Hearts and Bones

Reception

Singles

Track listing

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Personnel

• Paul Simon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming, vocals
• Rob Mounsey – synthesizer, vocoder
• The Harptones – background vocals
• Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
• Nile Rodgers – electric guitar on "Think Too Much ", and "Cars are Cars", programming
• Al Di Meola – electric guitar solo on "Allergies"
• Eric Gale – electric guitar on "When Numbers Get Serious"
• Sid McGinnis – electric guitar on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Airto Moreira – percussion
• Marin Alsop – violin on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Wells Christy, Tom Coppola – synthesizer
• Steve Ferrone – drums on "When Numbers Get Serious" and "Think Too Much ", additional drums on "Allergies"
• Steve Gadd – drums on all songs except where noted
• Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
• Jill Jaffe – viola on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Jesse Levy – cello on "Train in the Distance"
• Mike Mainieri – marimba, vibraphone
• George Marge – bass clarinet on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar on "Train in the Distance" and "Think Too Much "
• Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Train in the Distance"
• Dean Parks – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – piano, Fender Rhodes on "Allergies", "Song About the Moon" and "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Michael Riesman – synthesizer, conductor on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Mark Rivera – alto saxophone on "Train in the Distance"
• Robert Sabino – synthesizer, piano
• Richard Tee – synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
• Carol Wincenc – flute on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Frederick Zlotkin – cello on "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
• Peter Gordon – French horn on "Train in the Distance"

• Dave Matthews - horn arrangements

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