| Eyes That See in the Dark | ||||
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers | ||||
| Released | August 30, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | May 1983 Middle Ear, Miami Beach, Lion Studios and Ocean Recording, Los Angeles |
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:56 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten & Karl Richardson | |||
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Eyes That See in the Dark is the twelfth solo studio album by Kenny Rogers, first released by RCA Records in August 1983. This album has sold 15 million copies world-wide.
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Eyes That See in the Dark marks Barry Gibb's third production project of the 1980s outside of The Bee Gees. Gibb wrote most of the songs that were more reminiscent of Kenny Rogers's days with the First Edition. At first, "Islands in the Stream" was not a duet and Rogers was not happy with the recording and only after Dolly Parton was brought in and recorded the song as a duet did the song take off. It became a major hit, reaching #1 on both the Billboard pop and country charts; it turned out to be the #1 song of 1983.
Elsewhere on the album is "Buried Treasure", a single which was a top 3 country hit, the track "This Woman", which reached the top 20 on both the Billboard pop and country charts, while the title cut "Eyes That See in the Dark" also charted on the UK Singles Chart, albeit for only one week.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Woman" | Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten | 3:58 |
| 2. | "You and I" | B. Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Buried Treasure" | B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Islands in the Stream" (duet with Dolly Parton) | B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Living with You" | B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Evening Star" | B. Gibb, M. Gibb | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Hold Me" | B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Midsummer Nights" | B. Gibb, Galuten | 3:50 |
| 9. | "I Will Always Love You" | B. Gibb, M. Gibb | 4:22 |
| 10. | "Eyes That See in the Dark" | B. Gibb, M. Gibb | 3:42 |
The version of "I Will Always Love You" featured on this album was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and is hence not the same as the more famous song of the same name, which was written by Dolly Parton. However, Kenny Rogers had also recorded a version of the Dolly Parton song for his 1996 album Vote for Love.
The song "Buried Treasure" is not to be confused with Rogers's 1978 song "Buried Treasures", which appears on his album Love or Something Like It. The latter was not a released single.
Bee Gees contributed backing vocals on "Living with You" while the Gatlin Brothers did the same on "Buried Treasure" and "Evening Star".
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 5 |
| Preceded by The Closer You Get… by Alabama |
Top Country Albums number-one album October 29, 1983 – February 11, 1984 |
Succeeded by Right or Wrong by George Strait |
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| The Eyes That See In The Dark Demos | ||||
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| Demo album by Barry Gibb | ||||
| Released | November 2006 | |||
| Recorded | August 1982, January 1983, February 1983, April 1983 Miami Beach |
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| Genre | Country rock, pop, soft rock | |||
| Label | iTunes | |||
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"The Eyes That See In The Dark" is the third album demos by Barry Gibb for a guideline by Kenny Rogers, The song "Eyes That See In The Dark" is a first demo by Barry Gibb for Kenny Rogers when they met in 1982 and continuing recorded the demos until April 1983 and finally in May, Kenny recorded the songs, Robin and Maurice Gibb was participated in the demos for him. The song "Islands In The Stream" was originally included from the album Their Greatest Hits: The Record instead they recorded a brand new version.