Released August 1, 1981 Torch
(1981) Hello Big Man
(1983) Release date 1 August 1981 Label Warner Bros. Records | Length 35:02 Artist Carly Simon Producer Mike Mainieri Genre Traditional pop music | |
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Recorded Power Station Studios, New York City Similar Hello Big Man, Spoiled Girl, Come Upstairs, Have You Seen Me Lately, Greatest Hits Live | ||
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Torch is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's eleventh album, and tenth studio album, released in 1981.
Contents
It was Simon's first album devoted to standards, namely torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. The album also features one Simon original, "From the Heart". The album was recorded during her marriage break up to James Taylor, which was announced shortly after the release of the album.
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.
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. "From the Heart" was included on Simon's 2015 career retrospective Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection).
Track listing
Side one
- "Blue of Blue" (Nicholas Holmes, additional lyrics by Carly Simon) - 3:38
- "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 2:30
- "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, P.F. Webster) - 3:46
- "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (Hoagy Carmichael) - 3:23
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 4:12
Side two
- "Hurt" (Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs) - 3:21
- "From the Heart" (Simon) - 2:47
- "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02
- "Pretty Strange" (Jon Hendricks, Randy Weston) - 2:59
- "What Shall We Do with the Child" (Holmes, Kate Horsey, additional lyrics by Simon) - 2:44
- "Not a Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show Merrily We Roll Along) (Stephen Sondheim) - 2:40
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Album - International
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Blue of Blue3:41
2I'll Be Around2:34
3I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good3:48