Bloom (Eric Johnson album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Bloom

| type = studio

| artist = Eric Johnson

| cover = Bloom (Eric Johnson album).jpg

| alt =

| released = June 14, 2005

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Saucer Sound, Surfland, One Good Ear, Studio B, No Favors

| genre = Rock, instrumental rock

| length = 59:08

| label = Favored Nations

| producer = Eric Johnson
Richard Mullen

| prev_title = Souvenir

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Live from Austin, TX

| next_year = 2005

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r744074 |title=Bloom - Eric Johnson | AllMusic |first=Greg |last=Prato |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=2 July 2011}}

}}

Bloom is Eric Johnson's fifth studio release, released in June 2005.{{cite web|title=Eric Johnson Interview|url=http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/eric-johnson-219|work=Guitarhoo!|publisher=Guitarhoo.com|accessdate=May 8, 2014|date=May 1, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508222801/http://www.guitarhoo.com/interviews/eric-johnson-219|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} 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 two albums of previously unreleased material: Seven Worlds in 1998 and 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.