Careless (album)
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, and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made 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.Track listing
All songs written by Stephen Bishop.Personnel
- Stephen Bishop – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, trombone
- Andrew Gold – electric guitar
- Michael Staton – steel guitar
- Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar
- Eric Clapton – slide guitar, electric guitar solo
- Jay Graydon – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Larry Carlton – acoustic guitar
- Tommy Tedesco – mandolin
- John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano, acoustic piano
- Alan Lindgren – synthesizer
- Steve Paietta – accordion
- Larry Knechtel – electric piano, organ
- Mac Cridlin – bass guitar
- Reinie Press – bass guitar
- Max Bennett – bass guitar
- Jeff Staton Jones – bass guitar, electric guitar
- Larry Brown – drums
- Jim Gordon – drums
- John Guerin – drums
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Victor Feldman – marimba, percussion, vibraphone
- Ray Pizzi – saxophone solo
- Ian Freebairn-Smith – string arrangements, string conductor, horn arrangements, woodwind arrangements
- Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor
- Chaka Khan – backing vocals
- Art Garfunkel – backing vocals
- Leah Kunkel – backing vocals
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.
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
- Cover and Back Photography – Gary Heery
- Inside Photography – Gary Heery, Patti Boyd Harrison and Charles Villiers.
