Carly Simon (album)

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Carly Simon
Carly Simon cover
Studio album by 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
Professional reviews
Carly Simon chronology
Carly Simon
(1971)		 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.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

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


[edit] Personnel

  • Carly Simon
  • Jeff Baxter
  • David Bromberg
  • Tom Caulfield
  • Ed Freeman
  • David Givens
  • Paul Griffin
  • Gerry 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

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 30

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1971 "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Adult Contemporary 6
1971 "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Pop Singles 10