Bright Lights & Back Alleys is the fourth
studio album by the English
rock band
Smokie, released on 29 September 1977 in continental Europe[2] and 7 October in the United Kingdom[3] by
RAK Records. Recorded primarily at Whitney Recording Studios in
Glendale,
California, from March to April 1977, it was produced by
Mike Chapman and
Nicky Chinn, as were all the band's previous albums.
^^The U.S. edition of the album replaces "Think Of Me (The Lonely One)" with "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone" written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn.
^ "Baby It's You" was recorded in July 1976 at Decca Studios (
Paris,
France), and "Think of Me (The Only One)" — in August 1977 at Bovema Studios (
Heemstede,
Holland).