Midnight Rocker

For Midnight Rocker, Horace Andy worked with producer Adrian Sherwood for the first time. It contains new versions of Andy's earlier songs, as well as new songs. It also includes a cover of Massive Attack's song "Safe from Harm".{{Cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/news/horace-andy-midnight-rocker-adrian-sherwood/ |title=Horace Andy Details New LP With Adrian Sherwood, 'Midnight Rocker' |website=The Quietus |first=Patrick |last=Clarke |date=4 February 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

A dub version of the album, titled Midnight Scorchers, was later released in 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/midnight-scorchers/horace-andy |title=Midnight Scorchers by Horace Andy |website=Metacritic |access-date=16 May 2025}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-scorchers-mw0003756400 |title=Midnight Scorchers - Horace Andy |website=AllMusic |first=Fred |last=Thomas |access-date=16 May 2025}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 84/100{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/midnight-rocker/horace-andy |title=Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy |website=Metacritic |access-date=16 May 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-rocker-mw0003672958 |title=Midnight Rocker - Horace Andy |website=AllMusic |first=Fred |last=Thomas |access-date=16 May 2025}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/25/horace-andy-midnight-rocker-review-jamaican-singer-finest-performances |title=Horace Andy: Midnight Rocker review – the Jamaican singer's finest performances yet |website=The Guardian |first=Ammar |last=Kalia |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

| rev3 = MusicOMH

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/horace-andy-midnight-rocker |title=Horace Andy – Midnight Rocker |website=MusicOMH |first=Ben |last=Devlin |date=13 April 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

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{{Metacritic album prose|Midnight Rocker||84|7}}

Fred Thomas of AllMusic commented that "Midnight Rocker benefits from thoughtful song selection and Sherwood's restrained but personality-heavy production, but at the center of it all is Andy's unmistakable voice." He added, "The quiet intensity, supernatural control, and disquieting character of his singing are all in full focus, adding mystery and longing to even the most benign lyric and making the highlights of Midnight Rocker rank among his best work." Bernie Brooks of The Quietus called the album "a worthy, maybe even essential, addition to both Horace Andy and Adrian Sherwood's massive catalogues." He added, "It's not perfect, but there's a strange vitality in its imperfection, and that energy, that vitality – whatever it is – is incredibly compelling."{{Cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/horace-andy-midnight-rocker-review/ |title=Horace Andy — Midnight Rocker |website=The Quietus |first=Bernie |last=Brooks |date=18 April 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}} Ben Devlin of MusicOMH commented that "Horace Andy is clearly an artist not content to rest on his laurels, and with this album he strengthens his position as a bona fide reggae legend." Pat Carty of Hot Press stated, "If Andy has been ever so slightly been relegated to sideman status in the decades since Blue Lines, Midnight Rocker puts him back out front, where he belongs."{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/album-review-horace-andy-midnight-rocker-22900346 |title=Album Review: Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker |website=Hot Press |first=Pat |last=Carty |date=8 April 2022 |access-date=16 May 2025}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Midnight Rocker track listing

| title1 = This Must Be Hell

| writer1 = H. Hinds

| length1 = 3:33

| title2 = Easy Money

| writer2 = {{hlist|A. Maxwell|J. Nichols}}

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Safe from Harm

| writer3 = {{hlist|B. Cobham|R. Del Naja|G. Marshall|S. Nelson|A. Vowles}}

| length3 = 4:52

| title4 = Watch Over Them

| writer4 = {{hlist|D. Gaudi|R. Johnson|L. Kenny}}

| length4 = 3:32

| title5 = Materialist

| writer5 = H. Hinds

| length5 = 3:52

| title6 = Today Is Right Here

| writer6 = {{hlist|A. Maxwell|J. Nichols|G. Oban}}

| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = Try Love

| writer7 = {{hlist|A. Maxwell|J. Nichols|G. Oban}}

| length7 = 4:10

| title8 = Rock to Sleep

| writer8 =

| length8 = 3:02

| title9 = Careful

| writer9 = {{hlist|L. Kenny|A. Maxwell}}

| length9 = 2:58

| title10 = Mr. Bassie

| writer10 = H. Hinds

| length10 = 4:00

| total_length = 38:05

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Credits adapted from liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |author=Horace Andy |date=2022 |title=Midnight Rocker |type=CD booklet |publisher=On-U Sound Records}}

• Horace Andy – vocals
• Gaudi – steel guitar, piano, celesta, Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, Clavinet, synthesizer, backing vocals (5)
• Crucial Tony – rhythm guitar
• Prisoner – drums, programming
• Horseman – percussion
• Skip McDonald – lead guitar (1–3, 8, 10)
• George Oban – bass guitar (1, 4, 6–8)
• Alan Glen – mouth organ (1, 5, 9)
• Richard Doswell – saxophone (1, 6)
• Chris Petter – trombone (1, 6)
• Dave Fulwood – trumpet (1, 6)
• Dr. Pablo – melodica (2)
• Douglas Wimbish – bass guitar (2, 3)
• Ivan "Celloman" Hussey – cello (3, 7, 8), saxophone (10)
• Style Scott – drums (4, 5, 7)
• Adrian Sherwood – production
• Matthew Smyth – engineering, programming
• David McEwen – engineering, programming
• Frank Merritt – mastering
• Michael Moodie – photography
• Jaffa – layout

{{Reflist}}

• {{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/11/horace-andy-reggae-star-interview |title=Horace Andy: '3D is a brilliant young man. But Massive Attack work slow' |website=The Guardian |first=Garth |last=Cartwright |date=11 April 2022}}

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Category:2022 albums

Category:Albums produced by Adrian Sherwood

Category:Horace Andy albums

Category:On-U Sound Records albums