You're the One (album)
You're the One is the tenth solo studio album by Paul Simon, released in 2000. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2001, with Simon becoming the first artist to be nominated in that category in five consecutive decades..
You're the One was also considered a comeback after the failure of Simon's Broadway musical, The Capeman, and concept album for the musical, Songs from The Capeman, which peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200.
The album was remastered and re-released in 2004, accompanied with three bonus live tracks.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Paul Simon.;Side one
;Side two
Bonus tracks from the 2004 reissue of the album
Personnel
- Paul Simon – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar
- Steve Gorn – bamboo flute
- Larry Campbell – pedal steel guitar
- Dan Duggan – dulcimer
- Jay Elfenbein – vielle, vihuela
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Jamey Haddad – percussion
- Peter Herbert – bass guitar
- Bakithi Kumalo - bass guitar
- Skip LaPlante – harp, bowls, whirly tube
- Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
- Howard Levy – harmonica
- Alain Mallet – Hammond organ, piano
- Vincent Nguini – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Stanley Silverman – arrangement of french horns
- Andy Snitzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Evan Ziporyn – clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Clifford Carter – celeste, keyboard glockenspiel
- Mark Stewart – dobro, cello, electric guitar, sitar, banjo, pedal steel gong, trumpet
- Steve Shehan – percussion
Charts
| Chart | Position |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 8 |
| Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart | 9 |
| German Media Control Albums Chart | 17 |
| United States Billboard 200 | 19 |
| UK Albums Chart | 20 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 24 |
| Scottish Albums Chart | 25 |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 27 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 27 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 30 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 30 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 40 |
| Dutch Mega Albums Chart | 41 |
| French SNEP Albums Chart | 73 |
| Japanese Oricon Albums Chart | 77 |
;Certifications