Earth & Sky (album)

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Earth & Sky
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Studio album by
Graham Nash
Released15 February 1980
StudioBritannia Studios (Los Angeles, California); Sound Labs (Hollywood, California); Devonshire Studios (Burbank, California): Rudy Records and Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California).
Genre Rock, pop
Length35:24
Label Capitol
Producer Graham Nash, Stanley Johnston
Graham Nash chronology
Wild Tales
(1974)		Earth & Sky
(1980)		 Innocent Eyes
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Earth & Sky is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash. [2] It was released in February 1980 on Capitol Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Nash, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Earth & Sky"3:35
2."Love Has Come"3:27
3."Out on the Island"4:20
4."Skychild"3:55
5."Helicopter Song"2:47
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Barrel of Pain" 5:16
2."TV Guide"Nash, Joe Vitale 1:54
3."It's All Right" 3:14
4."Magical Child" 3:42
5."In the 80's" 3:04

Personnel

Additional Personnel

  • David Lindley – acoustic guitar (10); rhythm guitar (1); lead guitar (4, 6); Hawaiian guitar (3)
  • Stephen Stills – rhythm guitar (5)
  • Joe Walsh – rhythm guitar (1); lead guitar (1, 5)
  • David Crosby – acoustic guitar (3); backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Joel Bernstein – acoustic guitar (2, 8), backing vocals (3)
  • Steve Lukather – lead guitar (2)
  • Danny Kortchmar – acoustic guitar (8, 10); rhythm guitar (2, 5); guitar solo (6)
  • John Brennan – rhythm guitar (2)
  • Craig Doerge – piano (1, 5, 8–10), electric piano (2, 3, 7, 8), organ (6, 8, 10), string arrangements (5), string writing (9)
  • Joe Vitale – piano (7); organ (4); synthesizers (7); drums (1, 5, 6, 10); flute (1); timpani (5); string arrangements (7)
  • Tim Drummond – bass guitar (1–4, 6–8, 10), six-string bass guitar (1, 10)
  • George Perry – bass guitar (5)
  • Russ Kunkel – drums (2–4, 6–8); percussion (1 - 3)
  • Joe Lala – percussion (5)
  • Jackson Nash – harmonica (9)
  • Cece Bullard – backing vocals (1)
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals (2)
  • Armando Hurley – backing vocals (2)
  • Nicolette Larson – backing vocals (2)
  • Gloria Coleman – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Brenda Eager – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Cleo Kennedy – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (5)
  • Tim Barr – strings (5, 7)
  • Debra Pearson – strings (5)
  • Daniel Smith – strings (5, 7)
  • Kevan Torfeh – strings (5, 7, 9)
  • Deborah Yamak – strings (5, 7)
  • Rhonni Hallman – strings (7)
  • Jean Hugo – strings (7)
  • Peter Kent – strings (7)
  • Sid Page – strings (7, 9)
  • Debra Price – strings (7)
  • Julie Rosenfeld – strings (7)
  • Carol Shive – strings (7)
  • Vicki Sylvester – strings (7)
  • Margaret Wooten – strings (7)
  • Ruth Kahn – strings (9)
  • Wayne Goodwin – string arrangements (5, 9), orchestration (7), conductor (5, 7), string writing (9), string director (9)
  • Glen Rosecrans – music preparation (5, 7, 9)

Production Personnel

  • Graham Nash – producer
  • Stanley Johnston – producer, engineer
  • Howard Albert – engineer
  • Ron Albert – engineer
  • Steve Gursky – engineer
  • Jerry Hudgins – engineer
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Joel Bernstein – art direction, photography
  • Gary Burden – art direction
  • Color Service, Inc. – artwork

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs [3] 117
Canadian RPM 100 Albums [4]
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [5] 106
US Record World Album Chart [6] 104

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References

  1. ↑ Planer, Lindsay. Earth & Sky at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 496.
  3. ↑ "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (16 April 2013). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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