Night Owl (album)

Night Owl
Studio album by
Released18 May 1979
Recorded1978–1979
StudioChipping Norton,
Lansdowne
GenrePop rock
Length51:58
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerHugh Murphy, Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty chronology
City to City
(1978)
Night Owl
(1979)
Snakes and Ladders
(1980)

Night Owl is the third studio album by Scottish musician Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve platinum status in Canada, gold in the United Kingdom, and gold status in the U.S. The title song reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The album made the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart.

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

"Take the Money and Run" was recorded by Alvin Lee on the 1980 release Free Fall under the title "Take the Money."