Earth & Sky (album)

Earth & Sky
Studio album by Graham Nash
Released	15 February 1980
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
Graham Nash chronology
Wild Tales (1974) Earth & Sky (1980) Innocent Eyes (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Earth & Sky is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash.[2] It was released in February 1980 on Capitol Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Nash, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Earth & Sky"	3:35
2.	"Love Has Come"	3:27
3.	"Out on the Island"	4:20
4.	"Skychild"	3:55
5.	"Helicopter Song"	2:47

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Barrel of Pain"		5:16
2.	"TV Guide"	Nash, Joe Vitale	1:54
3.	"It's All Right"		3:14
4.	"Magical Child"		3:42
5.	"In the 80's"		3:04

Personnel

• 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

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs[3]	117
Canadian RPM 100 Albums[4]
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[5]	106
US Record World Album Chart[6]	104

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Earth & Sky at AllMusic
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 496.
3. "Stephen Stills". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
4. Canada, Library and Archives (16 April 2013). "The RPM story". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
5. "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.