Nightwatch (album)

Nightwatch
Vinyl edition
Studio album by Kenny Loggins
Released	July 12, 1978
Recorded	1977–1978
Genre	Rock, soft rock
Length	41:20
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob James
Kenny Loggins chronology
Celebrate Me Home (1977) Nightwatch (1978) Keep the Fire (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) [2]

Nightwatch is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins, released in 1978. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

Most of the artists on this album represent Loggins' original band from 1977 to 1980.

Track listing

Side One

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Nightwatch"	Kenny Loggins, Dan Loggins	K. Loggins, Max Gronenthal	7:49
2.	"Easy Driver"	David Plenn, Jerry Riopelle	Plenn, Riopelle	3:33
3.	"Down 'N' Dirty"	K. Loggins, Eva Ein	K. Loggins, Brian Mann	4:42
4.	"Down in the Boondocks"	Joe South	South	4:20

Side Two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
5.	"Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" (duet with Stevie Nicks)	K. Loggins, Melissa Manchester	K. Loggins	3:57
6.	"Wait a Little While"	K. Loggins, Ein	K. Loggins	3:55
7.	"What a Fool Believes"	K. Loggins, Michael McDonald	K. Loggins, McDonald	3:37
8.	"Somebody Knows"	K. Loggins	K. Loggins	3:34
9.	"Angelique"	K. Loggins, Ein	K. Loggins	5:53
Total length:				41:20

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [5]	70
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard )	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

1. "Nightwatch - Kenny Loggins - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
2. Archived December 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Kenny Loggins". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. 21 July 1985. p. 10.
4. Gilbert, Ben (October 17, 2022). "'I was ready to throw the tape away': how we made What a Fool Believes by the Doobie Brothers". The Guardian.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 179. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.