Bloom (Eric Johnson album)

Bloom
Studio album by Eric Johnson
Released	June 14, 2005 [1]
Studio	Saucer Sound Studios and Surfland (Austin, Texas) One Good Ear (Los Angeles, California) No Favors Studio (Studio City, California) RCA Studio B and Kampo Studios (New York City, New York) Minutia Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Rock, instrumental rock
Length	59:08
Label	Favored Nations
Producer	Eric Johnson Richard Mullen
Eric Johnson chronology
Souvenir (2002) Bloom (2005) Live from Austin, TX (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Bloom is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. ^[2] 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 two albums of previously unreleased material: Seven Worlds in 1998 and 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 – acoustic piano (1, 3, 8, 9, 14, 16), guitars (1-15), bass (1, 2, 6), backing vocals (1), lap steel guitar (3, 4, 7, 12), vocals (3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14), synthesizers (7-9, 12, 16), percussion (7), electric sitar (10), Rhodes electric piano (13, 14), classical guitar (16)
• Rich Harney – acoustic piano (13)
• Adrian Legg – guitar solo (11)
• Chris Maresh – bass (3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15), acoustic bass (10)
• Tony Phillips – bass (4), drums (4), synthesizers (5, 8, 10)
• Roscoe Beck – bass (11, 13, 14)
• Tal Bergman – drums (1)
• Tommy Taylor – drums (2, 4, 5, 12), percussion (3)
• Bill Maddox – drums (3, 8, 12, 15), drum loops (10), percussion (15)
• Tom Brechtlein – drums (6, 11, 13, 14)
• Barry "Frosty" Smith – drums (9)
• Richard Mullen – drum programming (12)
• James Fenner – percussion (5, 6, 9)
• Thomas Burrit – percussion (10)
• Brad Evilsizer – percussion (12)
• Salvatore Banzai La Rocca – mouth harp (4)
• Stephen Barber – additional vocals (4), acoustic piano (13), Moog synthesizer (14)
• Jody Lazo – vocals (10)
• Shawn Colvin – vocals (12), backing vocals (12)
• Lisa Tingle – vocals (14)

Production

• Eric Johnson – producer
• Richard Mullen – producer, recording, mixing (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16)
• Tal Bergman – recording
• Bobby Cochran – recording
• Bill Maddox – recording
• Tony Phillips – recording, mixing (4, 5, 8-10)
• Pat Dillett – mixing (1)
• Gary Pacsoza – mixing (11)
• Thomas Johnson – mix assistant (11)
• Dustin Sears – technician
• Jeff Van Zandt – technician
• UE Nastasi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Max Crace – design, photography
• Anne Daniels – paper artwork
• Steve Shaw – flower artwork
• Joe Priesnitz – management

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominated	Category
2006	Eric Johnson	Best Pop Instrumental Album

External links

• Guitar Gardening With Eric Johnson - Bloom Album Review

References

1. Prato, Greg (2011). "Bloom - Eric Johnson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
2. "Eric Johnson Interview". Guitarhoo!. Guitarhoo.com. May 1, 2006. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.