Night Owl is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty

Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...

. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City

City to City

City to City is an album by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. It was Rafferty's first solo release in six years - and first release of any kind since 1975 - due to his tenure in the band Stealer's Wheel and subsequent legal proceedings which prevented Rafferty from releasing any new solo...

. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in North America and the United Kingdom. The title song reached #5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10.

The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.

Re-releases

On January 30, 2007 Collectables Records

Collectables Records

Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels....

 released Night Owl and City To City as a two-disc set.

Track listing

All songs written by Gerry Rafferty

Gerry Rafferty

Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...

.

1. "Days Gone Down" 6:27
2. "Night Owl
   Night Owl (song)
   Night Owl is a song by Gerry Rafferty. It is the second track on his 1979 album of the same name. It features a Lyricon solo played by "Baker Street" saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft...
   
   " 6:09
3. "The Way That You Do It" 5:06
4. "Why Won't You Talk to Me" 3:56
5. "Get It Right Next Time" 4:39
6. "Take the Money and Run" 5:48
7. "Family Tree" 5:55
8. "Already Gone" 4:52
9. "The Tourist" 4:14
10. "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" 4:22

Personnel

• Gerry Rafferty - vocals, acoustic guitar, polymoog 2, piano 9
• John Kirkpatrick - accordion
• Richard Thompson - guitar, mandolin
• Mo Foster
  Mo Foster
  Mo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer. In over 40 years as a musician Foster has played on and produced countless albums, singles, and film soundtracks...
  
   - bass
• Barbara Dickson
  Barbara Dickson
  Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well" and "January February"...
  
   - background vocals
• Richard Harvey - organ, synthesizer, recorder, penny whistle
• Richard Brunton - guitar
• Hugh Burns - guitar
• Betsy Cook - background vocals
• Tommy Eyre
  Tommy Eyre
  Tommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman and Wham!...
  
   - synthesizer, piano
• Liam Genockey
  Liam Genockey
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   - drums
• Graham Preskett - violin, fiddle, mandolin, piano
• Raphael Ravenscroft
  Raphael Ravenscroft
  Raphael Ravenscroft is a Scottish saxophonist and author on saxophone play. He now resides in Exeter, Devon, England.He is best known for his work with Gerry Rafferty, performing the saxophone solo on "Baker Street". Ravenscroft was paid £27 for the session, with a cheque that bounced...
  
   - saxophone, lyricon
• Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.Ricotti played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while a teenager, then attended Trinity College of Music...
  
   - percussion
• Linda Thompson
  Linda Thompson (singer)
  Linda Thompson is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer in Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard...
  
   - background vocals
• Pete Wingfield
  Pete Wingfield
  Pete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:...
  
   - organ
• Gary Taylor - bass, vocals
• Patrick (John Byrne) - Front cover painting

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Pop Albums	29

Single

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1979	"Night Owl" Night Owl (song) Night Owl is a song by Gerry Rafferty. It is the second track on his 1979 album of the same name. It features a Lyricon solo played by "Baker Street" saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft...	UK Top 40	5
1979	"Days Gone Down (Still Got The Light In Your Eyes)"	Billboard Pop Singles	17
1979	"Get It Right Next Time"	Billboard Pop Singles	21
1979	"Get It Right Next Time"	UK Top 40	30