Blondes (album)

Blondes
Studio album by John Stewart
Released 1982
Genre Folk
Length 40:17
Label

Allegiance (US release)

Polydor (Swedish release)
Producer John Stewart
John Stewart chronology
Dream Babies Go Hollywood
(1980)		 Blondes
(1982)		 Revenge Of The Budgie
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Blondes is a Studio Album released in 1982 by folk musician John Stewart, former member of the Kingston Trio. The LP was released with slightly different track listings in the US and in Sweden.

The liner notes of the US release states:

"This record is dedicated to John S. Stewart"

The Swedish album was released on Polydor and is credited to "John Stewart with Chuck McDermott". The Swedish release contains remixes of all the songs from the US release except "Angeles" which is not included at all. It also contains the following additional songs: "All The Desperate Men", "Same Old Heart" and "When The Night Was Ours" [2].

Contents

Track listing (US release)

All compositions by John Stewart.

  1. "Tall Blondes" – 3:02
  2. "The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
  3. "Girl Down the River" – 4:35
  4. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 3:52
  5. "Judy in G Major" – 3:57
  1. "You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:52
  2. "Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 3:45
  3. "Blonde Star" – 4:02
  4. "Golden Gate" – 3:46
  5. "Angeles (City of The Angels)"* – 5:23

Running time: 40:17

(* denotes track not released on the Swedish release)

Track listing (Swedish release)

All compositions by John Stewart.

  1. "All the Despreate Men"* – 3:37
  2. "Tall Blondes" – 3:05
  3. "The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
  4. "Girl Down the River" – 4:38
  5. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 4:04
  6. "Judy in G Major" – 3:55
  1. "You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:55
  2. "Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 4:11
  3. "Same Old Heart"* – 3:55
  4. "When The Night was Ours"* – 3:06
  5. "Golden Gate" – 4:26
  6. "Blonde Star" – 4:07

Running time: 47:02

(* denotes tracks not released on the US release)

The Complete Blondes

In 2003 John Stewart reissued all the tracks from both the US and the Swedish releases on a CD on his own label Neon Dreams.

  1. "Tall Blondes"
  2. "The Queen of Hollywood High"
  3. "Girl Down the River"
  4. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia"
  5. "Judy in G Major"
  6. "You Won't Be Going Home"
  7. "Jenny Was a Dream Girl"
  8. "Blonde Star"
  9. "Golden Gate"
  10. "Angeles (The City of the Angels)"
  11. "All the Desperate Men"
  12. "Same Old Heart"
  13. "When the Night Was Ours"

Personnel

Additional personnel

External links

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Benjamin Blake, Jack Rubeck and Allan Shaw, The Kingston Trio on Record, pp. 235-236, 1986, ISBN 0-9614594-0-9