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,Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 65. Billboard Books, New York. and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart.Whitburn, Joel (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd Edition, p. 35. Billboard Books, New York. Notable contributors to the album include Eric Clapton, Art Garfunkel and Chaka Khan.
Track listing All songs written by Stephen Bishop.
Personnel
Musicians
Stephen Bishop – vocals (1–8, 10–12), backing vocals (1, 11), acoustic guitars (1–4, 6–8, 10, 11), trombone (3), guitar (5, 9, 12) 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 guitars (1, 6) Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitars (2, 11) Eric Clapton – electric slide guitar (4), electric guitar solo (10) Jay Graydon – electric guitars (4), acoustic guitars (6) Larry Carlton – acoustic guitars (7) Michael Staton – steel guitar (1) Tommy Tedesco – mandolin (7) Jeffrey Staton – electric guitars (10), bass guitar (10) Mac Cridlin – bass guitar (1, 3, 4) Reinie Press – bass guitar (2, 8, 11) Max Bennett – bass guitar (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 – vocals (2, 7), backing vocals (2) Art Garfunkel – vocals (3, 6), backing vocals (11) Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (11)
Production Stephen Bishop – producer Henry Lewy – producer, engineer Leslie Ann Jones – assistant engineer Helen Silvani – assistant engineer Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios Rod Dyer – album design Gary Heery – cover and back photography, inside photography Patti Boyd Harrison – inside photography Charles Villiers – inside photography Trudy Green – management
Charts Chart (1977) Peakposition
References