After the debacle that was Spoiled Girl, Carly Simon moved to her fourth record label, Arista, and returned to soundtrack work, which had given her her second biggest hit, "Nobody Does It Better," from The Spy Who Loved Me, in 1977.
This time, she wrote "Coming Around Again" for Heartburn, and it hit number 18 in early 1987, her biggest hit in more than six years.
That set up Simon's comeback with this album, which became her biggest hit in a decade, producing two more chart singles, "Give Me All Night" (number 61) and "All I Want Is You" (number 54), and going platinum.
Along with "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," all made the Top Ten of the adult contemporary chart.
On the surface, this hit album had a lot in common with her last, failed effort.
Once again, a bevy of producers -- nine this time -- weighed in, in an attempt to vary Simon's appeal.
This time, they included rocker Bryan Adams and lush popmeister Richard Perry.
The big difference was that Simon was willing to go to her strengths as a ballad singer rather than romping amid synthesized blips.
Better to flirt with retro (there's a nice cover of "As Time Goes By" with a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder) than disco, at least as far as Simon's audience is concerned.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming Around AgainCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | Give Me All NightGerard McMahon, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | As Time Goes ByHerman Hupfeld | Carly Simon | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Do the Walls Come DownPaul Samwell-Smith, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OfCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | It Should Have Been MeJim Vallance | Carly Simon | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | You Have to HurtCominic King, Frank Musker | Carly Simon | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | All I Want Is YouJacob Brackman, Andy Goldmark, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Hold What You've GotCarly Simon, Joe Tex | Carly Simon | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 10 | Two Hot Girls (On A Summer Night) | Carly Simon, Lucy Simon, Jimmy Ryan | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | Itsy Bitsy Spider | Carly Simon, Sally, Ben, Alex, Isaac Taylor | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 47 mins | 109 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 285 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alderson | Engineer |
| 2 | Lamar Alsop | Viola |
| 3 | Marin Alsop | Violin |
| 4 | Julien Barber | Viola |
| 5 | Noah Baron | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | John Boylan | Producer |
| 7 | Jacob Brackman | Composer |
| 8 | Jimmy Bralower | Drum Machine, Percussion, Programming |
| 9 | Jimmy Brawlower | Drums, Programming |
| 10 | Michael Brecker | EWI, Saxophone |
| 11 | Michael Christopher | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Bob Clearmountain | Mixing |
| 13 | Debi Cornish | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | Tim Crich | Engineer |
| 15 | Mickey Curry | Drums |
| 16 | Clive Davis | Executive Producer |
| 17 | Neil Dorfsman | Engineer |
| 18 | Lewis Eley | Violin |
| 19 | Frank Filipetti | Associate Producer, Drum Machine, Drums, Engineer, Linn Drum, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 20 | Barry Finclair | Violin |
| 21 | Roberta Flack | Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Howard Fritzson | Art Direction |
| 23 | Andy Goldmark | Composer, Drum Machine, Drums, Keyboards |
| 24 | Lynn Goldsmith | Photography |
| 25 | Margery Greenspan | Design |
| 26 | Gordon Grody | Vocals (Background) |
| 27 | Lani Groves | Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Paul Grupp | Engineer |
| 29 | Terri Homberg | Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | Herman Hupfeld | Composer |
| 31 | Regis Iandiorio | Violin |
| 32 | Theodore Israel | Viola |
| 33 | Neil Jason | Bass |
| 34 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 35 | Chuck Kentis | Keyboards |
| 36 | Robbie Kilgore | Keyboards, Programming, Synthesizer Bass |
| 37 | Cominic King | Composer |
| 38 | Russ Kunkel | Drum Machine, Drums, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 39 | Marc LaFrance | Vocals (Background) |
| 40 | Carol Landon | Viola |
| 41 | Warren Lash | Cello |
| 42 | Beverly Lauridsen | Cello |
| 43 | Caz Lee | Vocals (Background) |
| 44 | Will Lee | Vocals (Background) |
| 45 | Tony Levin | Bass |
| 46 | Richard Locker | Cello |
| 47 | Harry Lookofsky | Violin |
| 48 | Chris Lord-Alge | Engineer, Mixing |
| 49 | Jeff Lord-Alge | Assistant Engineer |
| 50 | Scott Mabuchi | Assistant Engineer |
| 51 | Jimmy Maelen | Percussion |
| 52 | Barbara Markay | Programming, Synthesizer |
| 53 | Scott Martin | Keyboards, Vocals (Background) |
| 54 | George Massenburg | Engineer, Producer |
| 55 | Carol McCracken | Cello |
| 56 | Charles McCracken | Cello |
| 57 | Hugh McCracken | Guitar, Tiple |
| 58 | John McCurry | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 59 | Gerard McMahon | Composer |
| 60 | Bill Miranda | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 61 | Rob Mounsey | Arranger, Bass Programming, Conductor, Drum Programming, Keyboards, MIDI Piano, Piano, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 62 | Jan Mullen | Violin |
| 63 | Frank Musker | Composer |
| 64 | David Nadien | Concert Master |
| 65 | Bill Payne | Keyboards, Producer |
| 66 | Janice Pendarvis | Vocals (Background) |
| 67 | Leon Pendarvis | Arranger, Engineer, Synthesizer |
| 68 | Richard Perry | Producer |
| 69 | Dave Pickell | Keyboards |
| 70 | John Pintavalle | Violin |
| 71 | Sue Pray | Viola |
| 72 | Matthew Raimondi | Violin |
| 73 | Jim Ryan | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background) |
| 74 | Paul Samwell-Smith | Composer, Linn Drum, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 75 | Keith Scott | Guitar |
| 76 | Carly Simon | Arranger, Associate Producer, Composer, Keyboards, Multi Instruments, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 77 | Lucy Simon | Vocals (Background) |
| 78 | Richard Sortomme | Violin |
| 79 | Ed Stasium | Engineer |
| 80 | Marti Sweet | Violin |
| 81 | Gerald Tarack | Violin |
| 82 | Alex Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 83 | Alexandra Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 84 | Ben Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 85 | Dave Taylor | Bass |
| 86 | Isaac Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 87 | Sally Taylor | Vocals (Background) |
| 88 | Joe Tex | Composer |
| 89 | Traditional | Composer |
| 90 | Jim Vallance | Composer |
| 91 | Peter-John Vettese | Keyboards, Vocals (Background) |
| 92 | T-Bone Wolk | Guitar |
| 93 | Stevie Wonder | Harmonica |
| 94 | Rev. Timothy Wright | Choir/Chorus |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |