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Simple Things (Carole King album)

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Released
  
July 1977

Simple Things (1977)
  
Welcome Home (1978)

Release date
  
July 1977

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
40:45

Artist
  
Carole King

Producer
  
Carole King

Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music

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Simple Things is an album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1977. It is her first album on the Avatar / Capitol label.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Carole King, except as noted below.

Side one
  1. "Simple Things" (King, Rick Evers)　– 2:41
  2. "Hold On" (King, Evers)　– 4:37
  3. "In the Name of Love"　– 3:04
  4. "Labyrinth"　– 4:03
  5. "You're the One Who Knows"　– 5:05
Side two
  1. "Hard Rock Cafe"　– 3:44
  2. "Time Alone"　– 2:37
  3. "God Only Knows" – 6:19
  4. "To Know That I Love You" (King, Evers)　– 3:31
  5. "One"　– 5:04

Personnel

  • Carole King - synthesizer, guitar, piano, vocals, background vocals
  • Rick Evers – guitar
  • Robert McEntee - guitar, keyboards, background vocals
  • Michael Rivera - percussion
  • Rob Galloway - bass
  • Mark Hallman - guitar, keyboards, background vocals
  • Michael Wooten - drums
  • Louise Goffin - background vocals
  • Sherry Goffin - background vocals
  • Nolan Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Maurice Spears – bass trombone
  • Terry Harrington – baritone saxophone
  • Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
  • George Bohanon – trombone, horn arrangement
  • Robert Dubow - violin
  • Charles Veal – violin
  • Ken Yerke – violin
  • David Campbell – viola
  • Dennis Karmazyn – cello

    • Production notes

  • Produced by Carole King and Norm Kinney
  • Engineered by Norm Kinney and Milt Calice
  • Steve Katz – assistant engineer
  • James Tuttle – sound assistance
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Roy Reynolds – illustrations and photography
  • Rick Evers – label design
  • Terry Kruger – label art
  • Roy Kohara and Roy Reynolds – art direction

    • Songs

    1Simple Things2:40
    2Hold On4:35
    3In The Name Of Love3:01

    References

    Simple Things (Carole King album) Wikipedia
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