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

External links

• Smokie discography 1975-1982