Hotcakes (album)

Hotcakes
Hotcakes
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	January 11, 1974
Recorded	September and October–November 1973
Studio	Producers Workshop, Los Angeles; Hit Factory, New York City;
Genre	Rock, pop, acoustic
Length	38:41
Label	Elektra
Producer	Richard Perry
Carly Simon chronology
Singles from Hotcakes
	"Mockingbird"; Released: January 1974; "Haven't Got Time for the Pain"; Released: April 1974;

Hotcakes is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on January 11, 1974. Featuring the major hits "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" and "Mockingbird", the latter a duet with her then-husband James Taylor, Hotcakes became one of Simon's biggest selling albums. Her first concept album, the autobiographical songs portray Simon happily married and beginning a family.^[1]

The album's cover photo, taken by Ed Caraeff in late 1973, shows Simon sitting in a maternity dress, pregnant with her first child, Sally. Produced by Richard Perry who had previously helmed No Secrets, the album features Simon on piano, including the final track "Haven't Got Time for the Pain". The string-and-percussion outro at the end of the album was composed by cellist Paul Buckmaster and drummer Ralph MacDonald.^[2]

^ "Hotcakes". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
^ Schnee, Bill (2021). Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 37–40. ISBN 9781493056149.

[1] "Hotcakes". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

[Schnee-2] Schnee, Bill (2021). Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 37–40. ISBN 9781493056149.

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