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]

Midnight Fire
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
RecordedThe Music Mill, Woodland Studio, Groundstar Laboratory, Nashville, Tennessee[1]
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Nashville
Producer
Steve Wariner chronology
Steve Wariner
(1982)
Midnight Fire
(1983)
One Good Night Deserves Another
(1985)
Singles from Midnight Fire
  1. "Don't Your Memory Ever Sleep at Night"
    Released: April 1983
  2. "Midnight Fire"
    Released: August 13, 1983
  3. "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
    Released: December 10, 1983
  4. "Why Goodbye"
    Released: April 7, 1984
  5. "Don't You Give Up on Love"
    Released: July 1984

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"Spooner Oldham, Freddy Weller3:14
2."Midnight Fire"Lewis Anderson, Dave Gibson3:10
3."When Is It All Gonna End"Clarence Foster, Linda Foster3:08
4."Why Goodbye"Richard Leigh, Mark Wright3:38
5."I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me"Felice and Boudleaux Bryant3:18
6."Don't You Give Up on Love"Gibson2:57
7."I'm Depending on You"John Jarrard, Brent Mason3:18
8."Honey Why"George Parks, Swain Schaefer2:48
9."Don't Your Mem'ry Ever Sleep at Night"Steve Dean, Randy Hatch3:07
10."Overnight Sensation" (featuring Barbara Mandrell)Jerry Fuller3:05

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1983) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 39

References

  1. Midnight Fire (LP). Steve Wariner. RCA Records. 1983. AHL1-4859-B.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 248–249. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. "Album corner". Red Deer Advocate. November 12, 1983. p. 5C. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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