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Don't Close Your Eyes (album)

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Released
  
May 31, 1987

Artist
  
Keith Whitley

Label
  
RCA Records

Length
  
39:31

Release date
  
31 May 1988

Genre
  
Country music

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Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
  
I Wonder Do You Think of Me (1989)

Producers
  
Garth Fundis, Keith Whitley

Similar
  
Keith Whitley albums, Country music albums

Don't Close Your Eyes is the second studio album by country music artist Keith Whitley and the last to be released during his lifetime. It was released on May 31, 1988 through RCA Records. After the success of his debut album, L.A. to Miami (1985), Whitley re-entered the studio and began recording a second album with producer Blake Mevis. After its completion, Whitley was unhappy with its production, and he convinced his label to shelve the recordings. Don't Close Your Eyes was subsequently recorded with producer Garth Fundis. The album's liner notes credit Fundis and Whitley with production on all tracks except "Some Old Side Road" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way", which are credited to Mevis.

Contents

The album became a commercial success, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It contained three consecutive number one hits on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Don't Close Your Eyes", "When You Say Nothing at All", and "I'm No Stranger to the Rain".

Track listing

  1. "Flying Colors" (Kim Morrison, Gary Talley) - 3:35
  2. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley) - 2:45
  3. "Lucky Dog" (Bill Caswell, Verlon Thompson) - 2:00A
  4. "Don't Close Your Eyes" (Bob McDill) - 4:09
  5. "The Birmingham Turnaround" (Warren Robb, Sanger D. Shafer) - 2:49
  6. "Some Old Side Road" (Roger D. Ferris) - 3:25
  7. "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" (Hank Cochran, Vern Gosdin, Red Lane) - 3:10A
  8. "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard) - 3:33
  9. "I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)" (Lefty Frizzell, Shafer) - 4:24
  10. "When You Say Nothing at All" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:40
  11. "Day in the Life of a Fool" (Mike Dekle, Byron Hill) - 3:37A
  12. "Honky Tonk Heart" (Johnny Neel, Lonnie Wilson) - 3:04
  • AOmitted from LP and cassette versions.

    • Personnel

    Compiled from liner notes.

    All tracks except "Some Old Side Road" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way"
    "Some Old Side Road" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way"

    Production

  • Produced by Garth Fundis and Keith Whitley except for tracks 6 and 7, produced by Blake Mevis for Southwind Music, Inc.
  • Engineered By Bill Harris, Gary Laney & Todd Sholar
  • Mixed By Garth Fundis & Gary Laney
  • Digital Editing By Carlos Grier
  • Mastered By Denny Purcell

    • Songs

    1Flying Colors3:38
    2It's All Coming Back to Me Now2:49
    3Lucky Dog1:59

    References

    Don't Close Your Eyes (album) Wikipedia
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