Changing All the Time

Changing All the Time
Studio album by Smokie
Released	22 September 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Audio International Studios (London, England) Decca Studios (Paris, France)
Genre	Pop rock country rock
Length	34:20[nb 1]
Label	RAK
Producer	Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn
Smokie chronology
Pass It Around (1975) Changing All the Time (1975) Midnight Café (1976)
Singles from Changing All the Time
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" Released: June 1975 "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" Released: September 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Changing All the Time is the second studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in September 1975.[2]

Early pressings of the album had been made with the band's original name "Smokey", but in November 1975 it was announced that the name would be altered to "Smokie" in order to avoid confusion with soul legend Smokey Robinson. All later copies of the album would bear the changed spelling.[2]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	3:19
2.	"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"	Chinn, Chapman	3:27
3.	"It's Natural"	Pete Spencer, Chris Norman	2:40
4.	"Give It to Me"	Alan Silson	3:44
5.	"We're Flyin' High"	Chinn, Chapman	3:55

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Changing All the time"	Chinn, Chapman	3:39
7.	"Julia"	Spencer, Norman	2:56
8.	"Take Me In"	Silson	4:23
9.	"Umbrella Day"	Spencer, Norman	2:49
10.	"Back to Bradford"	Spencer, Norman	3:33
Total length:			34:20

2007 remastered edition bonus tracks[nb 2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Tis Me"	Spencer, Norman	2:56
12.	"Talking Her Round"	Terry Uttley	2:44
Total length:			39:54

2016 remastered edition bonus tracks[nb 3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Alan Silson home demo recording)	Chinn, Chapman	4:10
14.	"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Jay Frog & Amfree mix)	Chinn, Chapman	5:13
Total length:			49:16

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 1975[nb 4] and 2016[nb 3] liner notes.

Smokie

• Chris Norman – lead vocals, back vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
• Alan Silson – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, back vocals, lead vocals (on "Give It to Me")
• Terry Uttley – bass guitar, back vocals
• Pete Spencer – drums, flute, percussion

Technical personnel

• Mike Chapman – production
• Nicky Chinn – production
• Pete Coleman – engineering
• Chris Blair – mastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
• Phil Dennys – string arrangements (on tracks 1, 2 and 6)
• Michael Ross – sleeve design
• Gered Mankowitz – photography
• Dick Ward – tinting

Remastering

• Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
• MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	16
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5]	Silver	60,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Notes

1. Ariola 261029-217
2. 7T's GLAM CD 37
3. Sony Music 88985321922
4. RAK SRAK 517

Citations

1. Guarisco, Donald A. Smokie: "Changing All the Time" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Hendriks, Phil (2007). Changing All the Time (booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records (GLAM CD 37). p. 3.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Smokie – Changing All the Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
4. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
5. "British album certifications – Smokie – Changing All the Time". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

• Discography 1975-1982