Album: Fires at Midnight by Blackmore's Night (2001)
Genre: Pop | Mood: Quirky
Record Label: earMUSIC
Format: Album

Description: Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released 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. The album reached #32 in Austria and #81 in Switzerland.
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".

Artist Background: Legendary Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (b. April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, England) shifted his musical focus away from hard rock in the late 1990s and started concentrating on his love of Renaissance-era music. He formed Blackmore's Night with his fiancee, vocalist/lyricist Candice Night (b. May 8, 1971, Hauppauge, Long Island, NY), and recruited other musicians from around the world to combine elements of world music, Renaissance, new age, folk, and rock & roll. Bl... Part of the UK, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the UK, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Pop, Quirky, 2000s, Album, earMUSIC

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Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released 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. The album reached #32 in Austria and #81 in Switzerland.
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".

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