Bright Lights & Back Alleys

Bright Lights & Back Alleys is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released on 29 September 1977 in continental Europe and 7 October in the United Kingdom by RAK Records. Recorded primarily at Whitney Recording Studios in Glendale, California, from March to April 1977, it was produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, as were all the band's previous albums.

Track listing
^^The U.S. edition of the album replaces "Think Of Me (The Lonely One)" with "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone" written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's 1977 and 2016 liner notes.
 * Smokie
 * Chris Norman – lead vocals and backing vocals, guitars, synthesizers and electric piano
 * Alan Silson – guitars and backing vocals
 * Terry Uttley – bass and backing vocals
 * Pete Spencer – drums, percussions and backing vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Tom Scott – lyricon and tenor saxophone (on "In the Heat of the Night")


 * Technical personnel
 * Mike Chapman – production
 * Nicky Chinn – production
 * Pete Coleman – engineering
 * Jimmie Haskell – string arrangements (on tracks 1-3 and 5)
 * Phil Dennys – string arrangements (on tracks 4 and 8)
 * Cream – sleeve design
 * Gered Mankowitz – photography


 * Remastering
 * Tim Turan at Turan Audio – 2007 remastering
 * MM Sound Digital Mastering Studios – 2016 remastering