Moonlight Shadows

For the Mike Oldfield/Maggie Reilly song, see Moonlight Shadow.

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]

Moonlight Shadows
Studio album by The Shadows
Released	16 May 1986 (1986-05-16)[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
The Shadows chronology
Guardian Angel (1984) Moonlight Shadows (1986) Simply...Shadows (1987)

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.

Release

Moonlight Shadows was released on LP and CD simultaneously as the group's third CD release.

Track listing

1. "Every Breath You Take" (Sting)
2. "Hello" (Richie)
3. "The Power of Love" (De Rouge, Rush, Mende, Applegate)
4. "Hey Jude" (Lennon/McCartney)
5. "Against All Odds" (from Against All Odds) (Collins)
6. "Memory" (from Cats) (Lloyd-Webber, T. S. Eliot, Nunn)
7. "Dancing in the Dark" (Springsteen)
8. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Reid, Brooker)
9. "Moonlight Shadow" (Oldfield)
10. "Three Times a Lady" (Richie)
11. "Sailing" (Sutherland)
12. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (from The Woman in Red) (Wonder)
13. "I Know Him So Well" (from Chess) (B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus, T. Rice)
14. "Nights in White Satin" (Hayward)
15. "Imagine"/"Woman" (Lennon)
16. "Walk of Life" (Knopfler)

Personnel

• Hank Marvin—Lead Guitar
• Bruce Welch—Rhythm Guitar
• Brian Bennett—Drums, Percussion
• Cliff Hall—Keyboards (except track 8)

With

• Paul Westwood—Bass Guitar (tracks 1 to 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 to 14 and 16)
• Alan Jones—Bass Guitar (tracks 6, 8, 11 and 15)
• Alan Hawkshaw—Keyboards (track 8)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[5]	Gold	7,500^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Polydor promo for Shads LP" (PDF). Music Week. 10 May 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
2. "The Shadows – UK Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. Official UK Chart Company.
3. Moonlight Shadows at AllMusic
4. The Shadows (1986). Moonlight Shadows (LP). UK: Polydor.
5. "New Zealand album certifications – The Shadows – Moonlight Shadows". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.