Nightwatch (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Nightwatch
| type = Album
| artist = Kenny Loggins
| cover = Nightwatch (Cover).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Vinyl edition
| released = July 12, 1978
| recorded = 1977–1978
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 41:20
| label = Columbia
| producer = Bob James
| prev_title = Celebrate Me Home
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Keep the Fire
| next_year = 1979
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nightwatch-mw0000194651|title=Nightwatch - Kenny Loggins - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|work=AllMusic|accessdate=19 September 2014}}
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
}}
Nightwatch is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1978.{{cite news |title=Kenny Loggins |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=21 July 1985 |department=Calendar |page=10}} The album is Loggins' highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date, reaching number 7.
The lead single, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" featuring Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks (co-written with Melissa Manchester), reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second and final single, "Easy Driver", peaked at number 60 in early 1979. This album also featured the first released version of the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes", which Loggins co-wrote with the Doobies' Michael McDonald.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/oct/17/how-we-made-what-a-fool-believes-doobie-brothers |title='I was ready to throw the tape away': how we made What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers|first=Ben |last=Gilbert|date=October 17, 2022 |work=The Guardian }}
Most of the artists on this album represent Loggins' original band from 1977 to 1980.
Track listing
{{tracklisting
| headline = Side One
| title1 = Nightwatch
| lyrics1 = Kenny Loggins, Dan Loggins
| music1 = K. Loggins, Max Gronenthal
| length1 = 7:49
| title2 = Easy Driver
| lyrics2 = David Plenn, Jerry Riopelle
| music2 = Plenn, Riopelle
| length2 = 3:33
| title3 = Down 'N' Dirty
| lyrics3 = K. Loggins, Eva Ein
| music3 = K. Loggins, Brian Mann
| length3 = 4:42
| title4 = Down in the Boondocks
| lyrics4 = Joe South
| music4 = South
| length4 = 4:20
}}
{{tracklisting
| headline = Side Two
| title5 = Whenever I Call You 'Friend'
| note5 = duet with Stevie Nicks
| lyrics5 = K. Loggins, Melissa Manchester
| music5 = K. Loggins
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = Wait a Little While
| lyrics6 = K. Loggins, Ein
| music6 = K. Loggins
| length6 = 3:55
| title7 = What a Fool Believes
| lyrics7 = K. Loggins, Michael McDonald
| music7 = K. Loggins, McDonald
| length7 = 3:37
| title8 = Somebody Knows
| lyrics8 = K. Loggins
| music8 = K. Loggins
| length8 = 3:34
| title9 = Angelique
| lyrics9 = K. Loggins, Ein
| music9 = K. Loggins
| length9 = 5:53
| total_length = 41:20
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1978)
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| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=179}}
| style="text-align:center;"|70 |
| US Billboard 200
| style="text-align:center;"|7 |
Personnel
- Kenny Loggins listed as "Ken Loggins" – lead and backing vocals, guitars
- Mike Hamilton – guitars, backing vocals
- Brian Mann – keyboards
- George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica
- Jon Clarke – horns, woodwinds
- Vince Denham – horns
- Bob James – string arrangements
- Stevie Nicks – lead and backing vocals on "Whenever I Call You Friend"
Production
- Producer – Bob James
- Engineers – Joe Jorgensen and John Pace
- Recorded at Sound Mixers (New York City, NY)
- Cover concept – David Alexander and Kenny Loggins
- Photography – David Alexander
- Design – Merrilyn Romen
References
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Category:Albums produced by Bob James (musician)
Category:Columbia Records albums
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