Careless (album)

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,^[5] and "Save It for a Rainy Day" which made No. 22. The album itself rose to No. 34 on the Billboard albums chart.^[6] Notable contributors to the album include Eric Clapton, Art Garfunkel and Chaka Khan.

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music	[4]

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 – lead vocals (1–8, 10–12), backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 11), acoustic guitar, trombone (3)
• 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 guitar (1, 6)
• Michael Staton – steel guitar (1), backing vocals (1)
• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (2)
• Eric Clapton – slide guitar (4), electric guitar solo (10)
• Jay Graydon – electric guitar (4), acoustic guitar (6)
• Larry Carlton – acoustic guitar (7)
• Tommy Tedesco – mandolin (7)
• Jeff Staton Jones – electric guitar (10), bass (10), backing vocals (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 – backing vocals (2, 10), co-lead vocals (7)
• Art Garfunkel – backing vocals (3, 6, 11)
• Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (11)

Production

• Producers – Stephen Bishop and Henry Lewy
• Engineer – Henry Lewy
• Assistant Engineers – Leslie Jones and Helen Silvani
• Recorded at ABC Recording Studios and A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA).
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Cover and Back Photography – Gary Heery
• Inside Photography – Gary Heery, Patti Boyd Harrison and Charles Villiers.