Bloom (Eric Johnson album)

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

| Released = June 2005
Recorded = At Saucer Sound,
Surfland,
One Good Ear,
Studio B,
No Favors
Genre = Instrumental Rock
Length = 59:08
Label = Favored Nations
Producer = Eric Johnson
Richard Mullen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:anu1z81a5yv5 link] | Last album = "Souvenir"
(2002)
This album = "Bloom"
(2005)
Next album = "Live from Austin, TX"
(2005)

"Bloom" is Eric Johnson's fourth studio release, released in June 2005. 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 an album of previously unreleased material entitled 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.
# "Bloom" – 3:10
# "Summer Jam" – 2:11
# "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 3:47
# "Good to Me" – 4:31
# " [http://www.premierguitar.com/magazine/Issue/2008/Mar/Eric_Johnsons_NASA_Tone.aspx Columbia] " – 2:22
# "12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21
# "Sea Secret" – 1:57
# "Sad Legacy" – 4:06
# "From My Heart" - 7:26
# "Cruise the Nile" - 2:13
# "Tribute to Jerry Reed" – 2:27
# "Your Sweet Eyes" – 6:08
# "Hesitant" – 6:28
# "Sunnaround You" – 3:07
# "Magnetized" – 3:21
# "Ciel" – 3:26

Personnel

* Eric Johnson - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Classical), Piano, Pedal Steel, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Sitar (Electric), Bass, Synth, Rhodes Electric Piano
* [http://www.bassplayer.com/article/chris-maresh-accompanying/nov-05/14758 Chris Maresh] - Bass
* C. Roscoe Beck - Bass
* Steve Barber - Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Moog Synth
* Bill Maddox - Percussion, Drums
* James Fenner - Percussion
* Tal Bergman - Drums
* Tony Phillips - Drums, Bass, Synth
* Richard Mullen - Engineer
* Tommy Taylor - Percussion, Drums
* Tom Brechtlein - Drums
* Salvatore Banzai La Rocca - Harp
* Barry "Frosty" Smith - Drums
* Jody Lazo - Vocals
* Tom Burrit - Percussion
* Adrian Legg - Guitar
* Brad Evilsizer - Percussion
* Shawn Colvin - Vocals
* Rich Harvey - Acoustic Piano
* Lisa Tingle - Vocals

Awards

Grammy Awards