Careless (album)

Careless
Studio album by Stephen Bishop
Released	October 1976
Studios	ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) A&M Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genres	Pop, soft rock
Length	39:17
Labels	ABC, Los Angeles, California
Producers	Henry Lewy Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop chronology
Careless (1976) Bish (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C+
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music

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, and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart. 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 – 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)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)	54
US Billboard 200	34