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Track Listings
| 1. Why |
| 2. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be |
| 3. The Right Thing To Do |
| 4. Mockingbird |
| 5. Legend In Your Own Time |
| 6. Haven't Got Time for the Pain |
| 7. You're So Vain |
| 8. We Have No Secrets |
| 9. Night Owl |
| 10. Anticipation |
| 11. Attitude Dancing |
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This album presents a good selection of Simon's early 70s work. A more comprehensive collection, spanning her entire career, can be found on 'Anthology'.
If you like Carole King you will probably like Carly Simon, and vice versa. (And you can add the 70s work of Neil Sedaka, King's contemporary and friend, to that list). King appears as part of backing vocals on one track here, 'Attitude Dancing', albeit that is the weakest track on the album. Simon's then husband, James Taylor shares vocals with her on "Mockingbird". Many people find "Mockingbird" altogether too quirky or goofy, but I say it's a masterpiece, and the album's best track by far. Although not penned by her, it is redolent of "Itsy-Bitsy Spider", that she sings over the credits in the movie "Heartburn". If you have not heard it, you should. Taylor also plays guitar on several other tracks.
Carly Simon has a great voice and is a considerable musical talent. Her lyrics lack the poetic depth of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan, and she cannot summon up the soulfulness of Joni Mitchell or Judy Collins, but the total package - singer, songwriter and musician - remains a great and unique pleasure.
From every ballad to rock `n roll inspiration, Carly Simon has always had the capacity to give her listening audience what they more or less expect and want to hear. From the simple melodic designs of That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be and Haven't Got Time For The Pain to the never timid thrust components of Anticipation, Mockingbird and You're So Vain, this CD gives basically the best to what her career publicly has had to offer. Although Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me) was not included in this hit series, every singer/songwriter I believe has the right at one time or another to keep the odd favorite to themself. Thank-you Carly for sharing your beautiful music with what today lacking surely could not have been the same!
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