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most personal and yet universal album of her career. Carly
now owns all of the rights to this album and is expected
to re-release it. |
| Release
date: |
05.16.2000 |
| Label: |
Arista
Records |
| Billboard
Peak: |
# 90 |
| Producers:
Carly
Simon, Frank
Filipetti |
| Guests:
Rankin
Sisters, Ben Taylor, John Forte, Liam O'Maonlai |
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Our
Affair
So Many Stars
Big Dumb Guy
Scar
Cross The River
I Forget
Actress
I'm Really The Kind
We Your Dearest Friends
Whatever Became of Her
In Honor of You (George)
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| Carly
finds and old box of letters that she'd written but never
mailed and sets a handful of them to music. |
| Release
date: |
11.01.94 |
| Label: |
Arista
Records |
| Billboard
Peak: |
# 129 |
| Producers:
Frank
Filipetti,
Carly Simon |
| Guests:
Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor, Peter Calo, Andreas Vollenweider,
Dave Stewart, Danny Kortchmar, Rosanne Cash, Tesse Gohl,
Taj Mahal |
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Letters
Never Sent
Lost In Your Love
Like A River
Touched By The Sun
Davy
Halfway Round The World
The Reason
Private
Born To Break My Heart
I'd Rather It Was You
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Complex emotions are released into lyrics that leave
you wondering why you ever thought subjects like life,
death and growing older were so complicated.
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| Release
date: |
09.25.90 |
| Label: |
Arista
Records |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
60 |
| Producers:
Frank
Filipetti, Paul Samwell-Smith |
| Guests:
Judy
Collins, Sally Taylor, Ben Taylor, Lucy Simon, Lani Groves,
Will Lee, Tesse Gohl |
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Better
Not Tell Her
Didn't I ?
Have You Seen Me Lately ?
Life Is Eternal
Waiting At The Gate
Happy Birthday
Holding Me Tonight
It's Not Like Him
Don't Wrap It Up
Fisherman's Song
We Just Got Here
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After
scoring this title song for the film "Heartburn",
Carly found her career mimicking that exact same theme
(If you believe in hits, they're coming around again).
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| Release
date: |
04.1987 |
| Label: |
Arista Records |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
25 |
| Producers:
Frank
Filipetti, Carly Simon, Clive Davis |
| Guests:
Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Russ Kunkel, Rob Mounsey,
Jimmy Ryan, Sally, Ben, Alexandra & Isaac Taylor |
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Coming
Around Again
Give Me All Night
Do The Walls Come Down
Hold What You've Got
It Should Have Been Me
Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
You Have To Hurt
All I Want Is You
As Time Goes By
Two Hot Girls
Itsy Bitsy Spider
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| Using
nine different producers, Carly's music takes on an extremely
upbeat tone. "I even walk faster down the street". |
| Release
date: |
06.1985 |
| Label: |
Epic |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
88 |
| Producers:
Andy Goldmark, Paul Samwell-Smith, Phil Ramone, Don Was,
Russ Kunkel, T. Bone Wolk, G.E. Smith, Arthur Baker |
| Guests:
Sally
Taylor, Lucy Simon, Russ Kunkel, Luther Vandross |
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My
New Boyfriend
Come Back Home
Tonight and Forever
Spoiled Girl
Tired of Being Blonde
The Wives Are In Connecticut
Anyone But Me
Interview
Make Me Feel Something
Can't Give It Up
Black Honeymoon
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| A
breezy mix of rock and reggae. The album title refers
to the reply that her mother gave to her father when they
first met (He said "hello little woman"...she
said "hello big man"). |
| Release
date: |
08.31.1983 |
| Label: |
Warner Bros.s |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
69 |
| Producers:
Mike
Mainieri |
| Guests:
Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Jimmy Ryan, Rick Marotta |
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You
Know What To Do
Menemsha
Damn You Get To Me
Is This Love?
Orpheus
It Happens Everyday
Such A Good Boy
Hello Big Man
You Don't Feel The Same
Floundering
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Teaming
up with a producer that brought out a different edge to
Carly's music, they created an album of songs with a strong
rock flavor - especailly in her vocals. The single "Jesse"
finally rested at #8 on the AC charts.
