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VOL № CW027 — May 2023

Don't Close Your Eyes

Keith Whitley
Why you'll love it...
‘'Don’t Close Your Eyes’' came out as a single two months before the album of the same title, and it became Keith Whitley’s first No. 1 hit, and, eventually, was deemed Billboard’s country single of the year. And it wasn’t the last hit he would have — the album ushered in rave reviews, nonstop radio play and a line of subsequent No. 1s in its wake. The next single, ‘’When You Say Nothing at All,'' catapulted him even further. He spent the rest of 1988 and the first few months of 1989 touring under his newfound mega stardom, but the demands of fame refused to let up. Despite finding his sobriety not long before the release of Don’t Close Your Eyes, the pull of the disease was too strong. On May 6, Whitley played his final show at the Armadillo Ballroom in Brazoria, Texas. Three da...
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Label
Epic
Original Release Year
1988
Release Type
Reissue
Format
1 LP
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 inch
Weight
180 gram
Foil Stamped
Yes
Color
Lavender Marble
Mastering Studio
Sterling Sound
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Smith
Remastering Details
Lacquers Cut by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
Extras
Listening Notes Booklet by Marissa Moss
LP 1 / Side A
1 Flying Colors
2 It's All Coming Back to Me Now
3 Lucky Dog
4 Don't Close Your Eyes
5 The Birmingham Turnaround
6 Some Old Side Road
LP 1 / Side B
1 Would These Arms Be In Your Way
2 I'm No Stranger to the Rain
3 I Never Go Around Mirrors
4 When You Say Nothing at All
5 A Day in the Life of a Fool
6 Honky Tonk Heart
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