{{more citations needed|date=July 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Golden Down | type = Studio | artist = Willie Nile | cover = Golden Down.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1981|}} | recorded = November–December 1980 | venue = | studio = Record Plant, New York City | genre = Rock | length = {{Duration|m=39|s=45}} | label = Arista 1981, Razor & Tie 1992 | producer = Thom Panunzio<br>Willie Nile | prev_title = Willie Nile | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Places I Have Never Been | next_year = 1991 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45653|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> }} '''''Golden Down''''' is the second studio album by the American rock artist Willie Nile.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Willie Nile Sings His Tales |work=The New York Times |date=22 Apr 1981 |page=C20}}</ref> It was released in 1981 on vinyl by Arista Records and re-released in 1992 on CD by Razor & Tie.
==Track listing== {{Track listing |title1=Poor Boy |writer1=Nile |length1=4:32 |title2=Shine Your Light |writer2=Nile |length2=3:52 |title3=Grenade |writer3=Nile |length3=3:25 |title4=I Can't Get You Off of my Mind |writer4=Nile |length4=3:41 |title5=I Like The Way |writer5=Nile |length5=4:07 |title6=Golden Down |writer6=Nile |length6=5:08 |title7=Hide Your Love |writer7=Nile |length7=3:04 |title8=Les Champs Élysées |writer8=Nile, Amanda Owen |length8=2:57 |title9=Shoulders |writer9=Nile |length9=4:54 }} {{Track listing | total_length =39:45 |headline=1992 Razor & Tie CD edition added track |title10=It's Your Love |writer10=Nile |length10=4:05 }}
==Personnel== ;Musicians * Willie Nile – vocals, guitar and piano * Clay Barnes – guitars * Peter Hoffman – guitars * Fred Smith – bass guitar * Jay Dee Daugherty – Sonor drums and percussion * Paul Shaffer – keyboards on "Les Champs Élysées", "Shine Your Light", "Golden Down", "Hide Your Love", "I Like The Way" and "Poor Boy" * Greg Husted – Hammond organ on "Shoulders", and "Poor Boy” * Paul Prestopino – dulcimer and dobro on "I Like The Way” * Arno Hecht – saxophone on "Les Champs Élysées” * Terre Roche – backing vocals * Mark Johnson – backing vocals * Lowry Hamner – backing vocals
;Production and additional personnel * Produced by Thom Panunzio and Willie Nile * Additional production: Jimmy Iovine – "Poor Boy” * Engineered by Thom Panunzio * Additional engineering by Jim Ball – "It’s Your Love” * Assistant sngineer: Jim Ball, Jason Corasro * Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, NYC * Art direction by Maude Gilman * Reissue art direction by Kristian Lawing * Cover Photography Christine Rodin * Additional photography: Irene Young, Marcelino Pagan, Kristian Lawing
== Charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1981) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|158|artist=Willie Nile|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 31, 2020}} |}
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Category:1981 albums Category:Willie Nile albums Category:Albums produced by Thom Panunzio Category:Albums recorded at Record Plant (New York City) Category:Arista Records albums