Tones (album)

Tones
Studio album by Eric Johnson
Released	1986
Recorded	August 28–November 17, 1985 at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Instrumental rock, rock
Length	45:31
Label	Reprise
Producer	David Tickle
Eric Johnson chronology
Seven Worlds (1978/1998) Tones (1986) Ah Via Musicom (1990)

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Tones is the second studio album by guitarist Eric Johnson, released in 1986 through Reprise Records. The first two tracks, "Zap" and "Emerald Eyes", are re-recordings from Johnson's (at that time) unreleased first album, Seven Worlds (1998). "Zap" would later receive a Grammy Award nomination in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Eric Johnson, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Soulful Terrain"	4:16
2.	"Friends"	5:34
3.	"Emerald Eyes" (Johnson, Jay Aaron)	3:23
4.	"Off My Mind"	4:01
5.	"Desert Song"	4:15
6.	"Trail of Tears" (Johnson, Carla Olson, Stephen Barber)	6:01
7.	"Bristol Shore"	6:41
8.	"Zap"	4:43
9.	"Victory" (Johnson, Roscoe Beck, Tommy Taylor)	6:37
Total length:		45:31

Personnel

• Eric Johnson – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, arrangement
• Tommy Taylor – vocals, drums, percussion, arrangement
• Jerry Marotta – vocals, percussion
• Stephen Barber – Fairlight CMI, piano, arrangement
• David Tickle – Fairlight CMI, programming, percussion, arrangement, engineering, mixing, production
• Roscoe Beck – bass guitar, double bass, arrangement
• Jennifer Warnes – background vocals
• Bill Maddox – arrangement
• Kyle Brock – arrangement
• Rob Alexander – arrangement
• Steve Meador – arrangement
• Vince Mariani – arrangement
• Jay Aaron – arrangement
• Tony Berg – arrangement
• David Ahlert – engineering