You're the One (album)

You're the One
Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by Paul Simon
Released	October 3, 2000
Recorded	1999 - 2000
Genre	Folk rock, worldbeat
Length	44:09 56:45 (2004 re-issue)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Simon
Paul Simon chronology
Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar (2000) You're the One (2000) Surprise (2006)

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Robert Christgau	link
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Q	(Nov 2000 p.109)

You're the One is the tenth solo studio album by Paul Simon, released in 2000 and his first successful studio album in 10 years. 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 #42 on the Billboard 200.

The album was remastered and re-released in 2004, accompanied with three bonus live tracks.

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" – 2:19
4. "You're the One" – 4:27
5. "The Teacher" – 3:36
6. "Look at That" – 3:54
7. "Señorita with a Necklace of Tears" – 3:41
8. "Love" – 3:50
9. "Pigs, Sheep and Wolves" – 3:58
10. "Hurricane Eye" – 4:12
11. "Quiet" – 4:17

Bonus tracks from the 2004 reissue of the album

12. "That's Where I Belong (Live)" – 3:42
13. "Old (Live)" – 2:40
14. "Hurricane Eye (Live)" – 6:00

Personnel

• Paul Simon – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10), sitar^[1] (track 8)
• Steve Gorn – bamboo flute (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8)
• Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar (tracks 5, 6)
• Dan Duggan – hammer dulcimer (track 10)
• Jay Elfenbein – vielle (track 1), vihuela (tracks 1, 2, 11)
• Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 1-7, 9, 10)
• Jamey Haddad – percussion (tracks 1-10)
• Peter Herbert – upright bass (tracks 4, 11)
• Bakithi Khumalo - bass (tracks 1-4, 7-9)
• Skip LaPlante – harp (tracks 7, 11), bowls (track 11), whirly tube (track 11)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (tracks 5, 6, 10)
• Howard Levy – harmonica (track 5)
• Alain Mallet – pump reed organ (tracks 4, 7, 11), wurlitzer (track 1)
• Vincent Nguini – acoustic guitar (track 10), electric guitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-10)
• Stanley Silverman – arrangement of french horns (tracks 2, 5)
• Andy Snitzer – soprano (track 3) & tenor (tracks 2, 4) saxophone
• Evan Ziporyn – bass clarinet (tracks 1, 5), soprano (track 3) & tenor (track 2, 4) saxophone
• Clifford Carter – celeste (tracks 2, 6, 10), keyboard glockenspiel (track 10)
• Mark Stewart – dobro (track 7, 9, ), cello (track 2), electric guitar (track 2), sitar (tracks 7), banjo (track 10), pedal steel gong (track 9), tromba doo (track 11)
• Steve Shehan – percussion (tracks 1-10)

Charts

Chart positions Chart (2000) Position Canadian Albums Chart[2] 8 Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[3] 9 German Media Control Albums Chart [4] 17 United States Billboard 200[5] 19 UK Albums Chart [6] 20 Swedish Albums Chart[7] 24 Scottish Albums Chart [8] 25 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [9] 27 Irish Albums Chart[10] 27 Austrian Albums Chart[11] 30 Italian Albums Chart[12] 30 Swiss Albums Chart[13] 40 Dutch Mega Albums Chart[14] 41 French SNEP Albums Chart [15] 73 Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[16] 77

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments United States (RIAA)[17] Gold 500,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Silver 60,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. "You're the One". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
2. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7095&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0jjm8l9lab1ja8vo6358ui4300
3. "norwegiancharts.com Paul Simon - You're the One". Retrieved 2011-08-19.
4. "Album Search: Paul Simon" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
5. Allmusic - You're the One > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
6. "Chart Stats - Paul Simon - You're the One". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
7. "swedishcharts.com Paul Simon - You're the One". swedishcharts.com, Hung Medien. Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
8. "Chart Stats - Paul Simon - You're the One". Scottish Albums Chart. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
9. "ultratop.be - Paul Simon - You're the One". ultratop.be/nl, Hung Medienaccessdate=2011-08-29. Ultratop.
10. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paul+Simon
11. "Paul Simon - You're the One - austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2011-08-29.
12. http://swisscharts.com/album/Paul-Simon/You're-The-One-3443
13. "Paul Simon - You're the One - hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
14. "dutchcharts.nl Paul Simon - You're the One". dutchcharts.nl, Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
15. "lescharts.com Paul Simon - You're the One". lescharts.com, Hung Medien. SNEP. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
16. ポール・サイモン-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック "Highest position and charting weeks of You're the One by Paul Simon" Check |url= value (help). oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Style. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
17. "American album certifications – Paul Simon – re the One". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
18. "British album certifications – Paul Simon – You're the One". British Phonographic Industry. Enter You're the One in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search