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{{Infobox album
| name       = Hello Big Man
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Carly Simon]]
| cover      = Hello Big Man.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 31, 1983
| recorded   = 1982–1983
| venue      =
| studio     = 
*[[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]], New York City
*[[The Village Recorder|Village Recorder]], Hollywood
*[[Ocean Way Recording|Ocean Way]], Los Angeles
| genre      = Rock, Reggae
| length     = 38:57
| label      = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[Mike Mainieri]]
| prev_title = [[Torch (Carly Simon album)|Torch]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Spoiled Girl]]
| next_year  = 1985
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Hello Big Man
 | type        = Studio album
 | single1     = [[You Know What to Do (Carly Simon song)|You Know What to Do]]
 | single1date = 1983
 | single2     = Hello Big Man
 | single2date = 1983
}}
}}

'''''Hello Big Man''''' is the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Carly Simon]], released by [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]], on August 31, 1983.

The album was Simon's last for Warner Bros. (and for what became the [[Warner Music Group]], having also spent time with [[Elektra Records]]), as it was a commercial disappointment upon release, despite a positive reception from critics. The album featured [[Sly Dunbar]] and [[Robbie Shakespeare]] on a number of tracks, including one [[Bob Marley]] cover.

The album title refers to the reply that Simon's mother, [[Andrea Heinemann Simon|Andrea Simon]], gave to her father, [[Richard L. Simon|Richard Simon]], when they first met. He said "hello little woman", and she replied "hello big man".<ref name="carlysimon.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Hello_Big_Man.html#.VJbCf5U5BMt |title=Hello Big Man |website=Carlysimon.com |access-date=December 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223120814/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Hello_Big_Man.html#.VJbCf5U5BMt |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-big-man-mw0000650771|title=Hello Big Man|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022193317/https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-big-man-mw0000650771|archive-date=October 22, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|last=Shewey|first=Don|title=Hello Big Man|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/hello-big-man-19831124|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 24, 1983 |access-date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000413/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/hello-big-man-246933/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

Writing in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Don Shewey called the album "Carly Simon's best in years," stating that she "has returned to the sort of beautiful, folk-based singing and songwriting that originally made the world fall in love with her." He singled out "It Happens Everyday" and the title track as "two of the album's best songs," and also stated "her rendition of [[Bob Marley]]'s ‘[[Is This Love (Bob Marley and the Wailers song)|Is This Love?]]’ is particularly terrific, especially the way Simon's light, floating soprano mixes with Sly and Robbie's exquisite funk foundation."<ref name="rollingstone"/>

In a retrospective review from [[AllMusic]], William Ruhlmann called the album "a return to the style of ''[[Anticipation (Carly Simon album)|Anticipation]]'' and ''[[No Secrets (Carly Simon album)|No Secrets]]'' after years of following trends -- the songs were romantic, with the erotic edge that had charged much of Simon's best material. The album was typically uneven, but also typically personal and compelling." He also singled out the title track as "a winning account of her parents' courting."<ref name="allmusic"/>

==Music videos==
The music video for the lead single "[[You Know What to Do (Carly Simon song)|You Know What to Do]]" was directed by Dominic Orlando, from a concept by Simon. It was filmed on location in [[Martha's Vineyard]], at her home and in the surrounding woods.<ref name="carlysimon.com"/> The video received moderate airplay on [[MTV]] in the autumn of 1983.

Simon also filmed a music video for the title track and second single, "Hello Big Man", which features photos and film footage of her parents. Simon's mother, [[Andrea Heinemann Simon|Andrea Simon]], appears at the end of the video. The video also includes the American actor and singer [[Al Corley]],<ref name="carlysimon.com"/> who had also been featured on the cover of Simon's previous album ''[[Torch (Carly Simon album)|Torch]]'', and with whom Simon had a brief romance.

The music video for the song "It Happens Everyday" was played in movie theaters during "coming attractions".<ref name="carlysimon.com"/>

==Track listing==
Credits adapted from the album's [[liner notes]].<ref name="Album booklet">{{cite AV media notes|others = Carly Simon |title = Hello Big Man |year = 1983 |type = booklet |publisher = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]}}</ref>
{{tracklisting
| headline         = Side one
| title1           = [[You Know What to Do (Carly Simon song)|You Know What to Do]]
| writer1          = {{hlist|[[Carly Simon]]|[[Jacob Brackman]]|Peter Wood|[[Mike Mainieri]]}}
| length1          = 4:16
| title2           = Menemsha
| writer2          = {{hlist|Simon|Wood}}
| length2          = 4:39
| title3           = Damn You Get to Me
| writer3          = Simon
| length3          = 3:16
| title4           = [[Is This Love (Bob Marley song)|Is This Love?]]
| writer4          = [[Bob Marley]]
| length4          = 4:13
| title5           = Orpheus
| writer5          = Simon
| length5          = 3:50
}}

