The Sound of Silence (album)

This article is about the Carmen McRae album. For the Simon & Garfunkel album, see Sounds of Silence.

The Sound of Silence
Studio album by Carmen McRae
Released	1968
Recorded	June 26–28, 1968, Western Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	39:42
Label	Atlantic SD 8200
Producer	Nesuhi Ertegun
Carmen McRae chronology
Portrait of Carmen (1967) The Sound of Silence (1968) Just a Little Lovin' (1970)

The Sound of Silence is a 1968 studio album by Carmen McRae for Atlantic Records with an orchestra primarily under the musical direction of Shorty Rogers. The first four tracks, recorded on June 26, 1968, were arranged and conducted by Jimmy Jones.

Track listing

Side One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sound of Silence"	Paul Simon	3:01
2.	"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"	Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington	3:27
3.	"MacArthur Park"	Jimmy Webb	4:01
4.	"Watch What Happens"	Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand	2:35
5.	"Stardust"	Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael	4:05
6.	"Don't Go Away"	Margo Guryan	2:16

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Gloomy Sunday"	László Jávor, Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis	4:05
8.	"I Sold My Heart to the Junkman"	Leon René, Otis René	3:43
9.	"Poor Butterfly"	John Golden, John Raymond Hubbell	2:19
10.	"My Heart Reminds Me"	Camillo Bargoni, Danpa, Al Stillman	2:30
11.	"The Folks Who Live on the Hill"	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	4:27
12.	"Can You Tell"	Guryan	2:14

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Personnel

• Carmen McRae – vocals
• Shorty Rogers – arranger, musical director (except tracks 2, 4, 5, 11)
• Jimmy Jones – arranger, conductor (2, 4, 5, 11)
• Buddy Childers, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Zito – trumpet
• Dick Nash, Lew McCreary – trombone
• Vincent DeRosa – French horn
• Jim Horn, John Lowe – saxophones
• Norman Simmons – electric piano, piano
• Mike Deasy – guitar
• Tommy Tedesco – guitar
• Francois Vaz – guitar
• Al Hendrickson – guitar
• Max Bennett – bass
• Bob West – bass
• James Gordon – drums
• Paul Humphrey – drums
• Emil Radocchia – percussion
• Larry Bunker – percussion