Fires at Midnight

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Fires at Midnight is a Blackmore's Night's third studio album released on 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. 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.

It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, except where noted.

1. "Written in the Stars" – 4:49
2. "The Times They Are a Changin'" – 3:33 (Bob Dylan cover)
3. "I Still Remember" – 5:42 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
4. "Home Again" – 5:28
5. "Crowning of the King" – 4:32 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Tielman Susato)
6. "Fayre Thee Well" – Instrumental 2:08 (Written by Blackmore)
7. "Fires at Midnight" – 7:36 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by King Alfonso The 10th)
8. "Hanging Tree" – 3:47
9. "The Storm" – 6:12
10. "Mid Winter's Night" – 4:30 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional)
11. "All Because of You" – 3:37
12. "Waiting Just for You" – 3:17 (Blackmore/Night/Traditional by Clarke)
13. "Praetorius (Courante)" – Instrumental 1:57 (Traditional by Michael Praetorius)
14. "Benzai-Ten" – 3:52
15. "Village on the Sand" – 5:04
16. "Again Someday" – 1:42

Bonus tracks

1. "Possum's Last Dance" – Instrumental (2:41) (Written by Blackmore) (European version only)
2. "Sake of Song" – 3:13 (US and Japan version only)

A music video for the song "Times They Are A-Changin'" is on the US version as a CD-ROM bonus.

• Bonus track 1, "Possum's Last Dance", was previously US only bonus track on Shadow of the Moon.
• Bonus track 2, "Sake of Song", was also the non-album B-side to the European single "The Times They Are a Changin'". The song was re-recorded later as "Sake Of The Song" (with vocals) and "Song And Dance" (an instrumental version of the same track) on Autumn Sky.

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – electric and acoustic guitars, hurdy gurdy, mandolin, renaissance drums, tambourine
• Candice Night – lead vocals, backing vocals, pennywhistle, shawms, harp, recorder, electic 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"