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 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",[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, as well as her 2015 compilation Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).

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[4]
1976 Canada 44[5]

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. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  4. David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

External links

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