Night Owls (album)

Night Owls is the second studio album by Vaya Con Dios. It was released in 1990.

Night Owls
Studio album by Vaya Con Dios
Released	25 April 1990
Recorded	Winter 1989-1990
Studio	BSB Studios in Brussels
Genre	Jazz blues soul Latin pop Gypsy soft rock
Length	40:37
Label	Ariola Records
Producer	Dani Klein Dirk Schoufs
Vaya Con Dios chronology
Vaya Con Dios (1988) Night Owls (1990) Time Flies (1992)

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nah Neh Nah"	2:52
2.	"Far Gone Now"	3:08
3.	"Sunny Days"	3:29
4.	"Sally"	3:28
5.	"Something’s Got A Hold On Me"	2:36
6.	"I Don’t Want To Know"	3:35

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"What's a Woman?"	3:56
2.	"Night Owls"	3:56
3.	"Pack Your Memories"	3:04
4.	"With You"	4:02
5.	"Travelling Light"	3:32
6.	"Quand elle rit aux éclats"	3:46

Personnel

• André Brasseur – Hammond organ
• Bruno Castellucci – drums
• Steve Clisby – background vocals
• Verona Davis – background vocals
• Jason Johnson – background vocals
• Dani Klein – vocals
• Eric Melaerts – acoustic guitar
• Patrick Mortier – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Dirk Schoufs – bass guitar, arranger, producer
• Frank Wuyts – piano

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990–1993) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[4] 32 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 14 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 33 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 2 Chart (1991) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 94 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 20 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 12

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[14]	Platinum	50,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[15]	Platinum	75,000^*
Denmark	—	27,000[16]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[17]	Gold	29,481[17]
France (SNEP)[18]	Gold	140,000[16]
Germany (BVMI)[19]	Platinum	500,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[20]	Platinum	100,000^^
Norway	—	10,000[16]
Sweden (GLF)[21]	Gold	56,000[16]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22]	3× Platinum	150,000^^
Summaries
Worldwide	N/A	2,000,000[16]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Austriancharts.at – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
4. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1993. 4. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
5. "Swedishcharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
6. "Swisscharts.com – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
7. "Jahreshitparade Alben 1990". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
8. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1990". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
9. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
10. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
11. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1991". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
12. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
13. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
14. "Austrian album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in German). IFPI Austria.
15. "Night Owls - Platinum in Belgium" (PDF). Music & Media. 24 November 1990. p. 14. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
16. "BMG Int'I Lets Vaya Con Dios Album Fly". Billboard. 17 October 1992. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
17. "Vaya Con Dios" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
18. "Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 15 May 2019. (select "Vaya Con Dios" from drop-down list)
19. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vaya Con Dios; 'Night Owls')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
20. "Dutch album certifications – Vaya Con Dios – Night Owls" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 28 November 2018. Enter Night Owls in the "Artiest of titel" box.
21. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
22. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Vaya Con Dios; 'Night Owls')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

External links

• Night Owls at Discogs
• Album Night Owls at Eurosong.ru