Bloom is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album Venus Isle almost nine years prior. However, in these nine years he had released a live album by his side-project Alien Love Child entitled Live and Beyond in 2000, as well as two albums of previously unreleased material: Seven Worlds in 1998 and Souvenir in 2002.
The album is split into three sections, 'Prelude' (tracks 1–6), 'Courante' (tracks 7–12) and 'Allemande' (tracks 13–16). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 under the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Track listing All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted. Prelude "Bloom" – 3:10 "Summer Jam" – 2:11 "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:47 "Good to Me" – 4:31 "Columbia" – 2:22 "12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21 Courante "Sea Secret" – 1:57 "Sad Legacy" – 4:06 "From My Heart" - 7:26 "Cruise the Nile" - 2:13 "Tribute to Jerry Reed" – 2:27 "Your Sweet Eyes" – 6:08 Allemande "Hesitant" – 6:28 "Sunnaround You" – 3:07 "Magnetized" – 3:21 "Ciel" – 3:26
Personnel Eric Johnson – acoustic piano (1, 3, 8, 9, 14, 16), guitars (1–15), bass (1, 2, 6), backing vocals (1), lap steel guitar (3, 4, 7, 12), vocals (3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14), synthesizers (7–9, 12, 16), percussion (7), electric sitar (10), Rhodes electric piano (13, 14), classical guitar (16) Rich Harney – acoustic piano (13) Adrian Legg – guitar solo (11) Chris Maresh – bass (3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15), acoustic bass (10) Tony Phillips – bass (4), drums (4), synthesizers (5, 8, 10) Roscoe Beck – bass (11, 13, 14) Tal Bergman – drums (1) Tommy Taylor – drums (2, 4, 5, 12), percussion (3) Bill Maddox – drums (3, 8, 12, 15), drum loops (10), percussion (15) Tom Brechtlein – drums (6, 11, 13, 14) Barry "Frosty" Smith – drums (9) Richard Mullen – drum programming (12) James Fenner – percussion (5, 6, 9) Thomas Burrit – percussion (10) Brad Evilsizer – percussion (12) Salvatore Banzai La Rocca – mouth harp (4) Stephen Barber – additional vocals (4), acoustic piano (13), Moog synthesizer (14) Jody Lazo – vocals (10) Shawn Colvin – vocals (12), backing vocals (12) Lisa Tingle – vocals (14)
Production Eric Johnson – producer Richard Mullen – producer, recording, mixing (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16) Tal Bergman – recording Bobby Cochran – recording Bill Maddox – recording Tony Phillips – recording, mixing (4, 5, 8–10) Pat Dillett – mixing (1) Gary Pacsoza – mixing (11) Thomas Johnson – mix assistant (11) Dustin Sears – technician Jeff Van Zandt – technician UE Nastasi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) Max Crace – design, photography Anne Daniels – paper artwork Steve Shaw – flower artwork Joe Priesnitz – management
Awards and nominations Grammy Awards YearNominatedCategory2006Eric JohnsonBest Pop Instrumental Album
External links Guitar Gardening With Eric Johnson - Bloom Album Review
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