Bloom (Eric Johnson album)

Bloom is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album Venus Isle almost nine years prior. However in these nine years he had released a live album by his side-project Alien Love Child entitled Live and Beyond in 2000 as well as an album of previously unreleased material titled Souvenir in 2002.

The album is split into three sections, 'Prelude' (tracks 1-6), 'Courante' (tracks 7-12) and 'Allemande' (tracks 13-16). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006 under the category of Best Pop Instrumental Album.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Johnson, except where noted.

• Prelude

1. "Bloom" – 3:10
2. "Summer Jam" – 2:11
3. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:47
4. "Good to Me" – 4:31
5. "Columbia" – 2:22
6. "12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21

• Courante

7. "Sea Secret" – 1:57
8. "Sad Legacy" – 4:06
9. "From My Heart" - 7:26
10. "Cruise the Nile" - 2:13
11. "Tribute to Jerry Reed" – 2:27
12. "Your Sweet Eyes" – 6:08

• Allemande

13. "Hesitant" – 6:28
14. "Sunnaround You" – 3:07
15. "Magnetized" – 3:21
16. "Ciel" – 3:26

Personnel

• Eric Johnson - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Classical), Piano, Pedal Steel, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Sitar (Electric), Bass, Synth, Rhodes Electric Piano
• Chris Maresh - Bass
• C. Roscoe Beck - Bass
• Steve Barber - Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Moog Synth
• Bill Maddox - Percussion, Drums
• James Fenner - Percussion
• Tal Bergman - Drums
• Tony Phillips - Drums, Bass, Synth
• Richard Mullen - Engineer
• Tommy Taylor - Percussion, Drums
• Tom Brechtlein - Drums
• Salvatore Banzai La Rocca - Harp
• Barry "Frosty" Smith - Drums
• Jody Lazo - Vocals
• Tom Burrit - Percussion
• Adrian Legg - Guitar
• Brad Evilsizer - Percussion
• Shawn Colvin - Vocals
• Rich Harvey - Acoustic Piano
• Lisa Tingle - Vocals

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

External links

• Guitar Gardening With Eric Johnson - Bloom Album Review

References