Blondes is a Studio Album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released in 1982 by folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musician John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

, former member of the Kingston Trio. The LP was released with slightly different track listings in the US and in Sweden.

The liner notes of the US release states:

"This record is dedicated to John S. Stewart"

The Swedish album was released on Polydor and is credited to "John Stewart with Chuck McDermott". The Swedish release contains remixes of all the songs from the US release except "Angeles" which is not included at all. It also contains the following additional songs: "All The Desperate Men", "Same Old Heart" and "When The Night Was Ours" .

Track listing (US release)

All compositions by John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

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• Side one

1. "Tall Blondes" – 3:02
2. "The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
3. "Girl Down the River" – 4:35
4. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 3:52
5. "Judy in G Major" – 3:57
   • Side two
6. "You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:52
7. "Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 3:45
8. "Blonde Star" – 4:02
9. "Golden Gate" – 3:46
10. "Angeles (City of The Angels)"* – 5:23

Running time: 40:17

(* denotes track not released on the Swedish release)

Track listing (Swedish release)

All compositions by John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

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• Side one

1. "All the Despreate Men"* – 3:37
2. "Tall Blondes" – 3:05
3. "The Queen of Hollywood High" – 4:03
4. "Girl Down the River" – 4:38
5. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia" – 4:04
6. "Judy in G Major" – 3:55
   • Side two
7. "You Won't Be Going Home" – 3:55
8. "Jenny was a Dream Girl" – 4:11
9. "Same Old Heart"* – 3:55
10. "When The Night was Ours"* – 3:06
11. "Golden Gate" – 4:26
12. "Blonde Star" – 4:07

Running time: 47:02

(* denotes tracks not released on the US release)

The Complete Blondes

In 2003 John Stewart reissued all the tracks from both the US and the Swedish releases on a CD on his own label Neon Dreams.

1. "Tall Blondes"
2. "The Queen of Hollywood High"
3. "Girl Down the River"
4. "The Eyes of Sweet Virginia"
5. "Judy in G Major"
6. "You Won't Be Going Home"
7. "Jenny Was a Dream Girl"
8. "Blonde Star"
9. "Golden Gate"
10. "Angeles (The City of the Angels)"
11. "All the Desperate Men"
12. "Same Old Heart"
13. "When the Night Was Ours"

Personnel

• John Stewart - Vocals, lead guitars, bass
• Chuck McDermott - Vocals, rhythm guitars
• Bill Mutter - Drums, percussion
• Chris Whalen - Bass
• Roy Ohari - Bass
• Lindsey Buckingham
  Lindsey Buckingham
  Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...
  
   - Background vocals on "Jenny was a Dream Girl"
• Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt
  Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
  
  - Background vocals on "The Queen of Hollywood High"
• Larry Greenstein - Percussion
• Dennis Kenmore - Percussion

Additional personnel

• Chuck McDermott - production assistant
• Larry Greenstein - recording
• Kim Harwood - front and back cover photographs

External links

• John Stewart's Official Website
• Review of the Essential Kingston Trio