Earth & Sky (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Earth & Sky

| type = Studio album

| artist = Graham Nash

| cover = earthskiesgn.jpg

| alt =

| released = 15 February 1980

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Britannia Studios (Los Angeles, California); Sound Labs (Hollywood, California); Devonshire Studios (Burbank, California): Rudy Records and Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California).

| genre = Rock, pop

| length = 35:24

| label = Capitol

| producer = Graham Nash, Stanley Johnston

| prev_title = Wild Tales

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Innocent Eyes

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45338|first=Lindsay|last=Planer}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=496}}

}}

Earth & Sky is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash. It was released in February 1980 on Capitol Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Nash, except where noted.

{{Track listing|

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Earth & Sky

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Love Has Come

| length2 = 3:27

| title3 = Out on the Island

| length3 = 4:20

| title4 = Skychild

| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Helicopter Song

| length5 = 2:47

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Barrel of Pain

| length1 = 5:16

| title2 = TV Guide

| writer2 = Nash, Joe Vitale

| length2 = 1:54

| title3 = It's All Right

| length3 = 3:14

| title4 = Magical Child

| length4 = 3:42

| title5 = In the 80's

| length5 = 3:04

}}

Personnel

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  • Graham Nash – lead vocals; acoustic guitar (2, 3); rhythm guitar (4, 6); electric guitar (9); electric piano (1); organ (5); harmonica (9); string arrangements (9); string writing (9)

= Additional Personnel =

  • David Lindley – acoustic guitar (10); rhythm guitar (1); lead guitar (4, 6); Hawaiian guitar (3)
  • Stephen Stills – rhythm guitar (5)
  • Joe Walsh – rhythm guitar (1); lead guitar (1, 5)
  • David Crosby – acoustic guitar (3); backing vocals (2, 5)
  • Joel Bernstein – acoustic guitar (2, 8), backing vocals (3)
  • Steve Lukather – lead guitar (2)
  • Danny Kortchmar – acoustic guitar (8, 10); rhythm guitar (2, 5); guitar solo (6)
  • John Brennan – rhythm guitar (2)
  • Craig Doerge – piano (1, 5, 8–10), electric piano (2, 3, 7, 8), organ (6, 8, 10), string arrangements (5), string writing (9)
  • Joe Vitale – piano (7); organ (4); synthesizers (7); drums (1, 5, 6, 10); flute (1); timpani (5); string arrangements (7)
  • Tim Drummond – bass guitar (1–4, 6–8, 10), six-string bass guitar (1, 10)
  • George Perry – bass guitar (5)
  • Russ Kunkel – drums (2–4, 6–8); percussion (1 - 3)
  • Joe Lala – percussion (5)
  • Jackson Nash – harmonica (9)
  • Cece Bullard – backing vocals (1)
  • Jackson Browne – backing vocals (2)
  • Armando Hurley – backing vocals (2)
  • Nicolette Larson – backing vocals (2)
  • Gloria Coleman – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Brenda Eager – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Cleo Kennedy – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (5)
  • Tim Barr – strings (5, 7)
  • Debra Pearson – strings (5)
  • Daniel Smith – strings (5, 7)
  • Kevan Torfeh – strings (5, 7, 9)
  • Deborah Yamak – strings (5, 7)
  • Rhonni Hallman – strings (7)
  • Jean Hugo – strings (7)
  • Peter Kent – strings (7)
  • Sid Page – strings (7, 9)
  • Debra Price – strings (7)
  • Julie Rosenfeld – strings (7)
  • Carol Shive – strings (7)
  • Vicki Sylvester – strings (7)
  • Margaret Wooten – strings (7)
  • Ruth Kahn – strings (9)
  • Wayne Goodwin – string arrangements (5, 9), orchestration (7), conductor (5, 7), string writing (9), string director (9)
  • Glen Rosecrans – music preparation (5, 7, 9)

= Production Personnel =

  • Graham Nash – producer
  • Stanley Johnston – producer, engineer
  • Howard Albert – engineer
  • Ron Albert – engineer
  • Steve Gursky – engineer
  • Jerry Hudgins – engineer
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Joel Bernstein – art direction, photography
  • Gary Burden – art direction
  • Color Service, Inc. – artwork

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Charts

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!Chart (1980)

!Peak

position

US Billboard Top LPs{{Cite web|title=Stephen Stills|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/stephen-stills|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Billboard}}

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Canadian RPM 100 Albums{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Library and Archives|date=2013-04-16|title=The RPM story|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/rpm-story.aspx|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}

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US Cash Box Top 100 Albums{{Cite web|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|access-date=2020-07-05|website=worldradiohistory.com}}

| align="center" |106

US Record World Album Chart{{Cite web|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_World.htm|access-date=2020-07-05|website=worldradiohistory.com}}

| align="center" |104

References

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Category:1980 albums

Category:Graham Nash albums

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Category:Capitol Records albums

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