Fires at Midnight

Fires at Midnight is the third studio album by British-American neo-medieval folk rock band Blackmore's Night, released on July 10, 2001, through SPV/Steamhammer Records. In comparison to their previous two releases, there are more electric guitar parts on this album, whilst maintaining a folk rock direction. The album was a Top Ten record in Germany.

On December 2001, Fires At Midnight was a finalist on the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year. In 2004 the album went Gold in the Czech Republic.

The album was one of the 10 international bestsellers in Russia during the Autumn of 2001. The single "Times They Are A Changin" stayed in the Russian top 20 Hits for over 9 weeks.

It featured the singles "The Times They Are a Changin'", "Home Again" and "All Because of You".

Personnel

 * Ritchie Blackmore – electric and acoustic guitars, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, renaissance drums, tambourine
 * Candice Night – lead and backing vocals, pennywhistle, shawms, harp, recorder, electronic bagpipes
 * Sir Robert of Normandie (Robert Curiano) – bass, backing vocals
 * Carmine Giglio – keyboards
 * Chris Devine – violin, viola, recorders, flute
 * Mike Sorrentino – drums
 * Richard Wiederman – trumpets
 * John Passanante – trombone
 * Pat Regan – keyboards
 * Albert Dannemann – bagpipes on "All Because of You"