Smokie ~ (2016/1978) The Montreux Album
Лейбл: Sony Music Entertainment 88985321952
Формат: CD, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Digipak
год записи: 06-24 февраля 1978
Год выхода: 12 сентября 1978 / 2007 / 2016
Страна: Europe
Стиль: Glam Rock, Soft Rock
Переиздание пятого альбома, приуроченное к 40-летию группы
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01 The Girl Can't Help It
02 Power Of Love
03 No More Letters
04 Mexican Girl
05 You Took Me By Surprise
06 Oh Carol
07 Liverpool Docks
08 Light Up My Life
09 Petesy’s Song
10 For A Few Dollars More
Bonustracks:
11 Roll On Baby
12 Love's A Riot
13 Stumblin' In (Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro)
14 A Stranger With You (Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro)
► «The Montreux Album» — пятый студийный альбом английской рок-группы Smokie, выпущенный в 1978 году. Записанный в основном в студии Mountain Studios в Монтрё (отсюда и название альбома) с 6 по 24 февраля 1978 года, это был последний альбом группы, выпущенный в сотрудничестве с Ники Чинном и Майком Чепменом.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's 1978 and 2016 liner notes.
Smokie:
★ Chris Norman – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
★ Alan Silson – lead vocals (on "You Took Me by Surprise"), backing vocals, acoustic and electric lead guitars
★ Terry Uttley – lead vocals (on "Light Up My Life"), backing vocals, bass guitar
★ Pete Spencer – lead vocals (on "Petesey's Song"), backing vocals, drums and percussion, tenor saxophone (on "No More Letters")

Technical personnel:
★ Mike Chapman – production
★ Pete Coleman – engineering
★ Ian Cooper – mixing (at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, in March 1978) and mastering (at Utopia Studios, London, England)
★ Richard Gray – sleeve design
★ Gered Mankowitz – art direction and 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 2, 6, 10, 12, 13 + 14 written by Nicky Chinn & Michael Chapman;
• Tracks 5 + 8 written by Alan Silson & Terry Uttley;
• Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, + 9 written by Chris Norman & Pete Spencer;
• Track 11 written by Pete Spencer.
Published by Chinnichap Music Publ. Ltd. / Universal Music Publishing MGB; except Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7 + 9 published by Chris Norman Enterprises Ltd. / Yellowhammer Music & 5 + 8 published by Willow Music Publ. Ltd.
Original Tracks recorded at Mountain Studios, Casino Barrière de Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland, February 1978; except "For A Few Dollars More" recorded at Bovema Studio, Heemstede August 1977. Original recordings engineered by Pete Coleman with André Gauchat & Eugene Chaplin. Mixed at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California, March 1978 and Mastered by Ian Cooper at Utopia Studios, London, UK Remastered 2016 by MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios.
Ⓟ 1978 Chinnichap Records Ltd. / Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH.
Ⓟ & Ⓒ 2016 Sony Music Entertaiment Germany GmbH.
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Made in the EU.
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Design – Tim Smith
Mastered By – Tim Turan
Александр, спасибо! 


доки Ливерпуля, это оказывается бандитская песня, английский шансон )
кто бы мог подумать
Смокам повезло, в своей жизни они ничего в руках тяжелее гитары, не держали
а могли бы вкалывать в порту, в поте и в крови.
или пойти по кривой дорожке, пустив в ход нож, как поется в этой песне
недавно читал статистику по Британии, она ошеломляет, по количеству преступлений, совершенных холодным оружием.
Once knew a man who thought he was another guy,
he was livin' a lie.
He took a chance by roaming the streets in the night,
Till he learned how to fight.
He met trouble one night, another man with his wife.
So he brought out his knife, didn't mean to take his life.
Now he's got to get away, hear him say.
I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks,
Try to hitch a ride, ain't gonna break no rocks.
And I never had a friend, I never needed one.
I'm going down to the silvery sea,
I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me.
And maybe I can go where I won't ever have to come
back again.
He took his time, lived his life alone,
An' his thoughts were his own.
He lived in a place he'd never heard of before,
In Block number four.
Then one night at his door, he stood facing the law.
On the paper he saw, what they wanted him for,
They're gonna take him back, and he said.
I'm goin' back to the Liverpool Docks,
Gonna take a ride, gotta break some rocks.
And I never had a friend, but I never needed one.
Take a ride on the silvery sea,
I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me.
An' I don't wanna go 'cos I know that I'll never come
back again.
если переводить дословно, получается галиматья )
вкратце, чувак спускался к морю, встретил семейную пару, нечаянно то ли зарезал, то ли ножом угрожал, а потом сидя в тюрьме, скучает по морю и свободе, серебряной волне
это так, если утрировать и сублимировать
мечтает скрыться там, гле его не найдут, а на прощание навестить доки Ливерпуля, там видимо вырос
что-то типа того
Да, Смоуки прямо левацкая группа
тут в одном флаконе, ненависть к женщинам, конкретно к богатым , циничным стервам и разоблачение мира чистогана
странно, как советская пропаганда не взяла ее на вооружение в идеологической борьбе
ведь как мы видим, практически все , что писали в Советское время о Западе, оказалось правдой
For a few dollars more
Rich girl she buys her dreams
It's a rich world behind the scenes
Green eyes they tell it all
The more she takes the harder they fall
That's she ain't easy and she ain't tough
She's had it good, but then she's had it rough
And I guess it don't come to much
With all she's got she's ain't got enough
So she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
You know she'll die just a little for a few dollars more
Even fly just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
Strange things can happen to you
When you've got so much and you've got nothing to do
Oh, what do you know?
How do you get there when there's nowhere to go?
And so you wonder just what she'll do
She's never known love but then she's never known you
And it's too bad those sad green eyes
They are so full of questions and so full of lies
And she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
You know she'll die just a little for a few dollars more
Even fly just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
You know she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
You know she'll die just a little for a few dollars more
Even fly just a little like she's done it before
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more
She'll show you her heart, then she'll show you the door
You know she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before
коротко, о людях, женшине готовой на любую подлость и низость , ради денег и порочном мире богатства



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