Night Out (album)

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.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Belong to the Night"	Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman	5:24
2.	"What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)" (Timi Yuro cover)	Joy Byers, Clyde Otis	3:47
3.	"Stupid Girl" (Rolling Stones cover)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	4:09
4.	"Night Out"	Philip Rambow	5:21
5.	"Thunder and Rain" (Graham Parker cover)	Graham Parker	3:04
6.	"Sad Song" (Mark Middler cover)	Mark Middler, Peter Mason	3:31
7.	"Young Lust"	Philip Rambow	5:34
8.	"Hideaway"	Ellen Foley, Fred Goodman	3:50
9.	"Don't Let Go"	Ian Hunter	4:04

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–1980)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	13
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[3]	71
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	28
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	68

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	38
Chart (1980)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[9]	34

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[10]	Gold	20,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)^[11]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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

^ 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".

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