You're the One (Paul Simon album)

You're the One
Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	October 3, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	The Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre	Pop, folk rock, worldbeat
Length	44:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon
Paul Simon chronology
Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar (2000) You're the One (2000) The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin' (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Q	(Nov 2000 p.109)

You're the One is the tenth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in 2000 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001, with Simon becoming the first artist to be nominated in that category in five consecutive decades (1960s–2000s). (In 2006, Paul McCartney became the only other artist to match this feat with Chaos and Creation in the Backyard .)

You're the One was also considered a comeback after the failure of Simon's Broadway musical, The Capeman , and concept album for the musical, Songs from The Capeman , which peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Paul Simon.

1. "That's Where I Belong" – 3:12
2. "Darling Lorraine" – 6:39
3. "Old" – 2:20
4. "You're the One" – 4:28
5. "The Teacher" – 3:36
6. "Look at That" – 3:54
7. "Señorita with a Necklace of Tears" – 3:42
8. "Love" – 3:50
9. "Pigs, Sheep and Wolves" – 3:59
10. "Hurricane Eye" – 4:12
11. "Quiet" – 4:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. ^[4]

Musicians

• Paul Simon – electric guitar (1-4, 6–8, 10), acoustic guitar (7–8, 10), sitar guitar (8)
• Vincent Nguini – electric guitar (1-4, 6, 8–10), acoustic guitar (10)
• Bakithi Kumalo – bass guitar (1-4, 7–9)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1-7, 9–10)
• Jamey Haddad – percussion (1–10)
• Steve Shehan – percussion (1–10)
• Alain Mallet – Wurlitzer piano (1), pump reed organ (4, 7, 11)
• Evan Ziporyn – bass clarinet (1, 5), tenor saxophone (2, 4), soprano saxophone (3)
• Steve Gorn – bamboo flute (1, 5–6, 8)
• Jay Elfenbein – vihuela (1–2, 11), vielle (1)
• Mark Stewart – cello (2), electric guitar (2), dobro (7, 9), sitar guitar (7), pedal steel gong (9), banjo (10), tromba doo (11)
• Clifford Carter – celeste (2, 6, 10), keyboard glockenspiel (10)
• Peter Herbert – upright bass (4, 11)
• Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar (5, 6)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (5–6, 10)
• Howard Levy – harmonica (5)
• Skip LaPlante – 96-tone harp (7, 11), whirly pipe (11), rubbered steel bowl (11)
• Dan Duggan – hammer dulcimer (10)
• Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone (2, 4), soprano saxophone (3)

Technical

• Paul Simon – producer, arrangements
• Andy Smith – engineer, mixing
• Claudius Mittendorfer – second engineer
• Rob Murphy – second engineer
• Steve Schweidel – second engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Stanley Silverman – French horn arrangements (2, 5)
• Lynn Goldsmith – photography, art direction
• Greg Foley – design

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart performance for You're the One Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 134 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 30 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 27 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 41 French Albums (SNEP) [10] 73 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 17 Irish Albums (IRMA) [12] 27 Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 30 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [14] 9 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [15] 9 Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 25 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 40 UK Albums (OCC) [19] 20 US Billboard 200 [20] 19

Certifications Certifications for You're the One Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA) [21] Gold 7,500^ United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Silver 60,000^ United States (RIAA) [23] Gold 500,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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