No Smoke Without Fire is the ninth studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records included Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England...

. It is the first album since 1972's Argus

Argus (album)

Argus is the third album by the rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the most popular Wishbone Ash album and widely considered their greatest by fans and reviewers. It was named "Album of the Year" in the 1972 year-end issue of Sounds magazine...

to be produced by Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence

Derek Lawrence is a record producer, famous for his work for Joe Meek's Outlaws, Deep Purple, Machiavel and Wishbone Ash.Lawrence came in contact with Meek circa at the end of 1963, when he managed a group, Laurie Black and the Men of Mystery, that won a recording session at Joe Meek's studio. He...

. It is also the heaviest Wishbone Ash album in years, featuring rockers like the hit single "You See Red" and the multi-part progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 epic "The Way of the World."

After a 1978 tour to support the album, Wishbone Ash would take a one-year hiatus during 1979 before regrouping for songwriting sessions at the end of the year.

Side one

1. "You See Red" - 6:05
2. "Baby the Angels Are Here" (Martin Turner
   Martin Turner
   Martin Turner is the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.-Career:...
   
   ) - 4:50
3. "Ships in the Sky" - 3:00
4. "Stand and Deliver" - 7:35

Side two

1. "Anger in Harmony" (Andy Powell
   Andy Powell
   Andy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...
   
   /Wisefield/Turner) - 5:06
2. "Like a Child" (Turner) - 5:01
3. "The Way of the World (Part 1)" - 4:01
4. "The Way of the World (Part 2)" - 5:32

Personnel

• Martin Turner
  Martin Turner
  Martin Turner is the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.-Career:...
  
   - bass guitar, vocals
• Andy Powell
  Andy Powell
  Andy Powell is an English guitarist and songwriter, and best known as a founding member of Wishbone Ash.-Early life and career:...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Laurie Wisefield
  Laurie Wisefield
  Laurie Wisefield is an English guitarist, known for his contributions to Wishbone Ash during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early career:Prior to his stint in Wishbone Ash, Wisefield performed with the progressive rock band, Home...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Steve Upton
  Steve Upton
  Steve Upton is the former drummer for the British rock band Wishbone Ash. He was with the band for two decades...
  
  - drums