Coming Around Again (album)
Coming Around Again is singer-songwriter Carly Simon’s 14th album, and 13th studio album, released in 1987. It is her first of many albums for Arista Records. The title track was written for and featured, along with “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, in the 1986 film Heartburn.
The title song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Simon’s twelfth Top 40 hit in the USA. Additionally, it was a top 10 hit in the UK. The album itself reached #25 in both the US and the UK. It was certified Silver by the BPI in September 1987, and Platinum by the RIAA in early 1988. It has since sold nearly two million copies in the US.
Shortly after the album’s release, a live outdoor concert also entitled “Carly Simon – Coming Around Again” was recorded in June 1987 on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts for HBO, and later released on video. On a pier in front of an invited audience, Simon and her band performed most of the songs from the album as well some of her older hits. The concert was also released as a live album in 1988 entitled Greatest Hits Live, and has also since been released on DVD as Live From Martha’s Vineyard.
Track listing
“Coming Around Again” (Simon) 3:38
“Give Me All Night” (Simon, Gerard McMahon) 4:20
“As Time Goes By” (Herman Hupfeld) 5:06
“Do The Walls Come Down” (Simon, Paul Samwell-Smith) 3:48
“It Should Have Been Me” (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance) 4:20
“The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” (Simon) 5:01
“Two Hot Girls (On a Hot Summer Night)” (Simon) 4:51
“You Have to Hurt” (Frank Musker, Dominic King) 4:04
“All I Want Is You” (Andy Goldmark, Simon, Jacob Brackman) 3:58
“Hold What You’ve Got” (Joe Tex, Simon) 3:40
“Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Simon) 3:40
Credits
Richard Alderson – Engineer
Lamar Alsop – Viola
Marin Alsop – Violin
Julien Barber – Viola
Noah Baron – Assistant Engineer
John Boylan – Producer
Jacob Brackman – Composer
Jimmy Bralower – Drum Machine, Percussion, Programming
Michael Brecker – EWI, Saxophone
Michael Christopher – Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain – Mixing
Debi Cornish – Assistant Engineer
Tim Crich – Engineer
Mickey Curry – Drums
Clive Davis – Executive Producer
Neil Dorfsman – Engineer
Lewis Eley – Violin
Frank Filipetti – Associate Producer, Drum Machine, Drums, Engineer, Linn Drum, Mixing, Producer, Programming
Barry Finclair – Violin
Roberta Flack – Vocals (Background)
Howard Fritzson – Art Direction
Andy Goldmark – Composer, Drum Machine, Drums, Keyboards
Lynn Goldsmith – Photography
Margery Greenspan – Design
Gordon Grody – Vocals (Background)
Lani Groves – Vocals (Background)
Paul Grupp – Engineer
Terri Homberg – Vocals (Background)
Herman Hupfeld – Composer
Regis Iandiorio – Violin
Theodore Israel – Viola
Neil Jason – Bass
Ted Jensen – Mastering
Chuck Kentis – Keyboards
Robbie Kilgore – Keyboards, Programming, Synthesizer Bass
Cominic King – Composer
Russ Kunkel – Drum Machine, Drums, Producer, Synthesizer
Marc LaFrance – Vocals (Background)
Carol Landon – Viola
Warren Lash – Cello
Beverly Lauridsen – Cello
Caz Lee – Vocals (Background)
Will Lee – Vocals (Background)
Tony Levin – Bass
Richard Locker – Cello
Harry Lookofsky – Violin
Chris Lord-Alge – Engineer, Mixing
Jeff Lord-Alge – Assistant Engineer
Scott Mabuchi – Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Maelen – Percussion
Barbara Markay – Programming, Synthesizer
Scott Martin – Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
George Massenburg – Engineer, Producer
Carol McCracken – Cello
Charles McCracken – Cello
Hugh McCracken – Guitar, Tiple
John McCurry – Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
Gerard McMahon – Composer
Bill Miranda – Assistant Engineer, Engineer
Rob Mounsey – Arranger, Bass Programming, Conductor, Drum Programming, Keyboards, MIDI Piano, Piano, Producer, String Arrangements
Jan Mullen – Violin
Frank Musker – Composer
David Nadien – Concert Master
Bill Payne – Keyboards, Producer
Janice Pendarvis – Vocals (Background)
Leon Pendarvis – Arranger, Engineer, Synthesizer
Richard Perry – Producer
Dave Pickell – Keyboards
John Pintavalle – Violin
Sue Pray – Viola
Matthew Raimondi – Violin
Jim Ryan – Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
Paul Samwell-Smith – Composer, Linn Drum, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Keith Scott – Guitar
Carly Simon – Arranger, Associate Producer, Composer, Keyboards, Multi Instruments, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Lucy Simon – Vocals (Background)
Richard Sortomme – Violin
Ed Stasium – Engineer
Marti Sweet – Violin
Gerald Tarack – Violin
Alex Taylor – Vocals (Background)
Alexandra Taylor – Vocals (Background)
Ben Taylor – Vocals (Background)
Dave Taylor – Bass
Isaac Taylor – Vocals (Background)
Sally Taylor – Vocals (Background)
Joe Tex – Composer
Jim Vallance – Composer
Peter-John Vettese – Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
T-Bone Wolk – Guitar
Stevie Wonder – Harmonica
Timothy Wright – Choir/