Careless (album)

1976 studio album by Stephen Bishop

Careless

Studio album by

Stephen Bishop

Released| October 1976
Studio|

* ABC, Los Angeles, California
* A&M, Hollywood, California

Genre| Pop, soft rock
Length| 39:17
Label| ABC, Los Angeles, California
Producer| Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop chronology
|  | Careless
(1976)  | Bish
(1978)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| C+[2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide| [3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music| [4]

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,[5] and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart.[6] Notable contributors to the album include Eric Clapton, Art Garfunkel and Chaka Khan.

## Track listing

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All songs written by Stephen Bishop.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "On and On"| 3:00
2.| "Never Letting Go"| 3:48
3.| "Careless"| 3:45
4.| "Sinking in an Ocean of Tears"| 3:08
5.| "Madge"| 4:03
6.| "Every Minute"| 3:58
7.| "Little Italy"| 3:27
8.| "One More Night"| 4:02
9.| "Guitar Interlude"| 0:35
10.| "Save It for a Rainy Day"| 3:10
11.| "Rock and Roll Slave"| 3:38
12.| "The Same Old Tears on a New Background"| 2:40

## Personnel

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### Musicians

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* 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

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* 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.

## References

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1. ^ Careless at AllMusic
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
3. ^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 34.
4. ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 135. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 65. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd Edition, p. 35. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7631-8

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Studio albums|

* Careless
* Bish
* Red Cab to Manhattan
* Bowling in Paris
* Blue Guitars
* Yardwork
* The Demo Album 1
* The Demo Album 2
* Fear of Massage: Demo 3
* Romance in Rio
* Be Here Then

Compilations|

* Best of Bish

Songs|

* "Save It for a Rainy Day"
* "On and On"
* "Everybody Needs Love"
* "Animal House"
* "Looking for the Right One"
* "It Might Be You"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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