Carly Simon: Original Album Series

Carly Simon: Original Album Series
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)

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 no bonus tracks are included.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

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.[2]

Track listings

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Disc one: Carly Simon (1971)[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
4:15
2."Alone"Simon3:36
3."One More Time"Simon3:32
4."The Best Thing"Simon4:14
5."Just A Sinner"Moogy Klingman3:10
6."Dan, My Fling"
5:28
7."Another Door"Simon3:16
8."Reunions"
3:06
9."Rolling Down The Hills"Simon3:35
10."The Love's Still Growing"Buzzy Linhart4:14
Total length:38:26
Disc two: Anticipation (1971)[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anticipation"Simon3:19
2."Legend in Your Own Time"Simon3:45
3."Our First Day Together"Simon3:29
4."The Girl You Think You See"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:07
5."Summer's Coming Around Again"
  • Simon
  • Jim Ryan
  • Paul Glanz
4:10
6."Share the End"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:58
7."The Garden"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
4:08
8."Three Days"Simon3:19
9."Julie Through the Glass"Simon3:23
10."I've Got to Have You"Kris Kristofferson4:45
Total length:37:23
Disc three: No Secrets (1972)[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Right Thing to Do"Simon2:57
2."The Carter Family"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:29
3."You're So Vain"Simon4:17
4."His Friends Are More Than Fond of Robin"Simon3:00
5."We Have No Secrets"Simon3:57
6."Embrace Me, You Child"Simon4:06
7."Waited So Long"Simon4:14
8."It Was So Easy"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:06
9."Night Owl"James Taylor3:47
10."When You Close Your Eyes"
  • Simon
  • Bill Mernit
3:05
Total length:35:58
Disc four: Hotcakes (1974)[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Safe and Sound"Simon3:36
2."Mind on My Man"Simon2:57
3."Think I'm Gonna Have a Baby"Simon3:55
4."Older Sister"Simon3:06
5."Just Not True"Simon5:16
6."Hotcakes"Simon1:07
7."Misfit"Simon3:04
8."Forever My Love"
  • Simon
  • Taylor
3:25
9."Mockingbird"
4:11
10."Grownup"Simon3:44
11."Haven't Got Time for the Pain"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:50
Total length:38:11
Disc five: Playing Possum (1975)[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After the Storm"Simon2:47
2."Love Out in the Street"Simon3:40
3."Look Me in the Eyes"Simon3:34
4."More and More"
4:02
5."Slave"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:54
6."Attitude Dancing"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
3:52
7."Sons of Summer"Billy Mernit3:05
8."Waterfall"Simon3:31
9."Are You Ticklish"Simon2:26
10."Playing Possum"Simon3:57
Total length:34:48

Notes

  • ^a signifies a writer by additional lyrics

References

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  1. ^ "Carly Simon: Original Album Series". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Original Album Series". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Carly Simon (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1971.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Anticipation (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1971.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ No Secrets (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1972.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Hotcakes (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1974.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Playing Possum (booklet). Carly Simon. Elektra. 1975.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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