Don't Close Your Eyes (album)

Don't Close Your Eyes
Studio album by
Keith Whitley
ReleasedMay 31, 1988
Recorded1987
GenreCountry
Length39:31
LabelRCA Records
ProducerGarth Fundis, Keith Whitley
Blake Mevis (tracks 6, 7)
Keith Whitley chronology
L.A. to Miami
(1985) 		Don't Close Your Eyes
(1988) 		I Wonder Do You Think of Me
(1989)
Singles from Don't Close Your Eyes
  1. "Would These Arms Be in Your Way"
    Released: June 1987
  2. "Some Old Side Road"
    Released: November 2, 1987
  3. "Don't Close Your Eyes"
    Released: March 1988
  4. "When You Say Nothing at All"
    Released: August 1988
  5. "I'm No Stranger to the Rain"
    Released: January 1989
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Allmusic[1]

Don't Close Your Eyes is the second studio album by American country music artist Keith Whitley and the last to be released during his lifetime. The album was released on May 31, 1988, by RCA Records. After the success of his debut album, L.A. to Miami (1985), Whitley re-entered the studio and began recording a second album with producer Blake Mevis. After its completion, Whitley was unhappy with its production, and he convinced his label to shelve the recordings. Don't Close Your Eyes was subsequently recorded with producer Garth Fundis.[2][3] The album's liner notes credit Fundis and Whitley with production on all tracks except "Some Old Side Road" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way", which are credited to Mevis.[4]

The album became a commercial success, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It contained three consecutive number one hits on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Don't Close Your Eyes", "When You Say Nothing at All", and "I'm No Stranger to the Rain".

  1. ^ Owens, Thom. "Don't Close Your Eyes review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
  2. ^ Jack Hurst (May 15, 1988). "Back In Focus". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Keith Whitley: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Don't Close Your Eyes (CD booklet). Keith Whitley. RCA Records. 1988. 6494-2-R.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)