Celebrate Me Home ; Nightwatch (1978)

De eerste 2 solo-albums van de zanger op een dubbel-CD. Allmusic over "Celebrate Me Home: "Freed from Loggins & Messina, Kenny Loggins retreats from that duo's folky conceits, turning to smooth soft rock, filled with leisurely paces, lush strings and electric pianos and easy attitude -- so it's no surprise when you discover this is a co-production by Billy Joel's chief collaborator Phil Ramone and Bob James. Loggins is in good form throughout the record, and if even only the title track entered his readily-acknowledged canon, this has a fine, sustained mood: a soft late '70s vibe that makes it a nice artifact of its time, as well as one of his stronger records." En over "Nightwatch": "A more focused affair than his first. Granted, his first holds a mood better, a slice of great late '70s soft rock, but this has more pep and hooks, from the sprightly "Easy Drive" to a cover of Billy Joe Royal's "Down In The Boondocks" or, especially, the warm Stevie Nicks hit duet "Whenever I Call You Friend"." (S.T. Erlewine)