Bombs Away Dream Babies
| Bombs Away Dream Babies | ||||
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| Studio album by John Stewart | ||||
| Released | May 1979 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 35:36 | |||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Producer | John Stewart, Lindsey Buckingham | |||
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Bombs Away Dream Babies is an album released by John Stewart on the RSO label in 1979. It peaked at #10 on the Billboard album chart. Despite selling over a million US copies, the disc never received a Gold or Platinum award from the RIAA.
While Stewart had performed and recorded as a solo act and as the member of various groups for nearly 20 years, Bombs Away Dream Babies represented his first, and only, major commercial success.
The album is a fairly straightforward rock-pop album with tinges of the folk that had been Stewart's staple genre.
The appearance of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks added to the commercial success of the album as well as contributing greatly to the overall sound of the album. Buckingham's guitar work is understated by his usual standards but integral to the sound achieved while his vocals are a solid counterpoint to Stewart's rugged baritone. Nicks' recognisable vocals add weight to the hits "Gold" and "Midnight Wind".
"Gold" reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while "Midnight Wind" and "Lost Her in the Sun" made #28 and #34 respectively.
Track listing
All compositions by John Stewart.
- "Gold" – 4:26
- "Lost Her in the Sun" – 3:51
- "Runaway Fool of Love" – 2:32
- "Somewhere Down the Line" – 2:52
- "Midnight Wind" – 4:30
- "Over the Hill" – 3:13
- "The Spinnin' of the World" – 1:42
- "Comin' Out of Nowhere" – 2:03
- "Heart of the Dream" – 3:21
- "Hand Your Heart to the Wind" – 3:55
Personnel
- John Stewart – Vocals, Guitar, Kalimba
- Lindsey Buckingham – Guitar, Vocals
- Stevie Nicks – Vocals
- Bryan Garofalo – Bass, Vocals
- Chris Whelan – Bass, Vocals
- David Jackson – Acoustic Bass
- Michael Botts – Drums
- Richard Slosser – Drums
- Gary Weisberg – Drums
- Russ Kunkel – Drums
- Joey Carbone – Keyboards
- Wayne Hunt – Keyboards, Vocals
- Mary Torrey – Vocals
- Buffy Ford Stewart – Vocals
- Christine DeLisle – Vocals
- Mary Kay Place – Vocals
- Joey Harris – Vocals
- Croxey Adams – Vocals
- Dave Guard – Vocals
- Deborah Tompkins – Vocals
- Catherine Guard – Vocals
Additional personnel
- Rich Fitzgerald - executive producer
- Riley Kathryn - album coordination
- Herbert W. Worthington III - photography, album design
- Jack Upston - logo design
- Dave Guard - album title
- Seth Terry - album layout