Torch (Carly Simon album)
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| Studio album by Carly Simon | ||||
| Released | August 1, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Power Station Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Standards | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Mike Mainieri | |||
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Torch is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's tenth studio album (eleventh overall). It was her first album devoted to standards, mostly old torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. The album also features one Simon original, "From the Heart".[1] The album was released in 1981, and was recorded during her marriage break up to James Taylor, which was announced shortly after the release of the album.
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| Allmusic |   link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
Cover artwork
The man whose arm Simon is tugging on the cover is American actor Al Corley, known for playing Steven Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty. The photographer was Lynn Goldsmith.[2]
Singles
"Hurt" was the only single released from the album. It just missed the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #106 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
"Not a Day Goes By" was included on Simon's 2002 career spanning collection Anthology.[3] "From the Heart" was included on Simon's 2015 career retrospective Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).[4]
Track listing
Side one
- "Blue of Blue" (Nicholas Holmes, additional lyrics by Carly Simon) - 3:38
- "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 2:30
- "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, P.F. Webster) - 3:46
- "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:23
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 4:12
Side two
- "Hurt" (Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs) - 3:21
- "From the Heart" (Simon) - 2:47
- "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02
- "Pretty Strange" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) - 2:59
- "What Shall We Do with the Child" (Holmes, Kate Horsey, additional lyrics by Simon) - 2:44
- "Not a Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show Merrily We Roll Along) (Stephen Sondheim) - 2:40
Personnel
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Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Pop Albums | 50 |
Album - International
| Year | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Australia | 77[5] |
| 1981 | Canada | 50[6] |
| 1981 | Japan | 56[7] |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Hurt" | Pop Singles | 106 |
References
- ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - From The Heart lyrics". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ San Francisco Art Exchange. "Carly Simon, Torch by Lynn Goldsmith". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Anthology". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ "Carly Simon Official Website - Songs from the Trees". Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
