Torch (Carly Simon album)

Torch
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	August 1, 1981
Recorded	Power Station Studios, New York City
Genre	Standards
Length	35:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Mike Mainieri
Carly Simon chronology
Come Upstairs (1980) Torch (1981) Hello Big Man (1983)

Torch is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's tenth studio album (eleventh overall). It was her first album devoted to standards, mostly old torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. The album also features one Simon original, "From the Heart".^[1] The album was released in 1981, and was recorded during her marriage break up to James Taylor, which was announced shortly after the release of the album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	link

Cover artwork

The man whose arm Simon is tugging on the cover is American actor Al Corley, known for playing Steven Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty. The photographer was Lynn Goldsmith.^[2]

Singles

"Hurt" was the only single released from the album. It just missed the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #106 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

"Not a Day Goes By" was included on Simon's 2002 career spanning collection Anthology.^[3] "From the Heart" was included on Simon's 2015 career retrospective Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Blue of Blue" (Nicholas Holmes, additional lyrics by Carly Simon) - 3:38
2. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 2:30
3. "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, P.F. Webster) - 3:46
4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:23
5. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 4:12

Side two

1. "Hurt" (Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs) - 3:21
2. "From the Heart" (Simon) - 2:47
3. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02
4. "Pretty Strange" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) - 2:59
5. "What Shall We Do with the Child" (Holmes, Kate Horsey, additional lyrics by Simon) - 2:44
6. "Not a Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show Merrily We Roll Along) (Stephen Sondheim) - 2:40

Personnel

Jay Berliner - Guitar, Guitar (Classical) Warren Bernhardt - Arranger, Piano, Synthesizer Tony Bongiovi - Mixing Michael Brecker - Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Soloist, Trumpet Randy Brecker - Soloist, Trumpet Hoagy Carmichael - Composer Jimmie Crane - Composer Duke Ellington - Composer Frank Eyton - Composer Robert L. Freedman - Orchestration, Strings Bill Gerber - Art Direction, Design Eddie Gomez - Bass, Bass (Acoustic) Johnny Green - Composer Lorenz Hart - Composer Jon Hendricks - Composer Edward Heyman - Composer Nick Holmes - Composer Kate Horsey - Composer Anthony Jackson - Bass Al Jacobs - Composer Simon Levy - Art Direction Scott Litt - Engineer, Mixing Bob Ludwig - Mastering

Mike Mainieri - Arranger, Keyboards, Marimba, Piano, Producer, Vibraphone, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Jerry Marotta - Drums Rick Marotta - Drums Christine Martin - Production Coordination Hugh McCracken - Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) David Nadien - Soloist, Violin Marty Paich - Orchestra, Orchestration, Strings Garry Rindfuss - Engineer Lee Ritenour - Guest Artist, Guitar Richard Rodgers - Composer David Sanborn - Guest Artist, Sax (Alto), Saxophone, Soloist Don Sebesky - Orchestra, Orchestration, Strings Carly Simon - Composer, Guitar, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals Stephen Sondheim - Composer Robert Sour - Composer Grady Tate - Drums Paul Francis Webster - Composer Randy Weston - Composer Alec Wilder - Composer Jimmy Wisner - Orchestra, Orchestration, Strings Phil Woods - Sax (Alto), Saxophone, Soloist

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	50

Album - International

Year	Country	Position
1981	Australia	77[5]
1981	Canada	50[6]
1981	Japan	56[7]

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Hurt"	Pop Singles	106

References

1. "Carly Simon Official Website - From The Heart lyrics". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
2. San Francisco Art Exchange. "Carly Simon, Torch by Lynn Goldsmith". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
3. "Carly Simon Official Website - Anthology". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
4. "Carly Simon Official Website - Songs from the Trees". Retrieved 2016-02-08.
5. David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. "CAN Charts > Carly Simon". RPM. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
7. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

External links

• Carly Simon's Official Website