Night Out (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Night Out
| type = Album
| artist = Ellen Foley
| cover = album-night-out.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1979{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-09-22-S-OCR.pdf|title=Music Week|page=30}}
| recorded = 1979
| venue =
| studio = Mediasound and The Power Station (New York City, New York)
| genre = Rock
| length = 37:24
| label = Cleveland International
Epic
| producer = {{hlist|Ian Hunter|Mick Ronson}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Spirit of St. Louis
| next_year = 1981
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Music Week
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{Cite magazine|date=November 10, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Ellen Foley — Night Out|magazine=Music Week|page=16|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-11-10.pdf#page=16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222234231/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-11-10.pdf#page=16|archive-date=February 22, 2025|access-date=April 6, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}
}}
Night Out is the 1979 debut studio album by Ellen Foley, a long-time backup vocalist for Meat Loaf. Seven of the nine tracks were cover versions of Foley's favorite songs, while two were co-written by Foley, one of which was "We Belong to the Night", which hit #1 in the Netherlands and #31 in Australia around Christmas of 1979. The musicians were mostly from Ian Hunter's touring band for his 1979 album You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, with the addition of Australian musician Kerryn Tolhurst on slide guitar.
Hunter and ex-Spiders From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson produced the album. Ronson suggested the two Philip Rambow songs and the piano backing for the final track "Don't Let Go", written by Hunter.Weird & Gilly. The Spider With The Platinum Hair, p198. John Blake Publishing. 2017.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = We Belong to the Night
| length1 = 5:24
| writer1 = Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman
| title2 = What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
| note2 = Timi Yuro cover
| length2 = 3:47
| writer2 = Joy Byers, Clyde Otis
| title3 = Stupid Girl
| note3 = Rolling Stones cover
| length3 = 4:09
| writer3 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
| title4 = Night Out
| length4 = 5:21
| writer4 = Philip Rambow
| title5 = Thunder and Rain
| note5 = Graham Parker cover
| length5 = 3:04
| writer5 = Graham Parker
| title6 = Sad Song
| note6 = Mark Middler cover
| length6 = 3:31
| writer6 = Mark Middler, Peter Mason
| title7 = Young Lust
| length7 = 5:34
| writer7 = Philip Rambow
| title8 = Hideaway
| length8 = 3:50
| writer8 = Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman
| title9 = Don't Let Go
| length9 = 4:04
| writer9 = Ian Hunter
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1979–1980)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=115}}
| 13 |
| scope="row"| Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6915b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - December 1, 1979}}
| 71 |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Ellen Foley|album=Nightout|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 5, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|31|id=34235|artist=Ellen Foley|album=Nightout|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 5, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|28|artist=Ellen Foley|album=Nightout|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 5, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UK|68|artist=Ellen Foley|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 5, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1979)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1979&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1979|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=April 5, 2021}}
| 38 |
| scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1980&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1980|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=April 5, 2021}}
| 34 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|title= Night Out|artist=Ellen Foley|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1980|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-05-17.pdf|title=International Certifiations|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=39|date=May 17, 1980|access-date= December 3, 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Ellen Foley|title=Nightout|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|access-date=July 16, 2022}}
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Personnel
- Ellen Foley – vocals
- Mick Ronson – keyboards, lead guitars, percussion, string arrangements, harmony vocals
- Ian Hunter – keyboards, guitars, percussion
- Tommy Mandel – keyboards
- Kerryn Tolhurst – slide guitar
- Martin Briley – bass
- Hilly Michaels – drums
- Rory Dodd – harmony vocals
= Production =
- Ian Hunter – producer, arrangements
- Mick Ronson – producer, arrangements
- Bob Clearmountain – engineer
- Harvey Goldberg – engineer
- Phil Shrago – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
- Gene Grief – design
- Benno Friedman – photography
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ellen Foley}}
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Category:Albums produced by Mick Ronson
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