Hearts and Bones
by Paul Simon
- Type: Album
- Released: 31 October 1983
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Country: United States
- Length: 54:28
- Community rating: 3.66/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally intended as a Simon & Garfunkel reunion record, 'Hearts and Bones' emerged as a deeply introspective, beautifully orchestrated Paul Simon solo project. The album documents his dissolving marriage to Carrie Fisher through highly melodic, softly acoustic pop-rock arrangements, creating a remarkably passionate, mature, and bittersweet reflection on romance.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, acoustic, breakup, literate, storytelling, male-vocals, literary, genre-blending
Tracklist
- Allergies (4:39)
- Hearts and Bones (5:39)
- When Numbers Get Serious (3:26)
- Think Too Much (b) (2:45)
- Song About the Moon (4:11)
- Think Too Much (a) (3:05)
- Train in the Distance (5:12)
- Ren茅 and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (3:45)
- Cars Are Cars (3:15)
- The Late Great Johnny Ace (4:53)
- Shelter of Your Arms (Unreleased Work-In-Progress) (3:11)
- Train in the Distance (Original Acoustic Demo) (3:13)
- Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (Original Acoustic Demo) (3:47)
- The Late Great Johnny Ace (Original Acoustic Demo) (3:22)
Credits
- Paul Simon - primary artist, producer, written-by, backing vocals, written-by, vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programmed by [linn drum machine], background vocals vocal
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
- Paula Greif - art direction, additional art direction
- Lenny Waronker - co-producer
- Jeri McManus - design
- Gene Paul - engineer [additional], additional engineer
- Jason Corsaro - engineer [additional], additional engineer
- Jim Dougherty - engineer [additional], additional engineer
- Lee Herschberg - engineer [additional], additional engineer
- Mark Linett - engineer [additional], additional engineer
- Tom Bates - engineer [digital], engineer
- Andy Hoffman - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Dan Nash - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Dave Greenberg - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Eric Korte - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Jimmy Santis - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Ken Deane - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Stuart Gitlin - engineer [second], assistant engineer
- Terry Rosiello - engineer [second]
- Wayne Yurgelin - engineer [soundworks digital audio facilities]
- Greg Calbi - mastered by
- Julie Hooker - other [production assistant]
- Kimberly Boyle - other [production assistant]
- E.K.T.V. - photography by [cover]
- Arthur Elgort - photography by [innersleeve], photography
- Russ Titelman - producer
- Roy Halee - producer, engineer, mixed by
- David Nichtern - programmed by [synclavier], synclavier programming
- Dave Matthews - arranged by [horns]
- Anthony Jackson - bass guitar [contrabass guitar]
- Steve Ferrone - drums
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Dean Parks - electric guitar, guitar [hi-string]
- Greg Phillinganes - electric piano [fender rhodes]
- Al Di Meola - guitar, soloist
- Airto Moreira - percussion
- Rob Mounsey - synthesizer, vocoder
- Rob Sabino - synthesizer, piano
- Richard Tee - electric piano [fender rhodes], keyboards, electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer
- Mike Mainieri - vibraphone, marimba
- Eric Gale - electric guitar
- Tom Coppola - synthesizer [synclavier]
- Marcus Miller - bass
- Bernard Edwards - bass
- Nile Rodgers - electric guitar, electric guitar, programmed by [linn drum machine]
- Mark Rivera - alto saxophone
- Jesse Levy - cello
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- Peter Gordon - french horn
- The Harptones - backing vocals [arranged & perfomed by]
- Georges Delerue - orchestrated by
- Wells Christie - synthesizer [synclavier]
- George Marge - bass clarinet
- Fred Zlotkin - cello
- Philip Glass - composed by [closing], orchestrated by [closing]
- Michael Riesman - conductor, synthesizer
- Sid McGinnis - electric guitar
- Carol Wincenc - flute
- Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
- Jill Jaffe - viola