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| Release
date: |
06.16.1980 |
| Label: |
Warner Bros. |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
36 |
| Producers:
Mike Mainieri |
| Guests:
James, Alex, Hugh & Sarah MariaTaylor, Rick Marotta,
Tony Levin |
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Come
Upstairs
Stardust
Them
Jesse
James
In Pain
The Three Of Us In The Dark
Take Me As I Am
The Desert
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| "Vengeance"
may have been the hit from this album, but the songs "Love
You By Heart", "We're So Close" and "Never
Been Gone" are prime examples of her distinguished
songwriting talent and vocal supremacy. |
| Release
date: |
06.1979 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
45 |
| Producers:
Arif
Mardin |
| Guests:
James
Taylor, Tim Curry, John Hall, David Sanborn, David Spinozza,
Lucy Simon, Warren Bernhardt |
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Vengeance
Just Like You Do
We're So Close
Coming To Get You
Never Been Gone
Pure Sin
Love You By Heart
Spy
Memorial Day
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Her
son Benjamin Simon Taylor had just been born, and Carly
once again hits the studio and the airwaves with this
subtle and subdued range of songs.
"You Belong To Me" was # 4 on the AC charts
and "Devoted To You" (a duet with Ben's dad)
rose to # 2 AC.
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| Release
date: |
04.1978 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
10 |
| Producers:
Arif
Mardin |
| Guests:
James
Taylor, David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, John Hall, Luther Vandross,
Tony Levin, Michael Brecker |
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You
Belong To Me
Boys In The Trees
Back Down To Earth
Devoted To You
De Bat (Fly In Me Face)
Haunting
Tranquillo (Melt My Heart)
You're The One
In A Small Moment
One Man Woman
For Old Times Sake
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| Every
song on this album is strong in melody and rhythm and
remains to date a favorite among Carly Simon fans everywhere.
Check out the "Guests" below - could it get
any better than that? |
| Release
date: |
06.1976 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
29 |
| Producers:
Ted Templeman |
| Guests:
James Taylor, Doobie Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson
Browne, Libby Titus, Dr. John, Glenn Frey, Klaus Voormann,
Alex Taylor, Van Dyke Parks |
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Half
A Chance
It Keeps You Runnin'
Fairweather Father
Cow Town
He Likes To Roll
In Times When My Head
One Love Stand
Riverboat Gambler
Darkness Til Dawn
Dishonest Modesty
Libby
Be With Me
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Publicity for this post-birth album included a Rolling
Stone article where she aptly proclaimed "Oh my gosh...here's
this body again!". The songs are sensuous and moving.
The photos aren't bad either. |
| Release
date: |
04.1975 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
10 |
| Producers:
Richard
Perry |
| Guests:
James
Taylor, Ringo Starr, Carole King, Dr. John, Billy Merrit,
Rita Coolidge, Jeff Baxter, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel,
Lee Ritenour |
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After
The Storm
Love Out In The Street
Look Me In The Eyes
More and More
Slave
Attitude Dancing
Sons Of Summer
Waterfall
Are You Ticklish
Playing Possum
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With
"Mockingbird", newlywed's Carly and James bore
a #5 pop single while awaiting the birth of their daughter
Sally. From this same album, Carly's "Haven't Got
Time For The Pain" soared to a #2
spot on the AC charts.
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| Release
date: |
01.1974 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
3 |
| Producers:
Richard
Perry |
| Guests:
James
Taylor, Robbie Robertson, Dr. John, Jim Keltner, Klauss
Voorman, David Spinozza |
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Safe
And Sound
Mind On My Man
Think I'm Gonna Have A Baby
Older Sister
Just Not True
Hotcakes
Misfit
Forever My Love
Mockingbird
Grownup
Haven't Got Time For The Pain
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Recorded
in London, this collection of songs includes 2 top ten
hits - one of which skyrocketed Carly to international
fame. Can you guess which one?.
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| Release
date: |
11.1972 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
1 |
| Producers:
Richard Perry |
| Guests:
James Taylor, Mick Jagger, Klaus Voorman, Jim Gordon,
Jimmy Ryan, Jim Keltner, Paul & Linda McCartney |
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Carly
was awarded her first Grammy as Best New Artist of 1971
for this album. The title song was written while she was
waiting for Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date.
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| Release
date: |
11.1971 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
30 |
| Producers:
Paul Samwell-Smith |
| Guests:
Jimmy
Ryan, Paul Glanz, Andy Newmark, John Ryan |
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Carly's
debut album provided the unlikely single "That's
The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", thanks to
Jac Holzman at Elektra (who signed her on the spot after
hearing these songs).
A wise, wise man indeed.
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| Release
date: |
03.1971 |
| Label: |
Elektra |
| Billboard
Peak: |
#
30 |
| Producers:
Eddie Kramer |
| Guests:
Buzzy Linhart, Tony Levin, Billy Merrit, Jimmy Ryan |
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