Golden Down
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{{Infobox album
| name = Golden Down
| type = Studio
| artist = Willie Nile
| cover = Golden Down.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1981|}}
| recorded = November–December 1980
| venue =
| studio = Record Plant, New York City
| genre = Rock
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=45}}
| label = Arista 1981, Razor & Tie 1992
| producer = Thom Panunzio
Willie Nile
| prev_title = Willie Nile
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Places I Have Never Been
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45653|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Golden Down is the second studio album by the American rock artist Willie Nile.{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Willie Nile Sings His Tales |work=The New York Times |date=22 Apr 1981 |page=C20}} It was released in 1981 on vinyl by Arista Records and re-released in 1992 on CD by Razor & Tie.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|title1=Poor Boy
|writer1=Nile
|length1=4:32
|title2=Shine Your Light
|writer2=Nile
|length2=3:52
|title3=Grenade
|writer3=Nile
|length3=3:25
|title4=I Can't Get You Off of my Mind
|writer4=Nile
|length4=3:41
|title5=I Like The Way
|writer5=Nile
|length5=4:07
|title6=Golden Down
|writer6=Nile
|length6=5:08
|title7=Hide Your Love
|writer7=Nile
|length7=3:04
|title8=Les Champs Élysées
|writer8=Nile, Amanda Owen
|length8=2:57
|title9=Shoulders
|writer9=Nile
|length9=4:54
}}
{{Track listing
| total_length =39:45
|headline=1992 Razor & Tie CD edition added track
|title10=It's Your Love
|writer10=Nile
|length10=4:05
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Willie Nile – vocals, guitar and piano
- Clay Barnes – guitars
- Peter Hoffman – guitars
- Fred Smith – bass guitar
- Jay Dee Daugherty – Sonor drums and percussion
- Paul Shaffer – keyboards on "Les Champs Élysées", "Shine Your Light", "Golden Down", "Hide Your Love", "I Like The Way" and "Poor Boy"
- Greg Husted – Hammond organ on "Shoulders", and "Poor Boy”
- Paul Prestopino – dulcimer and dobro on "I Like The Way”
- Arno Hecht – saxophone on "Les Champs Élysées”
- Terre Roche – backing vocals
- Mark Johnson – backing vocals
- Lowry Hamner – backing vocals
;Production and additional personnel
- Produced by Thom Panunzio and Willie Nile
- Additional production: Jimmy Iovine – "Poor Boy”
- Engineered by Thom Panunzio
- Additional engineering by Jim Ball – "It’s Your Love”
- Assistant sngineer: Jim Ball, Jason Corasro
- Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC
- Art direction by Maude Gilman
- Reissue art direction by Kristian Lawing
- Cover Photography Christine Rodin
- Additional photography: Irene Young, Marcelino Pagan, Kristian Lawing
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|158|artist=Willie Nile|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 31, 2020}} |
References
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