{{Infobox song | name = Twilight Is Gone | cover = Desert Rose Band Twilight is Gone Single Cover 1991.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Desert Rose Band | album = True Love | B-side = Shades of Blue | released = 1991 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country, country rock | length = 3:15 (edited version)<br />3:40 (album version) | label = MCA/Curb | writer = Chris Hillman, Steve Hill | producer = Tony Brown | prev_title = You Can Go Home | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = What About Love | next_year = 1993 }}
"'''Twilight Is Gone'''" is a song by the American country rock band The Desert Rose Band, released in 1991 as the second and final single from their fourth studio album ''True Love''. It was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Tony Brown.<ref name="discogs1">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Desert-Rose-Band-Twilight-Is-Gone/master/471882 |title=Desert Rose Band - Twilight Is Gone / Shades Of Blue at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Desert-Rose-Band-True-Love/release/2854996 |title=Desert Rose Band - True Love (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>
Like the preceding single "You Can Go Home", "Twilight Is Gone" continued the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=Desert Rose Band |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/desert-rose-band-mn0000206529/awards |title=Desert Rose Band - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4&q1=desert+rose+band&q2=Country+Singles&interval=50 |title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> "Twilight Is Gone" peaked at No. 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs Chart,<ref name="allmusic1"/> and No. 82 on the RPM Country Singles Chart.<ref name="collectionscanada1">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2052&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref><ref name="collectionscanada2">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4&q1=desert+rose+twilight+gone&q2=Country+Singles&interval=50 |title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>
==Release== "Twilight Is Gone" was released by Records in America and Canada only, on 7" vinyl and as a one-track promotional CD.<ref name="discogs1"/> For its release as a single, "Twilight is Gone" was edited and reduced in duration by almost half a minute. It was dubbed the "Edited Version".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3881019 |title=Images for Desert Rose Band - Twilight Is Gone / Shades Of Blue |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref><ref name="discogs3">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3881031 |title=Images for Desert Rose Band - Twilight Is Gone |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> The 7" vinyl featured the ''True Love'' album track "Shades of Blue" as the B-side, which was written by Hillman and Hill. The single was distributed by UNL Distribution Corp.<ref name="discogs3"/>
==Critical reception== Upon release, ''Cash Box'' listed the single as one of their "feature picks" during December 1991. They commented: "The chimes of vocal harmony showcased here are near excellent, as well as every ounce of work put into this new single. "Twilight Is Gone," the newest release from the Desert Rose Band's ''True Love'' package, unwinds a caressing tune that's quilted with heartwarming lyrics and a mind-sinking melody."<ref>Cash Box newspaper - December 28, 1991 - Country: new single releases, feature picks - page 26</ref> ''Billboard'' commented: "While tugging at the heartstrings, harmonies explode with color. Lush melody and pristine performance keep all ears pinned."<ref>Billboard magazine - January 25, 1992, - Single Reviews - Country: Desert Rose Band - Twilight Is Gone - page 79</ref>
In a review of ''True Love'', ''Record-Journal'' said: "The best songs provide quiet pleasures that grow with repeated listenings, like the acoustic guitar interplay between Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson on Hillman's ballad "Twilight is Gone"."<ref>{{cite news |last=Glazer |first=Howard |date=25 October 1991 |title=Desert Rose Band: True Love |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T0JIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TgENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1358,4153395&dq=desert+rose+band+twilight+gone&hl=en |newspaper=Record-Journal |location=Meriden Conn. }}</ref> In a 1993 review of the band's follow-up album ''Life Goes On'', the ''Los Angeles Times'' mentioned the song being performed live: "The strongest of the band's catalogue tunes, perhaps because it has been heard the least, was "Twilight Is Gone," the saving grace of the otherwise moribund ''True Love'' album. Supported by Pedersen's aching Dobro tones and Bryson's melodic bass lines, Hillman, Pedersen and Bryson's harmonies were nothing short of thrilling."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Washburn |first1=Jim |title=Desert Rose Won't Fade |work=Los Angeles Times |edition=Orange County |date=July 21, 1993 |page=OCF1}}</ref> In a press release for the ''True Love'' album, issued by Curb Records, the song was described as a "quiet ballad", which spoke of "the changes in a relationship that occur after the initial fire has died down".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drb-fans.com/images/reviews/DRB%201991%2009-01.pdf|format=PDF|title=The Desert Rose Band|website=Drb-fans.com|access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref>
==Track listing== ;7" Single #"Twilight Is Gone" - 3:15 #"Shades of Blue" - 3:25
;CD Single (US promo) #"Twilight Is Gone" - 3:15
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1991) !Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadacountry|82|chartid=2052|publishdate=February 15, 1992|access-date=August 15, 2013}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|67|artist=Desert Rose Band}} |}
==Personnel== ;The Desert Rose Band * Chris Hillman - Lead vocals, acoustic guitar * Herb Pedersen - Acoustic guitar, backing vocals * John Jorgenson - Lead guitar, backing vocals * Bill Bryson - Bass guitar * Steve Duncan - Drums * Tom Brumley - Pedal steel guitar
;Additional personnel * Tony Brown - producer
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{The Desert Rose Band}}
Category:1991 singles Category:The Desert Rose Band songs Category:MCA Records singles Category:Curb Records singles Category:Songs written by Chris Hillman Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Category:1991 songs