| Hotcakes | ||||
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| Studio album by Carly Simon | ||||
| Released | January 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Sep 1973 at Producers Workshop, Los Angeles and Oct–Nov 1973 at The Hit Factory, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 38:41 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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| Carly Simon chronology | ||||
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Hotcakes is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's fourth studio album, released in 1974.
Hotcakes became one of Simon's biggest selling albums. It featured the 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", as well as many other songs that reflected Simon's upbeat mood during her pregnancy with her first child. On the album cover, Simon sits in a gleamingly white kitchen, robustly pregnant, smiling brightly and wearing a somewhat bohemian white linen dress.
The album went gold immediately and it stayed on the charts for eight months. Yet it was overshadowed commercially by two other major albums released by Simon's own label, Elektra/Asylum, in the same month as Hotcakes, Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark and Bob Dylan's Planet Waves. These took the number two and number one spots, respectively, on the Billboard album chart while Hotcakes peaked at number three.
All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Pop Albums | 3 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" | Adult Contemporary | 2 |
| 1974 | "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" | Pop Singles | 14 |
| 1974 | "Mockingbird" | Adult Contemporary | 10 |
| 1974 | "Mockingbird" | Pop Singles | 5 |
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