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.
Contents
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