Carly Simon (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Carly Simon
Type = Album
Artist = Carly Simon


Released = March 1971
Recorded = 1970–1971 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City
Genre = Rock
Length = 38:26
Label = Elektra
Producer = Eddie Kramer
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fuxqy5ldte link] |
Last album =
This album = "Carly Simon"
(1971)
Next album = "Anticipation"
(1971)

"Carly Simon" is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's self-titled debut/studio album, released in February 1971. The album was released by Elektra Records and produced by Eddie Kramer, who had previously worked with Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix.

The album included her first big hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", a sombre ballad centered on a woman pondering marriage with a sense of both inevitability and entrapment. Simon herself married singer-songwriter James Taylor in November 1972, but this is one song that we can be sure was not written about him — Simon wrote the music but her friend and frequent collaborator Jacob Brackman wrote the lyrics.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

# "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (Simon/Jacob Brackman) – 4:15
# "Alone" – 3:36
# "One More Time" – 3:32
# "The Best Thing" – 4:14
# "Just A Sinner" (Mark "Moogy" Klingman) – 3:10
# "Dan, My Fling" (Brackman/Fred Gardner) – 5:28
# "Another Door" – 3:16
# "Reunions" (Simon/additional music & lyrics by Bill Mernit/Eddie Kramer) – 3:06
# "Rolling Down The Hills" – 3:35
# "The Love's Still Growing" (Buzzy Linhart) – 4:14

Personnel

* Carly Simon
* Jeff Baxter
* David Bromberg
* Tom Caulfield
* Ed Freeman
* David Givens
* Paul Griffin
* Jerry Jemmot
* Jimmy Johnson
* Mark Klingman
* Tony Levin
* Buzzy Linhart
* Billy Mernit
* Steve Merriman
* Doug Rauch
* Jimmy Ryan
* Harvey Shapiro
* John Siomos
* Frank Steo
* Jim Wilkins

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)