''Bloom'' is

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's fifth studio release, released in June 2005. It was the first studio release since his 1996 album ''

Venus Isle ''Venus Isle'' is the third studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released on September 3, 1996, through Capitol Records. The album reached No. 51 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200,Alien Love Child entitled ''

Live and Beyond ''Live And Beyond'' is the first, live album by Eric Johnson's side-project Alien Love Child. The album was recorded in 2000, Texas and features Chris Maresh on bass guitar and Bill Maddox on drums with guest vocals by Malford Milligan. It al ...

'' in 2000, as well as two albums of previously unreleased material: ''

Seven Worlds ''Seven Worlds'' is a 1998 solo album by Eric Johnson. It contains songs recorded between 1976 and 1978 – after disbanding with his previous band The Electromagnets – that were intended to be Johnson's first solo album. Due to various disput ...

'' in 1998 and ''

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'' 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

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in 2006 under the category of

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Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. *''Prelude'' #"Bloom" – 3:10 #"Summer Jam" – 2:11 #"

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" (

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) – 3:47 #"Good to Me" – 4:31
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– 2:22 #"12 to 12 Vibe" – 2:21 *''Courante'' #

"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 *''Allemande'' #

"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 * Chris Maresh - Bass *

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- 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 - Harmonica * Barry "Frosty" Smith - Drums * Jody Lazo - Vocals * Tom Burrit - Percussion *

Adrian Legg Adrian Legg (born 16 May 1948) is an English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize". He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the re ...

- Guitar * Brad Evilsizer - Percussion *

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- Vocals * Rich Harvey - Acoustic Piano * Lisa Tingle - Vocals

Awards and nominations

External links

Guitar Gardening With Eric Johnson - Bloom Album Review

References

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