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Another Passenger (1976)

Where the lyrics of Another Passenger take you, and where it was really made.

Despite a lukewarm commercial reception, Another Passenger became one of Carly Simon's best-reviewed works, and it still is.

Key places

Recording site: Sunset Sound Recorders (1976)

Recording site Sunset Sound — The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California, according to the album page. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Another Passenger: sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon
• Released 5 June 1976 by Elektra Records
• Lead single 'It Keeps You Runnin'' and second single 'Half a Chance'
• Peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Pop albums chart

Background

• New producer Ted Templeman was brought in for this album
• The Doobie Brothers and Little Feat, Templeman's clients, provided musical and vocal backing
• On 8 May 1976, four weeks before release, Simon made her first and (to date) only Saturday Night Live appearance
• On that show she performed 'Half a Chance' and her signature song 'You're So Vain'

Recording

• Recording location listed as Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California

Cover

• Film director Terrence Malick appears on the back cover, smoking at a bar

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born June 25, 1943 in New York City; American singer-songwriter and author.
• In 1963 began performing as the Simon Sisters with sister Lucy Simon; released Meet the Simon Sisters, which produced the minor hit "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod".
• Signed to Elektra Records in 1970 and went solo.

Career

• Debut album (1971) won the Grammy for Best New Artist; "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" was her first top 10 single.
• No Secrets (1972) topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks; "You're So Vain" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Recorded "Nobody Does It Better" for the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
• Won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy for "Let the River Run" from Working Girl (1988).
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Pop albums chart despite a lukewarm commercial reception
• Lead single 'It Keeps You Runnin'' peaked at No. 46 on the Pop singles chart and No. 27 on the Adult Contemporary chart
• Second single 'Half a Chance' appeared only on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 39
• Cash Box said of 'Half a Chance' that its chorus is authoritative and filled with confidence

Reappraisal

• Rolling Stone: Ken Tucker, writing in Rolling Stone, called it "Carly Simon's best record"
• Tucker referred to 'Cowtown' as the "finest song she has written"
• Tucker singled out 'Half a Chance' ("loping, slick") and 'Darkness 'Til Dawn' ("tropical thumper") as equally entertaining tracks
• AllMusic: 3 out of 5 stars, calling it "an album full of tasty licks"
• The album is one of Simon's best-reviewed works, and remains so
• It has also become a favorite among many of Simon's fans

Records

• Billboard Pop albums chart: No. 29
• 'It Keeps You Runnin'': No. 46 Pop singles, No. 27 Adult Contemporary
• 'Half a Chance': No. 39 Adult Contemporary

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Libby was included on Simon's 1995 three-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee.
• In Times When My Head later appeared on the 2002 two-disc collection Anthology and the 2015 two-disc compilation Songs from the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).
• Simon sang Be With Me on Sesame Street with her daughter Sally and son Ben, and the song also appeared on the 1980 compilation In Harmony.
• It Keeps You Runnin' is a cover of a Doobie Brothers track from their 1976 album Doobie Street, and six Doobie members play on this version.
• One Love Stand is a cover of a Little Feat track from The Last Record Album (1975), with five Little Feat members backing.
• Terrence Malick appears on the back cover smoking at a bar.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

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