Careless (album) explained
| Careless |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Stephen Bishop |
| Cover: | Careless (Stephen Bishop album - cover art).jpg |
| Released: | October 1976 |
| Studio: | - ABC, Los Angeles, California
- A&M, Hollywood, California
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| Genre: | Pop, soft rock |
| Length: | 39:17 |
| Label: | ABC, Los Angeles, California |
| Producer: | Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop |
| Next Title: | Bish |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Careless is the debut album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. It includes two hit singles: "On and On", which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard singles chart,[1] and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart.[2] Notable contributors to the album include Eric Clapton, Art Garfunkel and Chaka Khan.
Track listing
All songs written by Stephen Bishop.
Personnel
Musicians
- Stephen Bishop – lead vocals (1–8, 10–12), backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 11), acoustic guitar, trombone (3)
- John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano (1, 10), acoustic piano (2–4, 6, 8, 10)
- Alan Lindgren – synthesizers (4, 8)
- Steve Paietta – accordion (7)
- Larry Knechtel – electric piano (11), organ (11)
- Andrew Gold – electric guitar (1, 6)
- Michael Staton – steel guitar (1), backing vocals (1)
- Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (2)
- Eric Clapton – slide guitar (4), electric guitar solo (10)
- Jay Graydon – electric guitar (4), acoustic guitar (6)
- Larry Carlton – acoustic guitar (7)
- Tommy Tedesco – mandolin (7)
- Jeff Staton Jones – electric guitar (10), bass (10), backing vocals (10)
- Mac Cridlin – bass (1, 3, 4)
- Reinie Press – bass (2, 8, 11)
- Max Bennett – bass (6, 7)
- Larry Brown – drums (1, 3, 4)
- Jim Gordon – drums (2, 8, 11)
- John Guerin – drums (6, 7)
- Russ Kunkel – drums (10)
- Victor Feldman – marimba (1), percussion (1, 7), vibraphone (1, 7)
- Ray Pizzi – saxophone solo (4)
- Ian Freebairn-Smith – string arrangements (2, 7), string conductor (2), horn arrangements (4, 10), woodwind arrangements (7)
- Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 8)
- Chaka Khan – backing vocals (2, 10), co-lead vocals (7)
- Art Garfunkel – backing vocals (3, 6, 11)
- Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (11)
Production
- Producers – Stephen Bishop and Henry Lewy
- Engineer – Henry Lewy
- Assistant Engineers – Leslie Jones and Helen Silvani
- Recorded at ABC Recording Studios and A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
- Cover and Back Photography – Gary Heery
- Inside Photography – Gary Heery, Patti Boyd Harrison and Charles Villiers.
Notes and References
- Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 65. Billboard Books, New York.
- Whitburn, Joel (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd Edition, p. 35. Billboard Books, New York.
