Another Passenger

Another Passenger
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released 5 June 1976
Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length 41:56
Label Elektra
Producer Ted Templeman
Carly Simon chronology
The Best of Carly Simon
(1975)		 Another Passenger
(1976)		 Boys in the Trees
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Another Passenger is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's seventh album, and sixth studio album, released in 1976.

For this album, Simon enlisted a new producer, Ted Templeman, as well as his clients, The Doobie Brothers, to provide backing vocals.

Reception

Another Passenger peaked at #29 on the Billboard Pop albums chart. The lead single "It Keeps You Runnin'" peaked at #46 on the Pop singles chart and #27 on the Adult Contemporary chart, while the second single "Half A Chance" appeared only on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at #39. Despite the lukewarm commercial reception, the album was, and remains, one of Simon's best reviewed works. Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it "Carly Simon's best record",[2] and the album has also gone on to become a favorite among many of Simon's fans. Film director Terrence Malick appears on the back cover smoking at a bar.[3]

On May 8, 1976, four weeks before the album was released, Simon made her first and (to date) only appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing "Half A Chance" and "You're So Vain".

"In Times When My Head" was included on Simon's 2002 career spanning collection Anthology.[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Half a Chance" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 2:55
  2. "It Keeps You Runnin'" (Michael McDonald) – 3:56
  3. "Fairweather Father" – 3:30
  4. "Cow Town" – 4:15
  5. "He Likes to Roll" – 3:34
  6. "In Times When My Head" – 3:27

Side two

  1. "One Love Stand" (Paul Barrere, Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney) – 3:27
  2. "Riverboat Gambler" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:53
  3. "Darkness 'Til Dawn" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:18
  4. "Dishonest Modesty" (Simon, Zach Wiesner) – 3:06
  5. "Libby" – 4:42
  6. "Be With Me" (Simon, Zach Wiesner) – 1:53

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 29

Album - International

Year Country Position
1976 Australia 44[5]
1976 Canada 44[6]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "It Keeps You Runnin'" Pop Singles 46
1976 "It Keeps You Runnin'" Adult Contemporary 27
1976 "Half a Chance" Adult Contemporary 39

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Another Passenger at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Ken Tucker (1976-08-12). "Another Passenger | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Music - Albums". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  4. ↑ "Anthology". carlysimonmusic.com. 2002-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  5. ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

External links

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