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Pass It Around
Pass It Around
Studio album by Smokey
Released	14 February 1975
Recorded	Audio International Studios in London
Genre	Glam rock, hard rock, pop rock
Length	44:17
Label	RAK
Producer	Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Smokey chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Pass It Around is the debut studio album by British rock band Smokey (later renamed Smokie), released in 1975.

The album features eleven original group songs and two Nicky Chinn / Mike Chapman compositions. The Chinn / Chapman written title track was chosen to be Smokie's debut single. "Pass It Around" / "Couldn't Live" was released on 21 March 1975 but failed to make the BBC Radio 1 playlist. The problem was playlist controllers who thought that the ambiguous lyrics might be seen as a reference to smoking marijuana. As a result, the single failed to reach the UK Top 50.^[1]

To promote Pass It Around, Smokie extensively tour Britain starting on 24 April 1975 as support act to Pilot, who scored a UK No. 1 hit with "January".^[1] Despite all the promotion activity, neither album nor single managed to chart in the UK.^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pass It Around"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	3:07
2.	"Daydreamin'"	Chris Norman, Pete Spencer, Terry Uttley	2:17
3.	"Oh Well, Oh Well"	Norman, Spencer	3:17
4.	"My Woman"	Norman, Spencer	3:22
5.	"It Makes Me Money"	Norman, Spencer	2:57
6.	"Headspin"	Norman, Spencer	3:32
7.	"Goin' Tomorrow"	Norman, Alan Silson, Uttley, Spencer	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"I Do Declare"	Chinn, Chapman	3:46
9.	"Don't Turn Out Your Light"	Norman, Spencer	4:01
10.	"Will You Love Me"	Norman, Silson, Uttley, Spencer	3:44
11.	"A Day at the Mother-in-Law's"	Silson	2:51
12.	"The Coldest Night"	Silson	4:15
13.	"Shy Guy"	Silson	3:25
Total length:			44:17

2007 7T's Records remastered edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Couldn't Live"	Uttley	2:25
Total length:			46:42

2016 bonus tracks

14. Couldn't Live – 2:23
15. I Gotta Be Free [Chris Norman – Demo Recording] – 1:30
16. You Ring My Bell [Kindness] – 2:58

Charts

The album peaked at number 94 for one week in June 1979 in Australia.

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	94

Credits

Smokie

Chris Norman – lead vocals and guitar
Terry Uttley – bass and backing vocals
Pete Spencer – drums and vocals
Alan Silson – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocal on "A Day at the Mother-in-Law's"

Technical personnel

Produced by Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn for Chinnichap
Engineer – Pete Coleman
Recorded at Audio International Studios in London
Tape operators – Pete Silver and Phil Colman
Mastered by Chris Blair at EMI, Abbey Road
Cover photography – Gered Mankowitz

Remastering

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Pass It Around (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Pass It Around review". Allmusic.
^ "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

Smokie discography 1975–1982

[Liner_notes-1] Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Pass It Around (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[2] Guarisco, Donald A. "Pass It Around review". Allmusic.

[3] "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.

[aus-4] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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