)
13 Here Lies A Man (Norman, Spencer)
14 Alone In A Cell (Norman, Spencer, Silson, Uttley)

Bright Lights & Back Alleys («Яркие огни и тёмные аллеи») — четвёртый студийный альбом группы Smokie, выпущенный 29 сентября 1977 года в Европе и 7 октября в Великобритании.

Smokie:

★ Chris Norman – lead vocals and backing vocals, guitars, synthesizers and electric piano
★ Alan Silson – guitars and backing vocals
★ Terry Uttley – bass and backing vocals
★ Pete Spencer – drums, percussions and backing vocals

Additional musicians:

★ Tom Scott – lyricon and tenor saxophone (on "In the Heat of the Night")

Technical personnel:

★ Mike Chapman – production
★ Nicky Chinn – production
★ Pete Coleman – engineering
★ Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements (on tracks 1–3 and 5)
★ Phil Dennys – string arrangements (on tracks 4 and 8)
★ Cream – sleeve design
★ Gered Mankowitz – photography

Remastering:

★ Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
★ MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering

Produced by Mike Chapman in Association with Nicky Chinn.

Tracks 1, 5 + 12 written by Nicky Chinn & Michael Chapman; Track 11 written by Terry Uttley; Tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 + 13 written by Chris Norman & Pete Spencer; Track 14 written by Chris Norman, Pete Spencer, Alan Silson & Terry Uttley; Track 6 written by Jack Nitzsche & Sonny Bono; Track 8 written by Leo Sayer & David Courtney.

Published by Chinnichap Music Publ. Ltd. / Universal Music Publishing MGB; except Track 6 published by Metric Music Corp./ United Artists Ltd.; Track 8 published by Compass Music Ltd./ Blandell Ltd.; Track 14 copyright control.

Original Tracks recorded at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, March/April 1977; except "Baby It's You", recorded at Decca Studios, Paris, July 1976 & "Think of Me (The Lonely One)" at EMI Studios, Heemstede, August 1977. Original recordings engineered by Pete Coleman. Remastered 2016 by MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios.

1 - 13 Ⓟ 1977 Chinnichap Records Ltd. / Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH;
14 Ⓟ 2016 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH.

Ⓟ & Ⓒ 2016 Sony Music Entertaiment Germany GmbH.
Distributed by Sony Music Entertaiment 88985321942

Рецензия от издателя:

Продолжение серии ремастированных переизданий с бонусными треками альбомов невероятно популярной группы у нас в стране - Smokie. Все альбомы относятся к классическому периоду группы, с солистом Крисом Норманом.

Альбом ""Bright Lights & Back Alleys"" вышел первоначально в 1977 году."