The Sounds of Simon

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The Sounds of Simon
The Sounds of Simon Joe Simon album.jpg
Studio album by
Joe Simon
Released1971
RecordedMusic City Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelSpring
ProducerJohn Richbourg, Joe Simon
Joe Simon chronology
Joe Simon...Better Than Ever
(1969) 		The Sounds of Simon
(1971) 		Drowning in the Sea of Love
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]

The Sounds of Simon is the sixth studio album recorded by American singer Joe Simon, released in 1971 on the Spring Records label.

Chart performance[]

The album peaked at No. 9 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 153 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Your Time to Cry", which peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which reached No. 13 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart and No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing[]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."To Lay Down Beside You"Tim Drummond3:15
2."I Can't See Nobody"Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb4:15
3."Most of All"Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb2:40
4."No More Me"Cecil Doty2:29
5."Your Time to Cry"Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald, Dock Price, Jr.2:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Help Me Make It Through the Night"Kris Kristofferson2:40
7."My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"Marty Robbins4:34
8."I Love You More (Than Anything)"Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald, Dock Price, Jr.2:05
9."Georgia Blue"Larry Neal2:52
10."All My Hard Times"Joe South2:38

Charts[]

Chart (1971) Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 153
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 9
Singles
Year Single Peaks
US
[2] 		US
R&B
[2]
1970 "Your Time to Cry" 40 3
1971 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" 69 13
"To Lay Down Beside You" — —
"All My Hard Times" 93 19
"Georgia Blue" —

References[]

  1. ^ The Sounds of Simon review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "US Charts > Joe Simon". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

External links[]

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