Blue Guitars (Stephen Bishop album)

Blue Guitars is a studio album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. An album with the same title was released in Japan in 1994.

Blue Guitars
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 1996[1]
GenrePop
Length54:28
LabelFoundation
ProducerAndrew Gold, Jeff Jones
Stephen Bishop chronology
On and On: The Hits of Stephen Bishop
(1994)
Blue Guitars
(1996)
An Introduction to Stephen Bishop
(1997)
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Review scores
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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.[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by Stephen Bishop, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Go Numb"Bishop, Tom Snow, Andrew Gold4:12
2."Dive into the Pool of Love"Bishop, Snow4:14
3."On Blonde Street" 5:02
4."When You Love Somebody" 4:33
5."(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet"Freddie Gorman, Bob Hamilton3:24
6."Wall Around Your Heart" 5:44
7."The King of Tonga" 3:58
8."Picasso Played a Blue Guitar" 4:33
9."Italian Rain" 4:29
10."Let Your Heart Remember"Bishop, Jeff Jones4:19
11."When Love Was Grand" 3:38
12."Separate Lives" (acoustic version) 4:24
13."R's Theme" 1:58

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Blue Guitars 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. ^ "Stephen Bishop – Blue Guitars (1994, CD)". Discogs.
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