Simple Things
Studio album by Carole King
Released	July 1977
Studio	A&M (Hollywood) Sound Labs (Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	40:45
Label	Avatar / Capitol
Producer	Carole King, Norm Kinney
Carole King chronology
Thoroughbred (1976) Simple Things (1977) Welcome Home (1978)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C−[2]

Simple Things is the 8th album by American singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1977. It is her first album on the Avatar / Capitol label.

Cash Box said of the title song that it "lives up to the philosophy of its title and lyric" and "has a deceptively simple melody that draws the listener in after a few short seconds."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Carole King, except as noted below.

Side one

1. "Simple Things" (King, Rick Evers)　– 2:41
2. "Hold On" (King, Evers)　– 4:37
3. "In the Name of Love"　– 3:04
4. "Labyrinth"　– 4:03
5. "You're the One Who Knows"　– 5:05

Side two

6. "Hard Rock Cafe"　– 3:44
7. "Time Alone"　– 2:37
8. "God Only Knows" – 6:19
9. "To Know That I Love You" (King, Evers)　– 3:31
10. "One"　– 5:04

Personnel

• Carole King - piano, vocals, background vocals
• Rick Evers – guitar
• Robert McEntee - guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Michael Rivera - percussion
• Rob Galloway - bass
• Mark Hallman - guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Michael Wooten - drums
• Louise Goffin - background vocals
• Sherry Goffin - background vocals
• Nolan Smith – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Maurice Spears – bass trombone
• Terry Harrington – baritone saxophone
• Oscar Brashear – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone
• George Bohanon – trombone, horn arrangement
• Robert Dubow - violin
• Charles Veal – violin
• Ken Yerke – violin
• David Campbell – viola
• Dennis Karmazyn – cello

Production notes

• Produced by Carole King and Norm Kinney
• Engineered by Norm Kinney and Milt Calice
• Steve Katz – assistant engineer
• James Tuttle – sound assistance
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Roy Reynolds – illustrations and photography
• Rick Evers – label design
• Terry Kruger – label art
• Roy Kohara and Roy Reynolds – art direction

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