Another Passenger

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Another Passenger
Carly Simon - Another Passenger.jpg
Studio album by
Carly Simon
ReleasedJune 5, 1976
Studio Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock
Length41:56
Label Elektra
Producer Ted Templeman
Carly Simon chronology
The Best of Carly Simon
(1975)		Another Passenger
(1976)		 Boys in the Trees
(1978)
Singles from Another Passenger
  1. "It Keeps You Runnin'"
    Released: 1976
  2. "Half a Chance"
    Released: 1976

Another Passenger is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on June 5, 1976.

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [6]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Half a Chance"
2:55
2."It Keeps You Runnin'" Michael McDonald 3:56
3."Fairweather Father"Simon3:30
4."Cow Town"Simon4:15
5."He Likes to Roll"Simon3:34
6."In Times When My Head"Simon3:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Love Stand"
3:27
2."Riverboat Gambler"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:53
3."Darkness 'Til Dawn"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:18
4."Dishonest Modesty"
  • Simon
  • Zach Wiesner
3:06
5."Libby"Simon4:42
6."Be with Me"
  • Simon
  • Wiesner
1:53
Total length:41:56

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Producer – Ted Templeman
  • Engineer – Donn Landee
  • Art Direction – Glen Christiensen
  • Design – Anne Gardner
  • Photography – Mary Ellen Mark
  • Management – Arlyne Rothberg, Inc.

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States) [7]

YearChartPosition
1976Billboard 20029

Album – International

YearCountryPosition
1976Australia [8] 44
Canada [9] 44

Singles – Billboard (United States) [7]

YearSingleChartPosition
1976"It Keeps You Runnin'"Adult Contemporary27
Hot 10046
"Half a Chance"Adult Contemporary39

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References

  1. ↑ Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp.  124–127. ISBN   0-395-70895-8.
  2. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Another Passenger". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Ken (August 12, 1976). "Another Passenger review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Another Passenger". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . September 4, 1976. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Another Passenger (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1976.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. 1 2 "Carly Simon – Chart history". Billboard . Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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