Carly Simon - This Kind of Love (2008)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"This Kind of Love" (Carly Simon, Jimmy Webb, Peter Calo) – 4:56
"Hold Out Your Heart" (C. Simon, P. Calo) – 3:27
"People Say a Lot" (C. Simon) – 6:28
"Island" (Ben Taylor) – 4:24
"How Can You Ever Forget" (C. Simon, David Saw) – 2:41
"Hola Soleil" (C. Simon, B. Taylor, Jacob Brackman, J. Webb, P. Calo, D. Saw) – 4:55
"In My Dreams" (C. Simon, J. Webb, P. Calo) – 4:21
"When We're Together" (Sally Taylor) – 4:18
"So Many People to Love" (C. Simon, Wade Robson, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:51
"They Just Want You to be There" (C. Simon) – 4:19
"The Last Samba" (J. Webb) – 3:16
"Sangre Dolce" (C. Simon) – 4:26
"Too Soon to Say Goodbye" (C. Simon) – 3:42
Carly Simon Band Members / Musicians
Carly Simon – lead vocals, electric piano (2, 11, 13), backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 10, 13), acoustic piano (5), synthesizers (5, 13), percussion (5, 11), acoustic guitar (10), guitars (11), bass (11)
Tesse Gohl – orchestrations (1-4, 6, 8, 11), synthesizers (6), string arrangements (11)
Sammy Merendino – programming (3)
Peter Calo – music director (1-8, 10, 11, 13), guitars (1, 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 13), backing vocals (3, 4), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (4), mandolin (5), dobro (8, 10)
David Saw – guitars (1, 2, 5, 6), backing vocals (3, 5, 13)
Ben Mauro – guitars (9)
Michael Lockwood – guitar solo (11)
Lincoln Goines – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Jimmy Webb – bass (3), backing vocals (3), synthesizers (4, 10), orchestrations (5), acoustic piano (7, 11, 13), arrangements
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass (11)
Robby Ameen – drums (1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 13)
Steve Gadd – drums (11)
Cyro Baptista – percussion (1-4, 6, 8, 11)
Rick Marotta – percussion (1, 2, 3, 6, 8), cajón (11)
Aaron Heick – saxophone (1), English horn (5), alto flute (7, 11)
William Galison – harmonica (13)
Elena Barere – concertmaster (1-6, 8)
David Campbell – string arrangements (9)
Wade Robson – string arrangements (9), vocal arrangements (9)
Jill Dell'Abate – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13), contractor
Frank Filipetti – backing vocals (1, 5, 6, 10)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (2, 6, 13)
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (2, 6, 13)
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (2, 6, 13)
Jimmy Parr – backing vocals (3)
Ben Taylor – backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 13), acoustic guitar (4)
Sheree Brown – backing vocals (9)
Children's Choir (Tracks 1 & 6)
Sarah Barnaby, Ben Brooks, Amy Cass, Melanie Clarke, Aidan Cron, Emily Graffeo, Ryan King, Josie Mangold, Lucas Mangold, Emily Powers and Amanda Scopelliti
Frank Filipetti – producer (1-8, 10, 11, 13), engineer, mixing
Jimmy Webb – producer (1-8, 10, 11, 13)
Carly Simon – additional producer (1-8, 10, 11, 13), producer (12), additional engineer, liner notes
Ben Taylor – additional producer (1-8, 10, 11, 13), additional engineer
Wade Robson – producer (9)
Jimmy Parr – associate producer, additional engineer
Derik Lee – additional engineer, assistant engineer
Missy Webb – assistant engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Jill Dell'Abate – production coordination
Tommy Steele – art direction, design
Jodie Wright – webmaster
Lynn Goldsmith – photography
Meghan La Roque – personal assistant
Amanda Ziskin – personal assistant
Recorded at Legacy Recording Studios (New York, NY) and Parr Audio (Oak Bluff, MA)
Mixed at Legacy Recording Studios
Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME)
This Kind of Love is the 22nd studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Hear Music, on April 29, 2008.
Simon's first album of original material since The Bedroom Tapes in 2000, it is also her most recent album to date consisting of brand new songs. It debuted at No. 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 23,000 copies in its first week. By late 2009, the album had sold 124,000 copies.
