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Blackmore's Night--Ritchie Blackmore contributes guitar, hurdy-gurdy and mandolin whilst his honey-voiced wife Candice Night weighs in with lead vocals, bagpipes, shawm, harp and recorder--are something of a soft-rock / folk / medieval confection. Their brief on Fires at Midnight even stretches to fusing Capercaillie-style Scottish ballads with Japanese influences (the nod to the Shinto Goddess of Happiness on "Benza-Ten"), pinching the tune of Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary (" Waiting For You") and backdating Bob Dylan ("The Times They Are Changing") in a manner which is more akin to William Byrd than The Byrds. Blackmore clearly knows his stuff--his take on Michael Praetorious' baroque dance "Courante" is a treasure--whilst elsewhere "Crowning of the King" is worthy of mid-period Steeleye Span and the windswept "I Still Remember" is an improbably brilliant conflation of Rainbow and Sandy Denny's Fotheringay. Medieval purists are probably better off pointing their cheque books in the direction of anything by Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band but, nevertheless, Blackmore's Night are onto something intriguingly different and uniquely their own. --Kevin Maidment
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Ritchie Blackmore - original guitar hero with Deep Purple and Rainbow. He gave it all up and decided to try something different. In what is probably the biggest turn around of style and a big gamble, he formed Blackmore's Night with the angelic voiced Candice Night. The first album still rates as one of the best albums ever released and possibly the greatest shock from an established musician. The second whilst enjoyable didn't quite hit the same mark. Now we have Fires at Midnight... wow!! Blackmores Night have managed to fuse the Renaissance themes from the first two albums with just a small enough amount of the early Rainbow style and have come up with a magnificent masterpiece of an album. Ballads and anthems, acooustic and electric, all in one. On top of which is a pure pop single (All Because Of You) to rival the likes of Britney, Steps and Atomic Kitten... if they ever dared release it!! The title track is the best anthem since Rainbow's Stargazer, 'I Still Remember You' one of the finest ballads ever. Blackmore is back, and there is no one else anywhere near him for this type of talent and music. Listen without predjudice - Buy it and be amazed.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Ritchie has never been afraid of naff, which is perhaps just as well, considering the gaucherie of Candice's lyrics, but all the same I can't help loving this album. From the first marvellous note Candice produces - she gets better with each album - this record has me by the throat. And I'm not exactly sure why, which is a little embarrassing. OK, Ritchie plays like a god and Candice has a voice I could listen to forever, some of the songs stand out as particularly well-made (I'm thinking here of The Hanging Tree and The Times They Are A-Changing - Bob Dylan's I know, but he's never as good as when someone else is doing his stuff), but the lyrics really are utterly cringe-worthy. Here the special prize goes the The Crowning of the King, which always makes me think of Monty Python ("King? I don't recall voting for any king! I thought we were an autonomous collective!). Perhaps it's the fact that I'm a Renaissance scholar which makes the holes in Blackmore's Night's take on the Renaissance so very obvious to me.
But, but, but... I have played this lord knows how many times since buying it, and still I'm not tired of it at all. I hope they carry on in the same vein for some time to come, because clearly it works. Well done.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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A Fantastic ride of music genius from Blackmore and Candice Night.from the magical " Home Again", so catchy you can't help but sing along to the wonderful chorus, to " All Because Of You "a wonderful ballad that would grace any Music chart , this is an ablbum of Blackmore at his best , with the old white stratocaster come out of the cobwebs more than his previous 2 albums.A must for any music lover Blackmore fans in particular.
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brillant
i am a harden Blackmore Kinghts fan but fantastic cd, but i love the new Tradtional side hes gone into so mabey it fits in to what im into anyway? but great relaxing sound
Published 6 months ago by South Somerset
Not As Strong As Their First Two Albums
Blackmore's Night's first two albums were very strong, and so it isn't a huge surprise that their third album doesn't quite measure up. Read more
Published on 1 April 2009 by Dave_42
FANTASTIC! DONT MISS THIS ALBUM!
When listening to "fires at midnight" I am instantly transferred back in time, in the Medieval era, probably in a cavern , listening to a minstrel... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2005 by melissa
Try to see them live, too!
I'm biased. I've loved this guy's guitar playing for 30 years, through Deep Purple and Rainbow, and it came as no surprise that the Man In Black didn't simply return to his roots... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2001 by David Robinson
A collection of musical talent
This is another excellent album by Blackmore's Night. The acoustics are absolutely brilliant and the voice of Candice is Angelical - if not magical. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2001 by John C. Micallef
Rainbow meets Jethro Tull meets Enya
I've been a Rainbow fan for longer than I'd care to admit and bought this on the strength of listening to Blackmore's Stranger in Us All, thinking I'd get a more lyrical Rainbow. Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2001
Third album - and the formula's wearing a little thin.
Third album time and the strain is beginning to show - the quiet songs sound just a little too much like what came before, and the old white Stratocaster is more and more in... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2001
A fusion of Medieval and rock music
This, the third Blackmore's Night album sees the band going from strength to strength. Those that bought the last two albums should snap this up. Read more
Published on 21 July 2001 by Parmenion
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