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The new album revisits songs originally written throughout Carly's extensively long and productive career. With new largely acoustic arrangements, the CD was recorded at home on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Carly's son Benjamin Taylor was the originator of the idea and Carly willingly (though sometimes hesitatingly) complied and lived up to the dare. Carly, Benjamin and the rest of the producers, known as Paphiopedilium , chose the songs, most of which were Carly's best-known and commercially successful. In the CD's generous liner notes is an explanation not only of the word Paphiopedilium , but an explanation of the reworking of each of the songs. Carly hopes that even without these notes, the music will speak for itself.We are proud to give Carly's fans old and new, a brand new look at ten of her best loved, well-known songs as well as two never-heard-before surprises.NEVER BEEN GONE includes "You're So Vain" , "Coming Around Again" , "Anticipation", "Let The RiverRun" , "You Belong To Me", "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be", "It Happens Every Day", "Never Been Gone", "Boys In The Trees", and "The Right Thing To Do" along with new songs "No Freedom" and "Songbird".
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Reviews:
One wonders....
Listening to this CD one wonders why an artist should decide to re-record material. There might be very good reasons. For example, that nowadays DDD quality can be delivered, and in fact in the studios anything can be done to create an incredible sound. This could have been the case with this CD from Carly Simon. I regret to say that is isn`t. If you put the disc in your player you immediately think: where has the percussion gone....the strings.....are these guitar-sessions..??Neverthelesss, it is not a bad CD. Outstanding, in my opinion is the new arrangment of ""Boys in the trees"", really a pleasure to listen to. Very pleasurable too, is the new arrangement of That`s the way I have always heard it should be". Re-recoring You`re so vain, after almost 30 years is a very legal thing to do,and Carly did. It did not turn out well, a missed chance. Using todays technical possibilities this could have been a smash. Sometime one might get the idea that Mrs. Simon has become a little afraid of using her (powerful) voice, that she doesn`t want to go for it.
GO for it next time, Carly, suprise us!! A pleasurable listen
I agree with the amateurish sound review, but I love the fact that the album sounds as if you had invited Carly and children home and Ben grabs the guitar after dinner. Very intimate sound, great surprising rearrangements. Careful, this review comes from a guy that prefers the bonus Acoustic tracks on the "Carly Simon - A Moonlight Serenade On The Queen Mary II" with just the guitar player and her daughter, more than the actual concert. These ARE the good old days...
I love the new versions of Carly's classic songs on this disc. Emphasis is on the vocals and the acoustic arrangements and the combination is a winner. Hearing some of the lyrics redone highlight some of their haunting aspects, with the benefit of hindsight: "You say we can keep our love alive..." and "There's more room in a broken heart."
This overview of some of Simon's best known songs with two new songs (to my ears, anyway) "No Freedom" and "Songbird" works beautifully. I especially like the new takes on "Let The River Run" and "Anticipation." Great renderings of some of her best material
I'm baffled by the complaints about her voice and the arrangements. She sounds fluid vocally and the small group arrangements are very good. I'm a huge fan of both Richard Perry and Arif Mardin, and I find these versions quite nice. It's a bit more conversational than the original singles, but I'm guessing that these will age well. On the other hand, c'mon Carly; more new material, please! why oh why??????
Let me preface this by saying that I have been a huge Carly fan since her very first album. A few of her releases these last years have been patchy but this album is a travesty! Why oh why "rework" such classic songs? Not one of the songs on this album is anywhere near as good as the original. James did not have a good influence on Carly's song choices and musical arrangements (Mockingbird!!!) and it seems she should keep Ben at arm's length now.
Is she so devoid of ideas for new work or just in need of money? If it's the latter let's pass the hat around before she decides to release another album of massacred tunes that we love(d)!!!!!!!!!! |
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Description: Never Been Gone
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