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)

Professional ratings
Review 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

All songs written by Stephen Bishop.

No.	Title	Length
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

Musicians

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

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

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