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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/19/2009
Run Time: 35:58
Carly Simon's best album,
No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single,
"You're So Vain." That song set the album's saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography ("You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve") and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. But
Simon's honesty meant that her lyrical knife was double-edged; now that she felt she had found true love (
"The Right Thing to Do," another Top Ten hit, was her celebration of her relationship with
James Taylor), she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers. But it wasn't only
Simon's forthrightness that made the album work; it was also
Richard Perry's simple, elegant
pop/rock production, which gave
Simon's music a buoyancy it previously lacked. And
Perry paid particular attention to
Simon's vocals in a way that made her more engaging (or at least less grating) to listen to.
~William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
;)
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