You're the One (Paul Simon album)

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You're the One
SimonOne.jpg
Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by
Paul Simon
ReleasedOctober 3, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio The Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre Pop, folk rock, worldbeat
Length44:09
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Paul Simon
Paul Simon chronology
Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
(2000)		You're the One
(2000)		 Surprise
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg (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 ).

Contents

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

Technical

Charts and certifications

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