Film Noir (album)

Film Noir
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1997
Recorded1996–7 New York City
StudioRight Track Studios, The Warehouse, Clinton Studios and National Edison (New York, NY); Snowbound Sound (Pawling, NY); Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
GenreStandards
Length42:26
LabelArista
ProducerCarly Simon, Jimmy Webb and Arif Mardin
Carly Simon chronology
Clouds in My Coffee
(1995)
Film Noir
(1997)
The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better
(1998)

Film Noir is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on September 16, 1997.

It is Simon's third album devoted to standards,[1] following Torch (1981) and My Romance (1990). Jimmy Webb co-produced the album and contributed his vocals, orchestration and piano skills to the project which was filmed for an AMC documentary entitled Songs in Shadow: The Making of Carly Simon's Film Noir (which premiered in September 1997). He also co-wrote the title song "Film Noir" with Simon. John Travolta duets with Simon on the song "Two Sleepy People". Film director Martin Scorsese provided liner notes in the fold out booklet.[2] The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance in 1998.[3]

  1. ^ "Usher Scores Billboard Hit; Bieber Could Outsell Madonna". Voice of America. June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Film Noir". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Carly Simon". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2018.