Bombs Away Dream Babies

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Bombs Away Dream Babies
Bombs Away Dream Babies cover
Studio album by John Stewart
Released 1979
Genre Rock, Pop
Length 35:36
Label RSO Records
Producer John Stewart, Lindsey Buckingham, Rich Fitzgerald
Professional reviews
John Stewart chronology
Fire in the Wind
(1977)		 Bombs Away Dream Babies
(1979)		 Dream Babies Go Hollywood
(1980)

Bombs Away Dream Babies is an album released by John Stewart on the RSO label in 1979. The album peaked at #10 on the Billboard pop chart.

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 counter-point to Stewart's rugged baritone. Nicks' recognisable vocals add weight to the hits "Gold" and "Midnight Wind".

"Gold" reached #5 on the pop chart, while "Midnight Wind" and "Lost Her in the Sun" made #28 and #34 respectively.

[edit] Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

  1. "Gold" – 4:26
  2. "Lost Her in the Sun" – 3:51
  3. "Runaway Fool of Love" – 2:32
  4. "Somewhere Down the Line" – 2:52
  5. "Midnight Wind" – 4:30
  6. "Over the Hill" – 3:13
  7. "The Spinnin' of the World" – 1:42
  8. "Comin' Out of Nowhere" – 2:03
  9. "Heart of the Dream" – 3:21
  10. "Hand Your to the Wind" – 3:56

[edit] Personnel

  • John Stewart – Vocals, Guitar, Kalimba
  • Lindsey Buckingham – Guitar, Vocals
  • Stevie Nicks – Vocals
  • Brian 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

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