Tones (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Tones
Type = Album
Artist = Eric Johnson

| Released = 1986
Recorded = August 1985 to November 1985 at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood
Genre = Instrumental Rock
Rock
Length = 45:31
Label = Reprise
Producer = Eric Johnson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:yh9ks30ba39g link]
Last album = "Seven Worlds"
(1978/1998)
This album = "Tones"
(1986)
Next album = "Ah Via Musicom"
(1990)

Tones was Eric Johnson's second solo album. It was released in 1986 by Capitol Records. Some of the tracks are re-recordings of songs from the (at that time) unreleased album "Seven Worlds".

The song "Zap" is dedicated to Frank Zappa.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Johnson except where noted.
# "Soulful Terrain" – 4:15
# "Friends" – 5:35
# "Emerald Eyes" (Johnson, Jay Aaron) – 3:22
# "Off My Mind" – 3:59
# "Desert Song" – 4:19
# "Trail of Tears" (Johnson, Carla Olsen, Stephen Barber) – 6:02
# "Bristol Shore" – 6:39
# "Zap" – 4:42
# "Victory" (Johnson, Roscoe Beck, Tommy Taylor) – 6:38

Personnel

* Eric Johnson - Guitars, Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
* Roscoe Beck - Bass, Six-String Bass
* Tommy Taylor - Drums, Vocals, Percussion
* Stephen Barber - Fairlight CMI, Piano
* Jerry Marotta - Percussion, Vocals
* Jennifer Warnes - Vocals
* David Tickle - Fairlight CMI, Percussion