Bish | ||||
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Studio album by Stephen Bishop | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | Cherokee Studios (Hollywood, CA); Criteria Recording Studios (Miami, FL). | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 44:25 | |||
Label | ABC Records | |||
Producer | Stephen Bishop | |||
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AllMusic | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
Bish is the second album by singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. It includes one single, "Everybody Needs Love", which peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number five on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. It reached number two on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. The album itself rose to No. 35 on the Billboard pop albums chart.
Notable contributors to the album include Art Garfunkel, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole and Michael McDonald. At the end of the track "Vagabond from Heaven", a large group, "The Whistling Bishettes", is heard. The group includes several famous non-musicians: actress Carrie Fisher, film director John Landis and then-Rolling Stone writer Cameron Crowe.
Three years earlier, Garfunkel had recorded "Looking For the Right One." His original rendition of Bishop's composition was included as the B-side of his 1975 cover hit, "I Only Have Eyes For You" (U.S. #18, #1 AC).
All songs written by Stephen Bishop, except where noted.
Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker wrote, "Stephen Bishop's second album is so ambitious and self-assured that it's easy to overlook the chances it takes." Adding that it's "mixture of sentiment and aggressiveness... makes it so intriguing a pop disc." Concluding that "Stephen Bishop is well on his way, and he possesses something all his exemplars lack: a serenely nutty sense of humor."