- Source: Blondes (John Stewart album)
Blondes is a studio album released in 1982 by folk musician John Stewart, former member of The Kingston Trio. The LP was released with slightly different track listings in the US and in Sweden.
The liner notes of the US release states:
"This record is dedicated to John S. Stewart"
The Swedish album was released on Polydor and is credited to "John Stewart with Chuck McDermott". The Swedish release contains remixes of all the songs from the US release except "Angeles" which is not included at all. It also contains the following additional songs: "All The Desperate Men", "Same Old Heart" and "When The Night Was Ours".
Track listing (US release)
All compositions by John Stewart.
Side one
"Tall Blondes" – 3:02
"The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
"Girl Down the River" – 4:35
"The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 3:52
"Judy in G Major" – 3:57
Side two
"You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:52
"Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 3:45
"Blonde Star" – 4:02
"Golden Gate" – 3:46
"Angeles (City of The Angels)"* – 5:23
Running time: 40:17
(* denotes track not released on the Swedish release)
Track listing (Swedish release)
All compositions by John Stewart.
Side one
"All the Desperate Men"* – 3:37
"Tall Blondes" – 3:05
"The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
"Girl Down the River" – 4:38
"The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 4:04
"Judy in G Major" – 3:55
Side two
"You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:55
"Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 4:11
"Same Old Heart"* – 3:55
"When The Night was Ours"* – 3:06
"Golden Gate" – 4:26
"Blonde Star" – 4:07
Running time: 47:02
(* denotes tracks not released on the US release)
The Complete Blondes
In 2003 John Stewart reissued all the tracks from both the US and the Swedish releases on a CD on his own label Neon Dreams.
"Tall Blondes"
"The Queen of Hollywood High"
"Girl Down the River"
"The Eyes of Sweet Virginia"
"Judy in G Major"
"You Won't Be Going Home"
"Jenny Was a Dream Girl"
"Blonde Star"
"Golden Gate"
"Angeles (The City of the Angels)"
"All the Desperate Men"
"Same Old Heart"
"When the Night Was Ours"
Personnel
John Stewart – vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar
Chuck McDermott – vocals, rhythm guitar
Chris Whalen – bass guitar
Roy Ohari – bass guitar
Bill Mutter – drums, percussion
Larry Greenstein – percussion
Dennis Kenmore – percussion
Lindsey Buckingham – background vocals on "Jenny was a Dream Girl"
Linda Ronstadt – background vocals on "The Queen of Hollywood High"
Additional personnel
Chuck McDermott – production assistant
Larry Greenstein – recording
Kim Harwood – front and back cover photographs
External links
John Stewart's Official Website