# Golden Down

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Golden Down
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Willie Nile](/source/Willie_Nile)
| cover      = Golden Down.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1981|}}
| recorded   = November–December 1980
| venue      =
| studio     = [Record Plant](/source/Record_Plant), New York City
| genre      = Rock
| length     = {{Duration|m=39|s=45}}
| label      = [Arista](/source/Arista_Records) 1981, [Razor & Tie](/source/Razor_%26_Tie) 1992
| producer   = [Thom Panunzio](/source/Thom_Panunzio)<br>Willie Nile
| prev_title = [Willie Nile](/source/Willie_Nile_(album))
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [Places I Have Never Been](/source/Places_I_Have_Never_Been)
| next_year  = 1991
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Arista_Records) and re-released in 1992 on CD by [Razor & Tie](/source/Razor_%26_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](/source/Razor_%26_Tie) CD edition added track
|title10=It's Your Love
|writer10=Nile
|length10=4:05
}}

==Personnel==
;Musicians
* [Willie Nile](/source/Willie_Nile) – vocals, guitar and piano
* Clay Barnes – guitars
* Peter Hoffman  – guitars
* [Fred Smith](/source/Fred_Smith_(bassist)) – bass guitar
* [Jay Dee Daugherty](/source/Jay_Dee_Daugherty) – Sonor drums and percussion
* [Paul Shaffer](/source/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](/source/Terre_Roche) – backing vocals
* Mark Johnson – backing vocals
* Lowry Hamner – backing vocals

;Production and additional personnel
* Produced by [Thom Panunzio](/source/Thom_Panunzio) and [Willie Nile](/source/Willie_Nile)
* [Additional production](/source/Record_producer): [Jimmy Iovine](/source/Jimmy_Iovine) – "Poor Boy”
* [Engineered](/source/Audio_engineer) by Thom Panunzio 
* [Additional engineering](/source/Audio_engineer) by Jim Ball – "It’s Your Love”
* [Assistant sngineer](/source/Audio_engineer): Jim Ball, Jason Corasro
* Mastering by [Greg Calbi](/source/Greg_Calbi) at [Sterling Sound](/source/Sterling_Sound), NYC
* [Art direction](/source/Art_director) by Maude Gilman
* [Reissue art direction](/source/Art_director) by Kristian Lawing
* [Cover Photography](/source/Photography) Christine Rodin
* [Additional photography](/source/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}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
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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

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