Carly Simon: Original Album Series

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Carly Simon: Original Album Series
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Box set by
Carly Simon
ReleasedOctober 10, 2011
Recorded1970–1975
GenreRock, pop
Length3:04:46
LabelRhino
ProducerEddie Kramer
Paul Samwell-Smith
Richard Perry
Carly Simon chronology
Never Been Gone
(2009) 		Carly Simon: Original Album Series
(2011) 		Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]

Carly Simon: Original Album Series is a five CD set by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on October 10, 2011.

The set is a part of Rhino's Original Album Series, and collects Simon's first five albums; Carly Simon (1971), Anticipation (1971), No Secrets (1972), Hotcakes (1974), and Playing Possum (1975). The discs are packaged in mini LP cardboard replicas with the original artwork, and housed inside a slipcased box. The discs themselves are reissues of the original Elektra releases, none have been remastered, and there are no bonus tracks included.[2]

Track listings[]

All tracks are written by Carly Simon,[1] except were indicated.

Disc one: Carly Simon (1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"Simon, Jacob Brackman4:15
2."Alone" 3:36
3."One More Time" 3:32
4."The Best Thing" 4:14
5."Just A Sinner"Mark "Moogy" Klingman3:10
6."Dan, My Fling"Brackman, Freddy Gardner5:28
7."Another Door" 3:16
8."Reunions"Simon; additional music & lyrics by Bill Mernit, Eddie Kramer3:06
9."Rolling Down The Hills" 3:35
10."The Love's Still Growing"Buzzy Linhart4:14
Total length:38:26
Disc two: Anticipation (1971)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anticipation" 3:19
2."Legend in Your Own Time" 3:45
3."Our First Day Together" 3:29
4."The Girl You Think You See" 3:07
5."Summer's Coming Around Again" 4:10
6."Share the End" 3:58
7."The Garden" 4:08
8."Three Days" 3:19
9."Julie Through the Glass" 3:23
10."I've Got to Have You"Kris Kristofferson4:45
Total length:37:23
Disc three: No Secrets (1972)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Right Thing to Do" 2:57
2."The Carter Family"Simon, Brackman3:29
3."You're So Vain" 4:17
4."His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin" 3:00
5."We Have No Secrets" 3:57
6."Embrace Me, You Child" 4:06
7."Waited So Long" 4:14
8."It Was So Easy"Simon, Brackman3:06
9."Night Owl"James Taylor3:47
10."When You Close Your Eyes"Simon, Bill Mernit3:05
Total length:35:58
Disc four: Hotcakes (1974)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Safe and Sound"Simon, Brackman3:36
2."Mind on My Man" 2:57
3."Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby" 3:55
4."Older Sister" 3:06
5."Just Not True" 5:16
6."Hotcakes" 1:07
7."Misfit" 3:04
8."Forever My Love"Simon, Taylor3:25
9."Mockingbird"Inez and Charlie Foxx, with additional lyrics by Taylor4:11
10."Grownup" 3:44
11."Haven't Got Time for the Pain"Simon, Brackman3:50
Total length:38:11
Disc five: Playing Possum (1975)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After the Storm" 2:47
2."Love Out in the Street" 3:40
3."Look Me in the Eyes" 3:34
4."More and More"Mac Rebennack, Alvin Robinson4:02
5."Slave"Simon, Brackman3:54
6."Attitude Dancing"Simon, Brackman3:52
7."Sons of Summer"Bill Mernit3:05
8."Waterfall" 3:31
9."Are You Ticklish" 2:26
10."Playing Possum" 3:57
Total length:34:48

Reception[]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commended the set as "an easy, affordable, and handsome way to get Carly Simon's prime", and awarded it 4 out of 5 stars.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "AllMusic review". Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Carly Simon: Original Album Series". CarlySimon.com.

External links[]

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