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.[2] 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.[2][3]

The Goodnight Moon
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 11, 2006
Recorded2005
GenreEmo
acoustic
Indie rock
Length48:39
LabelOne Eleven Records
ProducerEd Rose, Matthew Malpass
Rookie of the Year chronology
Having to Let Go
(2005)
The Goodnight Moon
(2006)
Sweet Attention
(2008)
Singles from The Goodnight Moon
  1. "Liars and Battlelines"
    Released: August 18, 2008 (radio)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

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."[4]

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."[3] In support of the album, the band took part in the 2006 Warped Tour.[5]

Track listing

edit
  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

References

edit
  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ a b Schneider, Michael (2006-04-27). "Rookie Of The Year - The Goodnight Moon". Driven Far Off.com. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  3. ^ a b Kohli, Rohan (2006-04-03). "Review: Rookie of the Year - The Goodnight Moon". Absolute Punk.net. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
  4. ^ "Euphonia Online". Lyric Feature - Goodnight Moon by Rookie of the Year.
  5. ^ "Rookie of the Year". Retrieved 2008-07-23.