The Goodnight Moon Explained

The Goodnight Moon
Type:studio
Artist:Rookie of the Year
Cover:The Goodnight Moon.png
Released:April 11, 2006
Recorded:2005
Genre:Emo
acoustic
Indie rock
Length:48:39
Label:One Eleven Records
Producer:Ed Rose, Matthew Malpass
Prev Title:Having to Let Go
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Sweet Attention
Next Year:2008

The Goodnight Moon is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Rookie of the Year, released by One Eleven Records on April 11, 2006.[1] It was Rookie of the Year's first release as a full band, after originally being formed as an acoustic solo project of lead vocalist Ryan Dunson.[1] [2]

The first single from the album was "Liars and Battlelines". According to Ryan Dunson in a lyric feature on Euphonia Online, "This song is about loving someone even though they have lied to you before. It is about looking over the fact that someone lies in the relationship. A relationship like that can only go on for so long, then its time to pack up and leave."[3]

AbsolutePunk.net's Rohan Kohli stated on the music website, "I instantly fell in love with the gorgeous vocals, lush, soaring choruses, smooth, harmonic guitar leads, and the heaps upon heaps of layers and accents."[2] In support of the album, the band took part in the 2006 Warped Tour.[4]

Track listing

  1. "The Goodnight Moon" – 2:09
  2. "Poison Like Your Own" – 4:36
  3. "Silhouettes (All Eyes Above)" – 3:15
  4. "Sign of Her Glory" – 4:56
  5. "Liars and Battlelines" – 4:20
  6. "Pop Destroyed the Scene" – 3:48
  7. "The Blue Roses" – 3:51
  8. "Life, Fall Fast Now" – 2:02
  9. "Set the Sails, Red Beret" – 4:03
  10. "The Weekend" – 4:20
  11. "Enjoy This Drive" – 3:46
  12. "Having to Let Go" – 7:33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rookie Of The Year - The Goodnight Moon. Driven Far Off.com. Schneider. Michael. 2006-04-27. 2008-07-23.
  2. Web site: Review: Rookie of the Year - The Goodnight Moon. Absolute Punk.net. Kohli. Rohan. 2006-04-03. 2008-07-23.
  3. Web site: Euphonia Online. Lyric Feature - Goodnight Moon by Rookie of the Year.
  4. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rookie of the year|bio=true}} Rookie of the Year]. 2008-07-23.