Nightwatch (album)

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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. The album is Loggins' highest charting album on the Billboard 200 to date, reaching number 7.

It features the hit single "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" featuring Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks (co-written with Melissa Manchester), which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the first recorded version of the Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes", which Loggins co-wrote with the Doobies' Michael McDonald.

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

Track listing[]

Side One[]

1. "Nightwatch" (music: Kenny Loggins, Max Gronenthal; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Dan Loggins) − 7:49
2. "Easy Driver" (David Plenn, Jerry Riopelle) − 3:33
3. "Down 'N' Dirty" (music: Kenny Loggins, Brian Mann; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Eva Ein) − 4:42
4. "Down in the Boondocks" (Joe South) − 4:20

Side Two[]

1. "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" (music: Kenny Loggins; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Melissa Manchester) − 3:57 (Duet with Stevie Nicks)
2. "Wait a Little While" (music: Kenny Loggins, lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Eva Ein) − 3:55
3. "What a Fool Believes" (Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald) − 3:37
4. "Somebody Knows" (Kenny Loggins) − 3:34
5. "Angelique" (music: Kenny Loggins; lyrics: Kenny Loggins, Eva Ein) − 5:53

Charts[]

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

Cover versions[]

• Al Jarreau covered "Wait a Little While" on his 1978 album All Fly Home.
• The Doobie Brothers recorded "What a Fool Believes" on their 1978 album Minute by Minute.

References[]

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