Hotcakes

by Carly Simon

Overview

A glowing, pregnant Carly Simon smiles out from the cover of Hotcakes, one of her biggest selling albums, which featured the gold single "Mockingbird," a duet with her husband James Taylor that effectively remade the old Inez and Charlie Foxx hit and bested it on the charts. The album also included another hit, "Haven't Got Time For The Pain," as well as "Misfit," in which a wife implores her carousing husband to come home, and "Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby," which celebrated the joys of same. With such tracks, Hotcakes was an autobiographical concept album that defined domestic bliss at a time when Simon's listeners also were catching their breath and turning inward. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Elektra
UPC:	0075596059428

Tracks

1. Safe and Sound
2. Mind on My Man
3. Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby
4. Older Sister
5. Just Not True
6. Hotcakes
7. Misfit
8. Forever My Love
9. Mockingbird
10. Grownup
11. Haven't Got Time for the Pain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carly Simon   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Piano (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Whistle (Instrument)
James Taylor   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals (Background),Guitar,Vocals,Conductor,Lead Vocals,Horn Conductor,Guitar (Acoustic)
Dr. John   Guest Artist,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Keyboards
Billy Cobham   Guest Artist,Tuba,Drums,Sax (Baritone)
Bucky Pizzarelli   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Robbie Robertson   Guest Artist,Guitar,Lead Guitar
Bennie Diggs   Vocals (Background)
David Spinozza   Guitar,Lead Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Howard Johnson   Tuba,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Jim Ryan   Bass,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Rick Marotta   Drums
Michael Brecker   Soloist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Ralph McDonald   Congas,Percussion
The Revelations   Vocals,Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
George Devens   Percussion
Jimmy Ryan   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Ken Asher   Organ,Piano
Lucy Simon   La-La,Vocals (Background)
Jim Gordon   Drums
Jim Keltner   Drums
Richard Davis   Bass
Ralph MacDonald   Congas,Percussion
Revelation   Vocals (Background)
George Devons   Cabasa,Cabassa
Todd Graff   La-La,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Larry Brean   Bass,Slap Bass
Paul Buckmaster   Strings,Conductor
Steve Madaio   Horn,Trumpet
Andy Newmark   Drums,Percussion
Kenny Ascher   Piano,Keyboards
Bobby Keys   Trombone,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Klaus Voormann   Bass
Tasha Thomas   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lani Groves   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Barry Rogers   Trumpet,Trombone
Benny Diggs   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Richard Perry   Vocals (Background)
Carl Hall   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Russ Kunkel   Drums

Technical Credits

Ed Caraeff   Photography
James Taylor   Horn Arrangements,Composer,Lyricist
Harry Maslin   Mixing,Engineer
Inez Foxx   Composer
Vieri Salvadori   Photography
Blaise Castellano   Assistant Engineer
Paul Buckmaster   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Woodwind Arrangement
Bill Schnee   Mixing,Engineer,Remixing
Jacob Brackman   Composer,Lyricist
Richard Perry   Producer
Carly Simon   Composer,Lyricist
Charlie Foxx   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering,Disc Cutting