Bombs Away Dream Babies Explained

Bombs Away Dream Babies
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Stewart
Cover:	Album_Bombs_Away_Dream_Babies.jpg
Released:	May 1979
Studio:	Filmways and Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood; Larrabee Sound Studios; Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre:	Rock, pop
Label:	RSO
Producer:	John Stewart, Lindsey Buckingham
Prev Title:	Fire in the Wind
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	John Stewart in Concert
Next Year:	1980

Bombs Away Dream Babies is an album by John Stewart that was released by RSO Records in 1979. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard album chart^[1] and yielded three Top 40 singles: "Gold" (No. 5), "Midnight Wind" (No. 28), and "Lost Her in the Sun" (No. 34).^[2] This was the bestselling album of Stewart's career.^[3]

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, both of Fleetwood Mac, appeared on the album. Nicks sang background vocals. Buckingham sang, played guitar, and co-produced.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

1. "Gold" – 4:26
2. "Lost Her in the Sun" – 3:51
3. "Runaway Fool of Love" – 2:32
4. "Somewhere Down the Line" – 2:52
5. "Midnight Wind" – 4:30
6. "Over the Hill" – 3:13
7. "The Spinnin' of the World" – 1:42
8. "Comin' Out of Nowhere" – 2:03
9. "Heart of the Dream" – 3:21
10. "Hand Your Heart to the Wind" – 3:55

Personnel

• John Stewart – vocals, guitar, kalimba
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals
• Joey Harris – guitar, vocals
• Joey Carbone – keyboards
• Wayne Hunt – keyboards, vocals
• Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar, vocals
• David Jackson – bass guitar
• Chris Whelan – bass guitar, vocals
• Buffy Ford Stewart – vocals
• Mary Kay Place – vocals
• Croxey Adams – vocals
• Dave Guard – vocals
• Catherine Guard – vocals
• Christine DeLisle – vocals
• Deborah Tompkins – vocals
• Mary Torrey – vocals
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Mike Botts – drums
• Rick Shlosser – drums
• Gary Weisberg – drums^[4]

External links

• John Stewart's Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jon Stewart - Chart history. Billboard. 25 September 2017. 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505031747/https://www.billboard.com/artist/6941696/jon-stewart/chart. dead.
2. Web site: John Stewart - Chart history. Billboard. 25 September 2017. 4 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180504124135/https://www.billboard.com/artist/305019/john-stewart/chart. dead.
3. Web site: Adams. Bret. Bombs Away Dream Babies. AllMusic. 25 September 2017.
4. Web site: Bombs Away Dream Babies - John Stewart Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 25 September 2017.
5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 294.