Earth & Sky(album)

Earth & Skyis the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriterGraham Nash.It was released in February 1980 on Capitol Records.

Earth & Sky
Studio albumby Graham Nash
Released	15 February 1980
Studio	Britannia Studios (Los Angeles, California); Sound Labs (Hollywood, California); Devonshire Studios (Burbank, California): Rudy Records andWally Heider Studios(San Francisco, California).
Genre	Rock,pop
Length	35:24
Label	Capitol
Producer	Graham Nash,Stanley Johnston
Graham Nashchronology
Wild Tales (1974) Earth & Sky (1980) Innocent Eyes (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Track listing

All songs written byGraham 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
USBillboard Top LPs	117
CanadianRPM100 Albums
USCash BoxTop 100 Albums	106
USRecord WorldAlbum Chart	104