Bish (album)

Bish
Studio album by Stephen Bishop
Released 1978
Genre Pop
Length 44:25
Label ABC Records
Producer Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop chronology
Careless
(1976)		 Bish
(1978)		 Red Cab to Manhattan
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Bish is the second album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. It includes one single, "Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[3] The album itself rose to No. 35 on the Billboard pop albums chart.[4]

Notable contributors to the album include Art Garfunkel, Chaka Khan and Michael McDonald. At the end of the track "Vagabond from Heaven", a large group, "The Whistling Bishettes", is heard. The group includes several famous non-musicians: actress Carrie Fisher, film director John Landis and then-Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe.

Track listing

All songs written by Stephen Bishop, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "If I Only Had a Brain" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) 1:40
2. "Losing Myself in You"   3:58
3. "Looking for the Right One"   3:50
4. "Everbody Needs Love"   3:42
5. "guitar interlude"   0:27
6. "A Fool at Heart"   5:34
7. "What Love Can Do"   2:53
8. "Vagabond from Heaven"   4:24
9. "Bish's Hideaway"   3:57
10. "Only the Heart Within You"   4:11
11. "Recognized"   0:53
12. "I've Never Known a Nite Like This"   4:24
13. "When I Was in Love"   4:32

Reception

Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker wrote, "Stephen Bishop's second album is so ambitious and self-assured that it's easy to overlook the chances it takes." Adding that it's "mixture of sentiment and aggressiveness... makes it so intriguing a pop disc." Concluding that "Stephen Bishop is well on his way, and he possesses something all his exemplars lack: a serenely nutty sense of humor."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bish (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 135. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 65. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, 3rd Edition, p. 35. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7631-8
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken. "Bish", Rolling Stone, November 2, 1978, p. 62.
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