Gibb's second album was made under the direction of Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson, mostly while Barry, Robin and Maurice were off filming Sgt.

[2] In February 1978, Gibb participated on Stephen Stills' songs "You Can't Dance Alone" and "What's the Game" singing backing vocals along with Dave Mason, from the album Thoroughfare Gap and Gibb's band including Joey Murcia, George Perry, John Sambataro and Joe Lala also plays on both songs.

)[1] The album's title track, written by Gibb and all three of his brothers, was released as a single in the US in April 1978 and in mid-June began a seven-week run at No.

Following the release of Shadow Dancing, RSO arranged a mini-tour of Europe to promote the new album, with planned concerts in the UK as well as other European countries.

Amy Hanson of AllMusic noted that while the album's singles "all bear the mark of one or more of Gibb's brothers", his "own material shows great, if as yet unrealized, promise."

She also retrospectively described "Fool for a Night" as a "bittersweet, up tempo piece of pop", "Melody" as a "wistful love song", and "I Go for You", "smarmy as it may be in hindsight", as "better than many of its contemporaries".