Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" 4:15
2. "Alone" 3:36
3. "One More Time" 3:32
4. "The Best Thing" 4:14
5. "Just a Sinner" 3:10
Side two
6. "Dan, My Fling" 5:28
7. "Another Door" 3:16
8. "Reunions" 3:06
9. "Rolling Down the Hills" 3:35
10. "The Love's Still Growing" 4:14
Total length: 38:26
Carly Simon Band Members / Musicians
Carly Simon – vocals, acoustic piano, guitar
Paul Griffin – keyboards
Mark "Moogy" Klingman – keyboards
Billy Mernit – keyboards
David Bromberg – guitar
Jimmy Ryan – guitar
Jimmy Johnson – guitar
Jeff Baxter – pedal steel guitar
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Tony Levin – bass
Jim Wilkins – bass
John Siomos – drums
Harvey Shapiro – cello
Ed Freeman – string arrangements (1, 8, 10)
Pat Rebillot – string arrangements (2)
Producer – Eddie Kramer
Engineered and Mixed by Eddie Kramer and Dave Palmer
Art Direction and Design – Robert L. Heimall
Cover Photography and Poster – Peter Simon
Back Cover Photography – Joel Brodsky[8]
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Carly Simon is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on February 9, 1971.
The album was produced by Eddie Kramer, who had previously worked with Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix, and included Simon's first Top 10 hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", a somber ballad centered on a woman pondering marriage with a sense of both inevitability and entrapment; the song was written by Simon and collaborator Jacob Brackman. The album features material written by Simon, with additional writing by Brackman, Kramer, and Freddy Gardner. The album also features covers of songs by Mark Klingman and Buzzy Linhart.
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (No. 14), "You Belong to Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles "You're So Vain" (No. 1), "Mockingbird" (No. 5, a duet with James Taylor), "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, and "Jesse" (No. 11). She has authored five children's books, as well as two memoirs.
Carly Simon Discography Full
Studio albums
1971: Carly Simon
1971: Anticipation
1972: No Secrets
1974: Hotcakes
1975: Playing Possum
1976: Another Passenger
1978: Boys in the Trees
1979: Spy
1980: Come Upstairs
1981: Torch
1983: Hello Big Man
1985: Spoiled Girl
1987: Coming Around Again
1990: My Romance
1990: Have You Seen Me Lately
1994: Letters Never Sent
1997: Film Noir
2000: The Bedroom Tapes
2005: Moonlight Serenade
2007: Into White
2008: This Kind of Love
2009: Never Been Gone
Christmas albums
2002: Christmas Is Almost Here
Live albums
1988: Greatest Hits Live
Other albums
1989: Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album)
1992: This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture)
1993: Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
2003: Piglet's Big Movie (soundtrack)
2005: The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Compilation albums
1975: The Best of Carly Simon
1995: Clouds in My Coffee
1999: The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better
2002: Anthology
2004: Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits
2009: Carly Simon Collector's Edition
2011: Original Album Series
2014: Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
2015: Songs From The Trees: A Musical Memoir Collection
Filmography
Concert films
1987: Live from Martha's Vineyard
1990: Carly in Concert: My Romance
1995: Live at Grand Central
2005: A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Film
1971: Taking Off (cameo)
1980: No Nukes (performer)
1985: Perfect (cameo)
2004: Little Black Book (cameo)
2006: Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars (music)
Television
1976: Saturday Night Live episode: "Madeline Kahn/Carly Simon" (musical guest)
1989: Thirtysomething episode: "Success" (cameo)
1995: Frasier episode: "Roz in the Doghouse" (voice role)
2013: Family Guy episode: Total Recall (voice role)
2014: Bob's Burgers episode: "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" (voice role)
Bibliography
Children's books
1989: Amy the Dancing Bear
1990: The Boy of the Bells
1991: The Fisherman's Song
1993: The Nighttime Chauffeur
1997: Midnight Farm
Memoirs
2015: Boys in the Trees: A Memoir
2019: Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie
Biographies
2008: Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
2011: More Room in a Broken Heart: The True Adventures of Carly Simon by Stephen Davis
