Anticipation (Carly Simon album)

Anticipation
Studio album by
Carly Simon
ReleasedNovember 1971
RecordedLate Summer 1971
StudioMorgan Studios, London, England
GenreRock, acoustic
Length37:23
LabelElektra
ProducerPaul Samwell-Smith
Carly Simon chronology
Carly Simon
(1971) 		Anticipation
(1971) 		No Secrets
(1972)
Singles from Anticipation
  1. "Anticipation"
    Released: 1971
  2. "Legend in Your Own Time"
    Released: 1971
  3. "The Girl You Think You See"
    Released: 1972

Anticipation is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, in November 1971.

The title track and lead single, "Anticipation", became a smash top 20 chart hit in the U.S.; it was later used as the soundtrack for several television commercials for Heinz ketchup starting in 1973. The song relates Simon's state of mind as she waits to go on a date with Cat Stevens.[1] The album cover artwork is a photo of Simon taken by Peter Simon at the gates of Queen Mary's Garden in London's Regent's Park.[2]

The closing song, "I've Got to Have You" (written by Kris Kristofferson), was released as a single in Australia and reached No. 6 on the Australian charts in 1972.[3]

  1. ^ "Anticipation". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Anticipation". Musical Maps. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.