Another Passenger
| Another Passenger | ||||
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| Released | June 5, 1976 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:56 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Ted Templeman | |||
| Carly Simon chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Another Passenger | ||||
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Another Passenger is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on June 5, 1976.
For this album, Simon enlisted a new producer, Ted Templeman, as well as his clients, The Doobie Brothers and Little Feat, to provide musical and vocal backing. 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 her signature song "You're So Vain".[1]
Reception and packaging
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Another Passenger peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Pop albums chart. The lead single "It Keeps You Runnin'" peaked at No. 46 on the Pop singles chart and No. 27 on the Adult Contemporary chart, while the second single "Half a Chance" appeared only on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 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", and referred to the track "Cowtown" as the "finest song she has written". He also singled out the ("loping, slick") "Half a Chance" and the ("tropical thumper") "Darkness 'Til Dawn" as "equally entertaining" tracks.[3] AllMusic rated the album 3-out-of-5-stars, calling it "an album full of tasty licks".[2] It has also gone on to become a favorite among many of Simon's fans.[4]
Cash Box said of the single "Half a Chance" that "the chorus is authoritative, filled with confidence, and, as usual, her words are striking."[5] The track "Libby" was included on Simon's 1995 three-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, and the track "In Times When My Head" was included on Simon's 2002 two-disc career spanning collection Anthology, as well as her 2015 two-disc compilation Songs from the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).
Film director Terrence Malick appears on the back cover smoking at a bar.[4]
Track listing
[edit]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Half a Chance" | 2:55 | |
| 2. | "It Keeps You Runnin'" | Michael McDonald | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Fairweather Father" | Simon | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Cow Town" | Simon | 4:15 |
| 5. | "He Likes to Roll" | Simon | 3:34 |
| 6. | "In Times When My Head" | Simon | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Love Stand" | 3:27 | |
| 2. | "Riverboat Gambler" |
| 3:53 |
| 3. | "Darkness 'Til Dawn" |
| 3:18 |
| 4. | "Dishonest Modesty" |
| 3:06 |
| 5. | "Libby" | Simon | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Be with Me" |
| 1:53 |
| Total length: | 41:56 | ||
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Carly Simon – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 10), keyboards (3), celesta (3), guitar (5), acoustic piano (6, 8), electric piano (11)
- Michael McDonald – acoustic piano (1), keyboards (2), electric piano (6, 8), backing vocals (7)
- Bill Payne – keyboards (4, 7), organ (11)
- Van Dyke Parks – acoustic and electric pianos (9), accordion (9), marimba (9), arrangements (9)
- Mark T. Jordan – acoustic piano (11)
- Nick DeCaro – accordion (12)
- Jeff Baxter – electric guitar (1), slide guitar (2), steel guitar (4)
- Andrew Gold – electric guitar (1)
- Patrick Simmons – electric guitar (1, 2)
- James Taylor – guitars (3), backing vocals (3), guitar (12)
- Tom Johnston – acoustic guitar (4)
- Paul Barrere – electric guitar (4, 7), slide guitars (10)
- Laurindo Almeida – guitar (5)
- Stephen Bruton – electric guitar (6)
- Lowell George – slide guitar (7)
- Fred Tackett – mandocellos (9)
- Dr. John – electric rhythm guitar (10)
- Glenn Frey – guitar (11)
- Tiran Porter – bass (1, 2)
- Klaus Voormann – bass (3, 6, 10), electric and acoustic basses (5)
- Kenny Gradney – bass (4, 7)
- Bob Glaub – bass (8, 11)
- John Hartman – drums (1, 2)
- Keith Knudsen – drums (1, 2)
- Richie Hayward – drums (4, 7), backing vocals (4)
- Jim Keltner – drums (5, 6)
- Rick Jaeger – drums (8, 11)
- Andy Newmark – drums (10)
- Victor Feldman – percussion (1, 5), marimba (3, 5)
- Milt Holland – percussion (3, 5, 6, 10), congas (3)
- Robert Greenidge – steel drums (9)
- Andrew Love – saxophone solo (1)
- Bud Shank – flute (5)
- David Campbell – string arrangements (1, 3, 8, 11), viola (4), woodwind arrangements (8, 11)
- Novi Novog – viola (3, 4)
- Kirby Johnson – string arrangements (6)
- Ellen Kearney – backing vocals (1, 6)
- Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (1, 6)
- Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals (1, 6)
- The Doobie Brothers – backing vocals (2)
- Jackson Browne – backing vocals (3)
- Libby Titus – backing vocals (6)
- Lucy Simon – backing vocals (9)
- Alex Taylor – backing vocals (10)
Production
[edit]- Producer – Ted Templeman
- Engineer – Donn Landee
- Art Direction – Glen Christiensen
- Design – Anne Gardner
- Photography – Mary Ellen Mark
- Management – Arlyne Rothberg, Inc.
Charts
[edit]Album – Billboard (United States)[7]
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Billboard 200 | 29 |
Album – International
| Year | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Australia[8] | 44 |
| Canada[9] | 44 |
Singles – Billboard (United States)[7]
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "It Keeps You Runnin'" | Adult Contemporary | 27 |
| Hot 100 | 46 | ||
| "Half a Chance" | Adult Contemporary | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Another Passenger". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (August 12, 1976). "Another Passenger review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ a b "Another Passenger". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 4, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Another Passenger (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1976.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Carly Simon – Chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
