You're the One (album)

You're the One is the tenth solo studio album by Paul Simon, released in 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001, with Simon becoming the first artist to be nominated in that category in five consecutive decades (1960s-2000s). (In 2006, Paul McCartney became the only other artist to match this feat with Chaos and Creation in the Backyard).

You're the One
Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Studio album by
Paul Simon
ReleasedOctober 3, 2000
Recorded1999 - 2000
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City
GenrePop, folk rock, worldbeat
Length44:09
56:45 (2004 re-issue)
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerPaul Simon
Paul Simon chronology
Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar
(2000)		 You're the One
(2000)		 Surprise
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Robert Christgau link
Rolling Stone link
Q (Nov 2000 p.109)

You're the One was also considered a comeback after the failure of Simon's Broadway musical, The Capeman, and concept album for the musical, Songs from The Capeman, which peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200.

The album was remastered and re-released in 2004, accompanied with three bonus live tracks.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Paul Simon.

Side one
  1. "That's Where I Belong" – 3:12
  2. "Darling Lorraine" – 6:39
  3. "Old" – 2:19
  4. "You're the One" – 4:27
  5. "The Teacher" – 3:36
Side two
  1. "Look at That" – 3:54
  2. "Señorita with a Necklace of Tears" – 3:41
  3. "Love" – 3:50
  4. "Pigs, Sheep and Wolves" – 3:58
  5. "Hurricane Eye" – 4:12
  6. "Quiet" – 4:17

Bonus tracks from the 2004 reissue of the album

  1. "That's Where I Belong (Live)" – 3:42
  2. "Old (Live)" – 2:40
  3. "Hurricane Eye (Live)" – 6:00

Personnel
  • Paul Simon – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 7, 8, 10), electric guitar (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10), sitar[1] (track 8)
  • Steve Gorn – bamboo flute (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8)
  • Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar (tracks 5, 6)
  • Dan Duggan – dulcimer (track 10)
  • Jay Elfenbein – vielle (track 1), vihuela (tracks 1, 2, 11)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (tracks 1-7, 9, 10)
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion (tracks 1-10)
  • Peter Herbert – bass guitar (tracks 4, 11)
  • Bakithi Kumalo - bass guitar (tracks 1-4, 7-9)
  • Skip LaPlante – harp (tracks 7, 11), bowls (track 11), whirly tube (track 11)
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (tracks 5, 6, 10)
  • Howard Levy – harmonica (track 5)
  • Alain Mallet – Hammond organ (tracks 4, 7, 11), piano (track 1)
  • Vincent Nguini – acoustic guitar (track 10), electric guitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-10)
  • Stanley Silverman – arrangement of french horns (tracks 2, 5)
  • Andy Snitzer – soprano saxophone (track 3), tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4)
  • Evan Ziporyn – clarinet (tracks 1, 5), soprano saxophone (track 3), tenor saxophone (track 2, 4)
  • Clifford Carter – celeste (tracks 2, 6, 10), keyboard glockenspiel (track 10)
  • Mark Stewart – Dobro (track 7, 9), cello (track 2), electric guitar (track 2), sitar (tracks 7), banjo (track 10), pedal steel gong (track 9), trumpet (track 11)
  • Steve Shehan – percussion (tracks 1-10)

Charts and certifications

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