Description
Boys in the Trees is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon in April 1978
Janet Maslin, writing in Rolling Stone, stated “Boys in the Trees is Carly Simon’s most serene accomplishment to date, but its moods vary dramatically enough to indicate that peace of mind comes at a high price.” When praising the single “You Belong to Me“, Maslin went on to write, “It’s a number that could easily have been belted out or growled à la “You’re So Vain“, but this time Simon prefers to sound more like a cat who’s been dining on canary.
Video: Carly Simon – You Belong To Me (1978)
Tracklist:
| 1 | You Belong To Me | 3:52 | |
| 2 | Boys In The Trees | 3:13 | |
| 3 | Back Down To Earth | 3:08 | |
| 4 | Devoted To You | 2:29 | |
| 5 | De Bat (Fly In Me Face) | 2:28 | |
| 6 | Haunting | 2:28 | |
| 7 | Tranquillo (Melt My Heart) | 4:02 | |
| 8 | You’re The One | 3:38 | |
| 9 | In A Small Moment | 3:08 | |
| 10 | One Man Woman | 3:39 | |
| 11 | For Old Times Sake | 3:41 |
Credits:
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- Carly Simon – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 7, 8, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 11)
- Cornell Dupree – electric guitar (1, 8, 10)
- Eric Gale – electric guitar (1)
- Jeff Mironov – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (3)
- John Hall – electric guitar (3), backing vocals (5)
- Hugh McCracken – electric guitar solo (4)
- Hamish Stuart – guitar (7), backing vocals (7, 8)
- Onnie McIntyre – guitar (7)
- Stuart Scharf – electric guitar (9), acoustic guitar (11), autoharp (11)
- Gordon Edwards – bass (1, 8, 10)
- Will Lee – bass (3, 4)
- Tony Levin – bass (7, 8, 9)
- Richard Tee – Fender Rhodes, (1, 4), acoustic piano (3, 8, 10)
- Ken Bichel – acoustic piano (6), Fender Rhodes (9), ARP synthesizer (9)
- Don Grolnick – Fender Rhodes (7), ARP String Ensemble (7)
- Steve Gadd – drums (1-4, 6-10)
- David Carey – marimba (2)
- Rubens Bassini – percussion (5)
- Errol “Crusher” Bennett – bass drum (5), congas (5), percussion (10)
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1)
- Harvey Estrin – soprano and tenor recorders (2)
- George Marge – soprano and tenor recorders (2)
- Phil Bodner – oboe (6)
- Gloria Agostini – harp (6)
- Margaret Ross – harp (6)
- Joe Farrell – flute (9)
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (10)
- Arif Mardin – horn and string arrangements, conductor, glass harmonica (11)
- Gene Orloff – concertmaster
- James Taylor – backing vocals (1, 2, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (2-5), vocal arrangement (5), horn arrangements (7)
- Harvey Estrin – alto saxophone
- George Young – alto saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
- Jaroslav Jakubovič – baritone saxophone
- Eddie Bert – trombone
- Barry Rogers – trombone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- James Buffington – French horn
- Brooks Tillotson – French horn
- Roderick George – backing vocals (5)
- Luther Vandross – backing vocals (5)
- Ken Williams – backing vocals (5)
- Steven Dickson – backing vocals (6)
- Marc Embree – backing vocals (6)
- Alyia Orme – backing vocals (6)
- Joanna Simon – backing vocals (6)
- Lucy Simon – backing vocals (6)
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals (7)
- Alex Ligertwood – backing vocals (8)
- Jonathan Abramowitz, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Fredrick Buldrini, Paul Gershman, Ted Hoyle, Theodore Israel, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Charles Libove, Guy Lumia, Joe Malin, Yoko Matsuo, Homer Mensch, Kermit Moore, Marvin Morgenstern, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama and Gerald Tarack – strings.
