Spy (Carly Simon album)

Spy is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's ninth album, and eighth studio album, released in 1979. It is also her last album for Elektra Records. The title may have been decided on due to her previous association with the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), for which she recorded the theme song "Nobody Does It Better".

Although Spy did not yield any hit singles, "Vengeance" earned Simon a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance Female in early 1980 - the first year to feature the new category. It peaked on the Billboard Chart at #48. The promotional clip was also chosen by Pioneer Electronics to be part of their first demo disc for its then-new Laserdisc player.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

1. "Vengeance" – 4:14
2. "Just Like You Do"– 4:14
3. "We're So Close" – 5:10
4. "Coming To Get You" – 2:49
5. "Never Been Gone" (Jacob Brackman, Simon) – 3:36
6. "Pure Sin" (Simon, Frank Carillo) – 3:56
7. "Love You By Heart" (Simon, Libby Titus, Jacob Brackman) – 3:55
8. "Spy" (James Taylor, Simon, Arif Mardin) – 4:14
9. "Memorial Day" – 8:29

Personnel

• Carly Simon - guitar, piano, vocals
• James Taylor - guitar, background vocals
• Warren Bernhardt - keyboards
• Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
• Don Grolnick - keyboards
• Hubert Laws - flute
• Tom "Bones" Malone - trombone
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone
• John Hall - guitar
• Billy Mernit - piano
• Peter Ballin - alto saxophone
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion
• Kenneth Bichel - synthesizer
• Gail Boggs - vocals
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Frank Carillo - guitar
• Joe Caro - guitar
• Cliff Carter - synthesizer, bass
• Rafael Cruz - percussion
• Steve Gadd - drums
• Will Lee - bass
• Tony Levin - bass
• Mike Mainieri - keyboards
• Rick Marotta - drums
• Ullanda McCullough - background vocals
• Ian McLaughlin - piano
• Lucy Simon - background vocals
• David Spinozza - guitar
• Richard Tee - keyboards
• Peter Ballini - alto saxophone
• Lew Del Gatto - baritone saxophone
• Tim Curry - background vocals
• Phil Bodner, Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, James Buffington, Frederick Buldrini, Jean R. Dane, Eddie Daniels, Peter Dimitriades, Lewis Eley, Gerald Tarack, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Regis Iandiorio, Teddy Isreal, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Guy Lumia, Joseph Malin, Richard Maximoff, Kermit Moore, Eugene J. Moye, Gene Orloff, Tony Posk, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama - strings

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)