Nightwatch (album)

Nightwatch is the second solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). 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 classic "What a Fool Believes".

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

Track listing

Side One

1. "Night Watch" − 7:49 (Loggins, Eva Ein, Max Groenenthal)
2. "Easy Driver" − 3:33
3. "Down 'N' Dirty" − 4:42 (Loggins, Brian Mann)
4. "Down in the Boondocks" − 4:20 (Joe South)

Side Two

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

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins listed as "Ken Loggins" - vocals and guitar
• Michael Hamliton - guitar
• George Hawkins - bass, vocals
• Brian Mann - keyboards
• Tris Imboden - drums
• Jon Clarke - woodwinds, saxophone
• Vince Denham - woodwinds, saxophone
• Bob James - backing vocals

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