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Careless (album)

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Careless
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1976
Studio
  • ABC, Los Angeles, California
  • A&M, Hollywood, California
GenrePop, soft rock
Length39:17
LabelABC, Los Angeles, California
ProducerHenry Lewy, Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop chronology
Careless
(1976)
Bish
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[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.TitleLength
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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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