Blue Guitars is a studio album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. An album with the same title was released in Japan in 1994.
The Japanese release includes two tracks, “Yeh Yeh” and “Natalie”, not found on the American version. The American release includes two tracks, “On Blonde Street” and “Wall Around Your Heart”, not found on the Japanese version. These tracks were produced by Jeff Jones. All others were produced by Andrew Gold. Some track lengths are also substantially different between the two releases
Tracks
1 I Go Numb (Stephen Bishop, Tom Snow, Andrew Gold) 4:12
2 Dive into the Pool of Love (Stephen Bishop, Tom Snow) 4:14
3 On Blonde Street (Stephen Bishop) 5:02
4 When You Love Somebody (Stephen Bishop) 4:33
5 (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet (Freddie Gorman, Bob Hamilton) 3:24
6 Wall Around Your Heart (Stephen Bishop) 5:44
7 The King of Tonga (Stephen Bishop) 3:58
8 Picasso Played a Blue Guitar (Stephen Bishop) 4:33
9 Italian Rain (Stephen Bishop) 4:29
10 Let Your Heart Remember (Stephen Bishop, Jeff Jones) 4:19
11 When Love Was Grand (Stephen Bishop) 3:37
12 Separate Lives (Stephen Bishop) 4:24
13 Rebecca´s Theme (Stephen Bishop) 1:58
Musicians
Drums | Andrew Gold |
Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Acoustic Guitar | Andrew Gold |
Keyboards | Andrew Gold |
Vocals | Stephen Bishop |
Other Musicians
1 I Go Numb
12 String Guitar | Andrew Gold |
2 Dive into the Pool of Love
Guitar | Michael Thompson |
Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
3 On Blonde Street
Drums | Jeff Jones |
Guitar | Jeff Jones |
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
Keyboards | Jeff Jones |
Piano | John Jarvis |
Synthesizer | John Jarvis |
Percussion | Jeff Jones |
4 When You Love Somebody
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
Sax | David Woodford |
Background Vocals | David Crosby |
5 (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet
Background Vocals | Andrew Gold |
6 Wall Around Your Heart
Piano | John Jarvis |
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
8 Picasso Played a Blue Guitar
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
9 Italian Rain
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
Mandolin | Andrew Gold |
Piano | Jon Gilutin |
Piano | Andrew Gold |
Synthesizer | Jon Gilutin |
Synthesizer | Andrew Gold |
Flute | Andrew Gold |
10 Let Your Heart Remember
Background Vocals | Michael McDonald |
Background Vocals | Andrew Gold |
11 When Love Was Grand
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
12 Separate Lives
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
13 Rebecca´s Theme
Acoustic Guitar | Stephen Bishop |
Liner Notes
Producer – Andrew Gold
Digital Editing – Jeff Silverman
Engineer – Andrew Gold, Bill Cooper
Mastered By – Eddie Schreyer
Mixed By – Andrew Gold
Mastered At Future Disc
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pony Canyon Inc.
Copyright (c) – Pony Canyon Inc.
Manufactured By – Pony Canyon Inc.