Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Safe and Sound" 3:36
2. "Mind on My Man" 2:57
3. "Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby" 3:55
4. "Older Sister" 3:06
5. "Just Not True" 5:16
6. "Hotcakes" 1:07
Side two
7. "Misfit" 3:04
8. "Forever My Love" 3:25
9. "Mockingbird" 4:11
10. "Grownup" 3:44
11. "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" 3:50
Carly Simon Band Members / Musicians
Carly Simon – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3, 8), acoustic piano (2–5, 7, 10, 11), Fender Rhodes (2), whistle (2), backing vocals (5, 9)
Kenny Ascher – acoustic piano (1, 8, 10), Hammond organ (7)
Dr. John – acoustic piano (9), Hammond organ (9)
David Spinozza – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 8)
James Taylor – acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11), backing vocals (5), horn arrangements and conductor (6), lead vocals (9)
Bucky Pizzarelli – electric guitar (2)
Jimmy Ryan – acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11), electric guitar (7, 11)
Robbie Robertson – electric guitar (9)
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Richard Davis – string bass (2)
Larry Brean – slap bass (4)
Rick Marotta – drums (1)
Jim Keltner – drums (3, 4, 9, 11)
Jim Gordon – drums (5)
Billy Cobham – drums (6)
Andy Newmark – drums (7)
Russ Kunkel – drums (8)
Ralph MacDonald – congas (2), percussion (3, 11)
George Devens – cabasa (2)
Paul Buckmaster – string and woodwind arrangements (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), conductor (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone (6), tuba (6)
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone (6), baritone saxophone (9)
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (9)
Barry Rogers – trombone (6)
Steve Madaio – trumpet (6)
Lani Groves – backing vocals (3, 11)
Carl Hall – backing vocals (3, 11)
Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (3, 11)
Todd Graff – backing vocals (3)
Lucy Simon – backing vocals (3)
Benny Diggs – backing vocals (4)
Revelation – backing vocals (4)
Richard Perry – backing vocals (4)
Producer – Richard Perry
Engineering and Remixing – Harry Maslin and Bill Schnee
Assistant Engineer – Blasie Castellano
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA)
Art Direction and Design – Vincent Cesi at Push Pin Studios
Cover Photography – Ed Caraeff
Centerfold Photography – Vieri Salvadori(
Hotcakes is the 4th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on January 10, 1974.
Featuring the major hits "Mockingbird", a duet with her then-husband James Taylor (a cover of a 1963 hit for Inez and Charlie Foxx), and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain", Hotcakes became one of Simon's biggest selling albums. Recorded during her pregnancy with her first child, many of the album's songs reflected Simon's upbeat mood during this period. The album's cover photo, taken by Ed Caraeff, shows the pregnant Simon sitting in a gleamingly white kitchen, smiling brightly and wearing a bohemian white linen dress.
