Careless (album)

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Released 1976 Careless (1976) Bish (1978) Release date 1976 Genre Pop music		Length 39:19 Artist Stephen Bishop Label HIP-O Select

Recorded ABC Studios, A&M Studios Producers Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop Similar Bish, Red Cab to Manhattan, Blue Guitars, Yardwork, Bowling in Paris

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Careless is the first album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. It includes two hit singles: "On and On", which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard singles chart, and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made it to No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart. Notable contributors to the album include Eric Clapton, Art Garfunkel and Chaka Khan.

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Track listing

All songs written by Stephen Bishop.

Personnel

Stephen Bishop – lead vocals (1-8, 10, 11, 12), background vocals (1, 3, 6, 11), acoustic guitar (1-12), trombone (3)

Mac Cridlin – bass (1, 3, 4)

Reinie Press – bass (2, 8, 11)

Max Bennett – bass (6, 7)

Jeffrey Staton – bass (10), electric guitar (10)

Larry Brown – drums (1, 3, 4)

Jim Gordon – drums (2, 8, 11)

John Guerin – drums (6, 7)

Russ Kunkel – drums (10)

Victor Feldman – percussion (1, 7), vibes (1, 7), marimba (1)

Andrew Gold – electric guitar (1, 6)

Michael Staton – steel guitar (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)

Barlow Jarvis – electric piano (1, 10), acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10)

Alan Lindgren – synthesizer (4, 8)

Steve Paietta – accordion (7)

Larry Knechtel - electric piano (11), organ (11)

Chaka Khan – background vocals (2, 10), vocals (7)

Art Garfunkel - vocals (3, 6), background vocals (11)

Leah Kunkel – background vocals (11)

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)

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 Phorography – Gary Heery

Inside Phorography – Gary Heery, Patti Boyd Harrison and Charles Villiers.

Songs

1On and On3:02
2Never Letting Go3:45
3Careless3:45

References

Careless (album) Wikipedia

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