1. Allergies (4:39)
2. Hearts And Bones (5:39)
3. When Numbers Get Serious (3:26)
4. Think Too Much (b) (2:45)
5. Song About The Moon (4:11)
6. Think Too Much (a) (3:05)
7. Train In The Distance (5:12)
8. Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War (3:44)
9. Cars Are Cars (3:15)
10. The Late Great Johnny Ace (4:47)
Bonus tracks: 11. Shelter Of Your Arms - work-in-progress (3:09)
Recorded December 1982
12. Train In The Distance - original acoustic demo (3:11)
Recorded August 1981
13. Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War - original acoustic demo (3:45)
Recorded December 1982
14. The Late Great Johnny Ace - original acoustic demo (3:22)
Recorded August 1981
Muzycy
Paul Simon
(Paul Frederic Simon) (13.10.1941 Newark, New Jersey)
Background vocals by Paul Simon
All songs written by Paul Simon
[1] Acoustic guitar - Paul Simon Electric guitar - Dean Parks Guitar solo - Al Di Meola Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Steve Gadd, Steve Ferrone Fender Rhodes - Greg Phillinganes Synthesizers - Rob Sabino. Rob Mounsey Percussion - Airto Moreir Horn arrangements by Dave Matthews
[2] Acoustic guitar - Paul Simon Hi string guitar - Dean Parks Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Steve Gadd Fender Rhodes - Richard Tee Percussion - Airto Moreira Vibes, marimba - Michael Mainieri
[3] Electric guitar - Eric Gale Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Steve Ferrone Keyboards - Richard Tee Percussion - Airto Moreira Synclavier - Tom Coppola
[4] Acoustic guitar - Paul Simon Electric guitar - Dean Parks Bass - Marcus Miller Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Steve Gadd Piano - Richard Tee Percussion - Airto Moreira Marimba - Michael Mainieri Synclavier - Tom Coppola
[5] Acoustic guitar - Paul Simon Electric guitar - Dean Parks Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Steve Gadd Fender Rhodes - Greg Phillinganes Vocoder - Rob Mounsey Synclavier - Tom Coppola
[6] Electric guitar - Nile Rodgers Bass - Bernard Edwards Drums - Steve Ferrone Synclavier - Tom Coppola
[7] Electric guitar - Dean Parks Bass - Marcus Miller Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Drums - Jeff Porcaro Fender Rhodes - Richard Tee Percussion - Airto Moreira Vibes - Michael Mainieri Cello - Jess Levy French horn - Peter Gordon Alto saxophone - Mark Rivera
[8] Electric guitar - Paul Simon Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Fender Rhodes, synthesizer - Richard Tee Piano - Rob Sabino Synclavier - Wells Christie Background vocals arranged and performed by The Harptones Orchestration by George Delerue
[9] Electric guitar - Nile Rodgers Contrabass guitar - Anthony Jackson Synthesizer - Rob Sabino Linn drum machine programmed by Paul Simon and Nile Rodgers Horn arrangement by Dave Matthews
[10] Acoustic guitar - Paul Simon Electric guitar - Dean Parks, Sid McGinnis Drums - Steve Gadd Fender Rhodes - Greg Phillinganes Synthesizer - Michael Boddicke Closing composed by and orchestrated by Philip Glass Conducted by Michael Riesman Synthesizer - Michael Riesman Flute - Carol Wincenc Bass clarinet - George Marge Violin - Marin Alsop Cello - Frederick Zlotkin Viola - Jill Jaffe
Produced by Paul Simon, Russ Titelman, and Roy Halee Tracks 1,5 and 10 co-produced by Lenny Waronker
Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood; Regent Sound Studios, New York; Power Station Inc., New York; Mediasound Inc., New York; Atlantic Recording Studios, New York; and Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Engineered and mixed by Roy Halee Synclavier programming by David Nichtern Additional engineering: Lee Herschberg, Jason Corsaro, Mark Linett, Gene Paul, James Dougherty Second engineers: Eric Korte, Andy Hoffman, Terry Rosiello, David Greenberg, Stuart Gitlin, Ken Deane, Dan Nash, Jim Santis Mixed at Regent Sound Studios, New York
Originally mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York
Recorded using the 3M Digital Mastering Process
Digital engineer: Tom Bates Soundworks Digital Audio Facilities: Wayne Yurgelun Production assistants: Julie Hooker, Kimberly Boyle
Art direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff with Paula Greif Design: Jeri McManus Special thanks: Hugh Brown Album cover photo: E.K.T.V.
Originally issued as Warner Bros. 239742, October 1983
Al Di Meola courtesy of CBS Records
Bernard Edwards courtesy of Atlantic Records
Eric Gale courtesy of Elektra/Musician Records
Phillip Glass courtesy of CBS/Masterworks
The Harptones courtesy of Ambient Sound Records
Dave Matthews courtesy of GNP Crescendo Records
Greg Phillinganes courtesy of Planet Records
Jeff Porcaro courtesy of CBS Records
Nile Rodgers courtesy of Mirage/ATCO Records
Reissue supervision: David McLees, Bill Inglot and Robin Hurley Remastering: Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot at DigiPrep
Reissue art direction and design: Greg Allen
A Warner Communications Company [Warner logo] ®. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
℗ 1983 Paul Simon
Made in West Germany
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 9 23942-1) LP (US) (40:30)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 9 W1-23942-1, W1-23942) LP (US)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records W4-23942, 4-23942) MC (US)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 9 23942-4, 4-23942) MC (US)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92 39421) LP (CA)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92 39424) MC (CA)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 9 23942-2) CD (D)
1983 ( Warner Bros. Records 923942-1) LP (IRL)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92-3942-4) MC (D/I/F/Scandinavia)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92-3942-1, 923942-1) LP (GRE)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92 39421) LP (GRE)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 92-3942-1) LP (EU/F/NL/I/Scandinavia)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 9 23942-1) LP (Scandinavia)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records L 92 3942-1, 92 3942-1) LP (ESP)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records L 92 3942-1) LP (ESP)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 759 92 3942 1) LP (P)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records BAN 923942-1) LP (Israel)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 23942-1) LP (AUS)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 239421) LP (NZ)
1983 (Warner-Pioneer Corporation 9 23942-2, 38XP-53) LP (JAP)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records P-11436) LP (JAP)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records WBC 1564) LP (South Africa)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records CSWB-6238) MC (MEX)
1983 ( Warner Bros. Records LWB 6238) LP (MEX)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 83.456) LP (ARG)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records 26.116) LP (BRA)
1983 (Warner Bros. Records WARNER-3022) LP (Venezuela)
1984 (Suzy, Warner Bros. Records WB 23942, 92-3942-1) LP (YU)
1987 (Warner Bros. Records 23942-4) MC (TUR)
1987 (Warner Bros. Records 32XD-887) CD (JAP)
1990 (Warner Bros. Records 9 23942-2) CD (US)
2004 (Legacy, Sony Music 88697932692) CD (AUS)
2004 (Warner Bros. Records 8122-78903-2) CD (US) (40:38)
2004 (Warner Bros. Records R2 78903) CD (US)
2004 (Warner Bros. Records R2 78903, 8122-78903-2) CD (EU)
2006 (Warner Bros. Records WPCR-12416) CD (JAP)
2010 (Legacy ?) 14xFile, FLAC, Album, RE, RM, 24-
2011 (Legacy 88697 93269 2) CD (US)
2011 (Legacy, Sony Music 88697932692) CD (EU) (54:30) 2011 (Sony Music SICP 20347) CD (JAP)