{{tracklisting
| headline         = Side two
| title1           = It Happens Everyday
| writer1          = Simon
| length1          = 2:44
| title2           = Such a Good Boy
| writer2          = {{hlist|Simon|[[Robbie Shakespeare]]|Mainieri}}
| length2          = 4:01
| title3           = Hello Big Man
| writer3          = {{hlist|Simon|Wood}}
| length3          = 5:29
| title4           = You Don't Feel the Same
| writer4          = Simon
| length4          = 2:43
| title5           = Floundering
| writer5          = Simon
| length5          = 3:46
| total_length     = 38:57
}}

== Personnel ==
=== Musicians ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* [[Carly Simon]] – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–4, 7, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (3, 6), electric guitar (9)
* [[Don Grolnick]] – electric piano (1, 6), synthesizers (2), [[steel drums]] (2), acoustic piano (3), [[Electric organ|organ]] (4, 10)
* [[Mike Mainieri]] – synthesizers (1, 5), [[Tubular bells|chimes]] (2), [[marimba]] (2), acoustic piano (5), bass (5), additional synthesizers (8)
* Peter Wood – [[Memorymoog]] (1, 6, 8, 10), acoustic piano (2, 8)
* [[Larry Williams (jazz musician)|Larry Williams]] – synth flutes (1)
* [[Rob Mounsey]] – [[Fairlight CMI|Fairlight programming]] (2), BGV arrangements (2)
* [[Hugh McCracken]] – acoustic guitar (1, 6, 8), electric guitar (2, 3, 8, 10)
* [[Andy Summers]] – electric guitar (1)
* [[Elliott Randall]] – electric guitar solo (1)
* [[Eric Gale]] – electric guitar (4, 7)
* Jimmy Ryan – acoustic guitar (5)
* [[Dean Parks]] – electric guitar (6)
* [[Sid McGinnis]] – electric guitar (7)
* [[Tony Levin]] – bass (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10)
* [[Robbie Shakespeare]] – bass (4, 7), backing vocals (7)
* [[Rick Marotta]] – drums (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10), [[cymbal]]s (5), [[Tom drum|tom tom]] (5)
* Jimmy Bralower – [[LinnDrum]] (1, 5, 9)
* [[Sly Dunbar]] – drums (4, 7)
* Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (4, 7, 10)
* [[Marty Paich]] – string arrangements (3, 6)
* [[Leon Pendarvis]] – horn arrangements (4)
* [[Lou Marini]] – alto saxophone (4)
* [[Ronnie Cuber]] – baritone saxophone (4)
* [[Michael Brecker]] – tenor saxophone (4)
* [[Jon Faddis]] – trumpet (4)
* [[Alan Rubin]] – trumpet (4)
* [[David Sanborn]] – alto saxophone (8)
* [[Tawatha Agee]] –  backing vocals (1, 4)
* [[Marcus Miller]] – backing vocals (1, 4), bass (8)
* [[Fonzi Thornton]] – backing vocals (1, 4)
* Hugh Taylor – backing vocals (2, 3)
* [[Kate Taylor]] – backing vocals (2, 3)
* [[Lynn Goldsmith]] – backing vocals (2)
* [[Lucy Simon]] – backing vocals (2)
* Julie Levine – backing vocals (2)
* Ben Taylor – backing vocals (2)
* [[Sally Taylor (musician)|Sally Taylor]] – backing vocals (2)
* Elizabeth Witham – backing vocals (2) <small></small>
* Rachel Zabar – backing vocals (2) <small></small>}}

=== Production ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Producer – Mike Mainieri
* Production Coordination – Christine Martin 
* Engineers – [[Neil Dorfsman]] and [[Scott Litt]]   
* Additional Recording – James Farber, Jeff Hendrickson, Gary Starr and John Wright.
* Assistant Recording – Moira Marquis, Bill Miranda and John Wright.
* Technical Support – Bob Schwall 
* Mixed by [[Frank Filipetti]] at [[Right Track Recording]] (New York, NY).
* Art Direction and Design – Paula Greif 
* Cover Photography – [[Lynn Kohlman]] 
* Inner Sleeve Photography – Peter Simon <small></small>
* Management – Arlyne Rothberg <small></small>}}

==Charts==
'''Album''' – [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] (United States)<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Carly Simon – Chart history |access-date=January 4, 2015 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021023757/https://www.billboard.com/artist/carly-simon/chart-history/tlp/ |archive-date=October 21, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1983
|align="left"|''Billboard'' 200
|align="left"|69
|-
|}

'''Singles''' – ''Billboard'' (United States)<ref name="billboard"/>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1983
|align="left" rowspan="2"|"You Know What to Do"
|align="left"|Adult Contemporary
|align="left"|36
|-
|align="left"|Hot 100
|align="left"|83
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.carlysimon.com Carly Simon's Official Website]

{{Carly Simon}}

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[[Category:1983 albums]]
[[Category:Carly Simon albums]]
[[Category:Warner Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at United Western Recorders]]