Torch (Carly Simon album)

Torch is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 11th album, her 10th studio album, and her first album devoted to standards, mostly old torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. The album was released in 1981. The album was made during her marriage break up to James Taylor, which was announced 1 month after the release of this album.

Track listing

1. "Blue Of Blue" (Nicholas Holmes, additional lyrics by Carly Simon) — 3:38
2. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) — 2:30
3. "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, P.F. Webster) — 3:46
4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) — 3:23
5. "Body And Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) — 4:12
6. "Hurt" (Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs) — 3:21
7. "From The Heart" (Carly Simon) — 2:47
8. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) — 3:02
9. "Pretty Strange" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) — 2:59
10. "What Shall We Do With The Child" (Nicholas Holmes, Kate Horsey, additional lyrics by Carly Simon) — 2:44
11. "Not A Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show Merrily We Roll Along) (Stephen Sondheim) — 2:40

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)