Carly Simon: Original Album Series

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

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)

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
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
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
  1. "Carly Simon: Original Album Series". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. 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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