24 Carrots

Studio album by Al Stewart

Released

20 August 1980

Recorded

May 1980 at Davlen Studios, Los Angeles

Genre

Rock

Length

41:14

Label

Europe: RCA
US: Arista(original release)
Razor & Tie (1994 reissue)
Collectors' Choice Music (2007 reissue)

Producer

Chris Desmond, Al Stewart

Al Stewart chronology

Time Passages
(1978)

24 Carrots
(1980)

Live/Indian Summer
(1981)

24 Carrots is the ninth studio album by Al Stewart, released in 1980. This is Stewart's first album with his new band Shot in the Dark. Tracks 1-4 are co-written with Peter White. The single "Midnight Rocks" reached the top 30 on the Billboard charts in 1980, reaching #24. Two other singles were released from the album (Mondo Sinistro and Paint By Numbers). The album has been re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks.

Three music videos were created for the singles, with them featuring Stewart and backing band Shot in the Dark playing in a typical band set-up, although the Mondo Sinistro video also featured Stewart in some quirky scenes on a restaurant location.

Track listing

1980 Original LP edition

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Running Man"	5:12
2.	"Midnight Rocks"	3:57
3.	"Constantinople"	4:44
4.	"Merlin's Time"	2:43
5.	"Mondo Sinistro"	3:07

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Murmansk Run/Ellis Island"	7:18
2.	"Rocks in the Ocean"	5:15
3.	"Paint by Numbers"	5:29
4.	"Optical Illusion"	3:24

1994 Razor & Tie edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Here in Angola"	4:39
2.	"Pandora"	4:37
3.	"Indian Summer"	3:33

2007 Collector's Choice Music edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Candy Came Back"	3:44
2.	"The Ringing of Bells"	4:15
3.	"Tonton Macoute"	4:11

Personnel

Al Stewart - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer
Peter White - Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer
Adam Yurman - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Robin Lamble - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
Krysia Kristianne - Backing Vocals
Bryan Savage - Alto Sax, Flute
Harry Stinson - Backing Vocals
Ken Nicol - Backing Vocals
Robert Marlette - Keyboards, Synthesizer
Russell Kunkel - Drums
Mark Sanders - Drums
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Steve Chapman - Drums
Beau Segal - Drums
Lenny Castro - Congas
Robin Williamson - Mandocello
Sylvia Woods - Celtic Harp
Jerry Mcmillan - Violin

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Albums	37

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"Midnight Rocks"	Singles	24

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 24 Carrots reviewallmusic.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-17.

Al Stewart

Studio albums	Bed-Sitter Images (1967) Love Chronicles (1969) Zero She Flies (1970) Orange (1972) Past, Present and Future (1973) Modern Times (1975) Year of the Cat (1976) Time Passages (1978) 24 Carrots (1980) Russians & Americans (1984) Last Days of the Century (1988) Famous Last Words (1993) Between the Wars (1995) Down in the Cellar (2000) A Beach Full of Shells (2005) Sparks of Ancient Light (2008)

Live albums	Live/Indian Summer (1981) Rhymes in Rooms (1992) Uncorked (2009)

Singles	The Elf (1966) Bedsitter Images (1967) Electric Los Angeles Sunset (1970) The News From Spain (1971) Amsterdam (1972) You Don't Even Know Me (1972) Terminal Eyes (1973) Nostradamus (1974) Carol (1975) Year of the Cat (1976) On The Border (1977) Time Passages (1978) Song on the Radio (1979) Midnight Rocks (1980) Mondo Sinistro (1980) Paint By Numbers (1980) Lori, Don't Go Right Now (1984) King of Portugal (1988) Don't Forget Me (1993) Class of '58 (2005)