Midnight Fire
Midnight Fire is the second studio album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in 1983 by RCA Nashville. The album produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart including two top ten singles: "Don't Your Memory Ever Sleep at Night" at number 23, "Midnight Fire" at number 5, "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" (a cover of a 1972 Bob Luman hit) at number 4, "Why Goodbye" at number 12, and "Don't You Give Up on Love" at number 49.[2]
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | The Music Mill, Woodland Studio, Groundstar Laboratory, Nashville, Tennessee[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
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Content
"Overnight Sensation" is a cover of the Mickey Gilley song from 1975, with Barbara Mandrell on duet vocals. This same recording also appears on Mandrell's 1983 album Spun Gold.
The album was produced by Tony Brown and Norro Wilson, except for the last two tracks, which were produced by Tom Collins instead.[1]
Critical reception
Giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, Joy Lynn Stewart of the Red Deer Advocate said that the album had "fine, textured vocals". She felt that Wariner's singing was as strong on the uptempo material as it was on the ballads, and felt that Wariner's style was "old-fashioned country...blended with a newer sound."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" | Spooner Oldham, Freddy Weller | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Midnight Fire" | Lewis Anderson, Dave Gibson | 3:10 |
| 3. | "When Is It All Gonna End" | Clarence Foster, Linda Foster | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Why Goodbye" | Richard Leigh, Mark Wright | 3:38 |
| 5. | "I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me" | Felice and Boudleaux Bryant | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Don't You Give Up on Love" | Gibson | 2:57 |
| 7. | "I'm Depending on You" | John Jarrard, Brent Mason | 3:18 |
| 8. | "Honey Why" | George Parks, Swain Schaefer | 2:48 |
| 9. | "Don't Your Mem'ry Ever Sleep at Night" | Steve Dean, Randy Hatch | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Overnight Sensation" (featuring Barbara Mandrell) | Jerry Fuller | 3:05 |
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 39 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| 1983 | "Don't Your Memory Ever Sleep at Night" | 23 | 26 |
| "Midnight Fire" | 5 | 11 | |
| 1984 | "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" | 4 | 3 |
| "Why Goodbye" | 12 | 16 | |
| "Don't You Give Up on Love" | 49 | 46 | |
References
- Midnight Fire (LP). Steve Wariner. RCA Records. 1983. AHL1-4859-B.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- "Album corner". Red Deer Advocate. November 12, 1983. p. 5C. Retrieved January 21, 2020.