Bombs Away Dream Babies

1979 studio album by John Stewart

Studio album by

John Stewart

Released

May 1979

Studio

Filmways and Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood; Larrabee Sound Studios; Village Recorder, Los Angeles

Genre

Rock, pop

Length

35:36

Label

RSO

Producer

John Stewart, Lindsey Buckingham

John Stewart chronology

Fire in the Wind
(1977)

Bombs Away Dream Babies
(1979)

John Stewart in Concert
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Bombs Away Dream Babies is an album by John Stewart that was released by RSO Records in 1979. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard album chart^[2] and yielded three Top 40 singles: "Gold" (No. 5), "Midnight Wind" (No. 28), and "Lost Her in the Sun" (No. 34).^[3] This was the bestselling album of Stewart's career.^[1]

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, both of Fleetwood Mac, appeared on the album. Nicks sang background vocals. Buckingham sang, played guitar, and co-produced.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart.

"Gold" – 4:26
"Lost Her in the Sun" – 3:51
"Runaway Fool of Love" – 2:32
"Somewhere Down the Line" – 2:52
"Midnight Wind" – 4:30
"Over the Hill" – 3:13
"The Spinnin' of the World" – 1:42
"Comin' Out of Nowhere" – 2:03
"Heart of the Dream" – 3:21
"Hand Your Heart to the Wind" – 3:55

Personnel

John Stewart – vocals, guitar, kalimba
Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, vocals
Stevie Nicks – vocals
Joey Harris – guitar, vocals
Joey Carbone – keyboards
Wayne Hunt – keyboards, vocals
Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar, vocals
David Jackson – bass guitar
Chris Whelan – bass guitar, vocals
Buffy Ford Stewart – vocals
Mary Kay Place – vocals
Croxey Adams – vocals
Dave Guard – vocals
Catherine Guard – vocals
Christine DeLisle – vocals
Deborah Tompkins – vocals
Mary Torrey – vocals
Russ Kunkel – drums
Mike Botts – drums
Rick Shlosser – drums
Gary Weisberg – drums^[4]

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Adams, Bret. "Bombs Away Dream Babies". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "Jon Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "John Stewart - Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "Bombs Away Dream Babies - John Stewart | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 294. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.