Smokie je britská rocková skupina z Bradfordu, ktorá dosiahla najvýraznejšie úspechy v 70. rokoch 20. storočia. Medzi ich najznámejšie hity patria Living Next Door to Alice, Lay Back in the Arms of Someone či Mexican Girl.
Kompilácia Needles & Pins: The Best Of vyšla v roku 2009 u vydavateľstva Camden Deluxe. Obsahuje 36 skladieb na 2 CD a ponúka prierez najpopulárnejších nahrávok skupiny. Medzi nimi nechýbajú Living Next Door to Alice, ktorá v roku 1977 dosiahla číslo 3 v britskom rebríčku, ďalej If You Think You Know How to Love Me, Oh Carol, Needles and Pins či duet Stumblin' In.
V čase vydania tejto kompilácie tvorili kapelu Martin Bullard, Steve Pinnell, Mike Craft a Mick McConnell.
Skladby
CD1
1.If You Think You Know How To Love Me
2.Living Next Door To Alice
3.It's Your Life
4.Don't Play Your Rock 'N' Roll To Me
5.Needles And Pins
6.Oh Carol
7.Wild Wild Angels
8.Something's Been Making Me Blue
9.Stumblin' In
10.For A Few Dollars More
11.Mexican Girl
12.Don't Turn Out Your Light
13.We're Flyin' High
14.Julia
15.When My Back Was Against The Wall
16.Sunshine Avenue
17.Daydreamin'
18.The Girl Can't Help It
CD2
1.Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
2.I'll Meet You At Midnight
3.Oh Well, Oh Well
4.Pass It Around
5.Headspin
6.It's Natural
7.Changing All The Time
8.Will You Love Me
9.Little Lucy
10.It Makes Me Money
11.Light Up My Life
12.Liverpool Docks
13.Walk Right Back
14.The Dancer
15.What Can I Do? (Live)
16.In The Heat Of The Night (Live)
17.A Day At The Mother-in-law's
18.Living Next Door To Alice (Live)
