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| Released | 16 May 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | May and June 1981, May and June 1983 and February and March 1986 | |||
| Genre | Instrumental rock | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | The Shadows, Bruce Welch | |||
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Moonlight Shadows is the seventeenth album by British instrumental group The Shadows, released in 1986 through Polydor Records. The album reached number 6 in a 16-week run on the UK Album Charts.[2]
This album consists entirely of cover songs by The Police, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Rush, The Beatles, Phil Collins, Elaine Paige, Bruce Springsteen, Procol Harum, Mike Oldfield, The Commodores, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson, The Moody Blues, John Lennon & Dire Straits.[3][4] Several tracks were lifted from previously released albums.
The only single released from the album was "Moonlight Shadow", which did not chart.
The album was recorded and mixed by Dick Plant at Honeyhill and Nivram Studios, Hertfordshire.
- ^ "Polydor promo for Shads LP" (PDF). Music Week. 10 May 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "The Shadows – UK Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Official UK Chart Company.
- ^ Moonlight Shadows at AllMusic
- ^ The Shadows (1986). Moonlight Shadows (LP). UK: Polydor.