Tones (album)

Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's (at that time) unreleased first album, Seven Worlds (1998). "Zap" would later receive a Grammy Award nomination in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Eric Johnson, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Soulful Terrain"	4:16
2.	"Friends"	5:34
3.	"Emerald Eyes" (Johnson, Jay Aaron)	3:23
4.	"Off My Mind"	4:01
5.	"Desert Song"	4:15
6.	"Trail of Tears" (Johnson, Carla Olson, Stephen Barber)	6:01
7.	"Bristol Shore"	6:41
8.	"Zap"	4:43
9.	"Victory" (Johnson, Roscoe Beck, Tommy Taylor)	6:37
Total length:		45:31

Eric Johnson – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, arrangement
Tommy Taylor – vocals, drums, percussion, arrangement
Jerry Marotta – vocals, percussion
Stephen Barber – Fairlight CMI, piano, arrangement
David Tickle – Fairlight CMI, programming, percussion, arrangement, engineering, mixing, production
Roscoe Beck – bass guitar, double bass, arrangement
Jennifer Warnes – background vocals
Bill Maddox – arrangement
Kyle Brock – arrangement
Rob Alexander – arrangement
Steve Meador – arrangement
Vince Mariani – arrangement
Jay Aaron – arrangement
Tony Berg – arrangement
David Ahlert – engineering

Eric Johnson

Studio albums	Seven Worlds (1978) · Tones (1986) · Ah Via Musicom (1990) · Venus Isle (1996) · Souvenir (2002) · Bloom (2005) · Up Close (2010)

Live albums	G3: Live in Concert (1997) · Live from Austin, TX (2005)

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