Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes LP Vinyl Record For Sale

Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes - RCA Victor 6494-1-R - 1988 - Original Release - Specialty Records Pressing

Tracks:

Flying Colors
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
Lucky Dog
Don't Close Your Eyes
The Birmingham Turnaround
Some Old Side Road
Would These Arms Be In Your Way
I'm No Stranger To The Rain
I Never Go Around Mirrors
When You Say Nothing At All
A Day In The Life Of A Fool
Honky Tonk Heart

    Don't Close Your Eyes is Keith Whitley’s emotional masterpiece. Released in 1988, it was the last album he put out before his untimely death, and it’s packed with songs that sound like they were written in the quiet hours of heartbreak. The title track is a plea for real love, not just a memory of someone else, and it became his first number-one hit. Whitley was bleeding honesty into every line. He actually scrapped an earlier version of the album because it didn’t feel right, then teamed up with producer Garth Fundis to rebuild it from the ground up. That decision paid off big time. With hits like “When You Say Nothing at All” and “I’m No Stranger to the Rain,” the album turned him into a legend. It’s not just a collection of songs, it’s a snapshot of a man who knew how fragile love and life could be, and wasn’t afraid to say so.

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