Halcyon Days (Bruce Hornsby album)

Halcyon Days
Studio album by Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers)
Released	2004
Genre	Rock Jazz
Label	Columbia
Producer	Wayne Pooley, Bruce Hornsby
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Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers) chronology
Big Swing Face (2002) Halcyon Days (2004) Intersections (1985-2005) (2006)

Bruce Hornsby's eighth studio album is titled Halcyon Days. This would be Hornsby's second studio album with his current band, Bruce Hornsby & the Noise Makers, although the album is technically a solo-credit. This album marks Hornsby's first release with Columbia Records.

Track 6, What The Hell Happened, is also a rare example of the use of bitonality in a pop piece.

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Hornsby.

1. Gonna Be Some Changes Made (This was used in a series of Lowe's hardware store ads)
2. Candy Mountain Run (with special guest Eric Clapton)
3. Dreamland (Duet with Elton John)
4. Circus On The Moon
5. Halcyon Days
6. What The Hell Happened
7. Hooray For Tom
8. Heir Gordon
9. Mirror On The Wall
10. Song F
11. Lost In The Snow

Musicians

• Bruce Hornsby - piano, keyboards, vocals
• J. V. Collier - bass
• Sonny Emory - drums
• Bobby Read - clarinet
• Doug Derryberry - guitar
• John "J. T." Thomas - organ
• Sting - vocals (on Gonna Be Some Changes Made and Halcyon Days)
• Elton John - vocals (on Dreamland)
• Eric Clapton - guitar (on Gonna Be Some Changes Made, Candy Mountain Run and Halcyon Days), vocals (on Candy Mountain Run)
• R. S. Hornsby - guitar
• Lloyd Johns - vocals
• Wayne Pooley - guitar
• Bonny Bonaparte - percussion
• Woody Green - background vocals
• Ralph Payne - background vocals
• Donnie Struckey - background vocals