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.[3]
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Personnel
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
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 30.
- ^ "Album Reviews: Ellen Foley — Night Out" (PDF). Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. November 10, 1979. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
- ^ Weird & Gilly. The Spider With The Platinum Hair, p198. John Blake Publishing. 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 1, 1979" (PDF).
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ellen Foley – Nightout" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Ellen Foley – Nightout" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Ellen Foley – Nightout". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Ellen Foley | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1979". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1980". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "International Certifiations" (PDF). Cash Box. May 17, 1980. p. 39. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Dutch album certifications – Ellen Foley – Nightout" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Nightout in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1979 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".