Smokers Delight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Smokers Delight
| type = studio
| artist = Nightmares on Wax
| cover = Nightmaresonwax_Smokersdelight.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1995|09|25|df=yes}}
| recorded = 1995
| studio = {{hlist|Fon Studios (Sheffield, England)|T.T.B. Studios (Wakefield, England)|Touchwood Studios (Leeds, England)}}
| genre = * Trip hop
- jazzstep
- breakbeat
- chill-out{{cite book|first= Rob |last= Morton |editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2005 |title= 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |chapter= Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight|publisher= Cassell Illustrated |location= London |page= 754}}
- electronica{{cite book|first= Rob |last= Morton |editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2005 |title= 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |chapter= Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight|publisher= Cassell Illustrated |location= London |page= 754}}
- downtempo{{cite book|first= Rob |last= Morton |editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2005 |title= 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |chapter= Nightmares on Wax - Smoker's Delight|publisher= Cassell Illustrated |location= London |page= 754}}
| length = {{Duration|m=72|s=28}}
| label = Warp
| producer = E.A.S.E.
| prev_title = A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Carboot Soul
| next_year = 1999
}}
Smokers Delight is the second studio album by English DJ and record producer Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 1995 on Warp in the United Kingdom, and on Wax Trax in the United States. It peaked at number 84 on the UK Albums Chart.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/smokers-delight-mw0000181736|title=Smokers Delight – Nightmares on Wax|publisher=AllMusic|first=Sean|last=Cooper|accessdate=15 February 2017}}
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2score = 4.5/5{{cite magazine|title=The Nightmares on Wax: Smokers Delight (Warp)|magazine=Muzik|issue=5|first=Rupert|last=Howe|date=October 1995|page=75}}
| rev3 = Q
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Nightmares on Wax: Smokers Delight|magazine=Q|issue=410|date=May 2020|last=Howe|first=Rupert|page=118}}
}}
Smokers Delight was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book in 2005.{{cite book|last1=Dimery|first1=Robert|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|date=5 September 2011|publisher=Cassell Illustrated|location=London|isbn=9781844037148|page=2115|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIyEkArSW0EC&pg=PT2115|accessdate=2 December 2014}} In 2015, Fact placed it at number 15 on the "50 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time" list.{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/07/30/50-best-trip-hop-albums/|title=The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time|work=Fact|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=24 March 2019}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Nights Introlude
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = Dreddoverboard
| length2 = 5:48
| title3 = Pipes Honour
| length3 = 9:05
| title4 = Me + You
| length4 = 0:56
| title5 = Stars
| length5 = 6:59
| title6 = Wait a Minute/Praying for a Jeepbeat
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = Groove St.
| length7 = 7:29
| title8 = Time (To Listen)
| length8 = 0:29
| title9 = (Man) Tha Journey
| length9 = 6:19
| title10 = Bless My Soul
| length10 = 5:56
| title11 = Cruise (Don't Stop)
| length11 = 7:05
| title12 = Mission Venice
| length12 = 2:50
| title13 = What I'm Feelin (Good)
| length13 = 2:26
| title14 = Rise
| length14 = 5:14
| title15 = Rise (Reprise)
| length15 = 1:46
| title16 = Gambia Via Vagator Beach
| length16 = 4:41
| title17 = Aquaself [Bonus Track]
| length17 = 6:16
| title18 = Let's Ascend [Bonus Track]
| length18 = 6:43
| title19 = Dreddoverboard - Funk Mix [Bonus Track]
| length19 = 6:43
| title20 = Nights Introlude - Live in Chicago [Bonus Track]
| length20 = 7:00
}}
For the digital deluxe re-release, two bonus tracks are added to the album, titled "Aquaself" and "Let's Ascend". A funk remix of "Dreddoverboard", as well as a live version of "Nights Introlude" from a Chicago DJ set/concert by Evelyn, are also added to the album's deluxe bonus disk.
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1995) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|UK2|84|date=19951007|accessdate=4 November 2017|rowheader=true|refname=officialcharts}} |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Scotland|26|date=20200410|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|75|id=118511|artist=Nightmares on Wax|album=Smokers Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 April 2020}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|80232|Smokers Delight}}
{{Nightmares on Wax}}
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