Description
Lyricists: Jacob Brackman; Carly Simon.
Personnel: Carly Simon (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, guitar synthesizer, keyboard programming); Peter Calo (acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic bass, background vocals); Benjamin Taylor (acoustic guitar, piano, drum programming, loops, background vocals); John Fort? (acoustic guitar, programming, background vocals); David Saw (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Anne Lehmann, Toni Glickman, Yana Goichman, Katherine Livolsi, Nancy McAlhany, Elena Barere (violin); Alyssa Smith, Vince Lionti, Adrian Benjamin (viola); Ben Thomas (piano, electric piano, organ, drum programming); Teese Gohl (piano); Jimmy Parr (guitar synthesizer); Larry Ciancia (drums, djembe, percussion); Meredith Sheldon, Giulia Casalina, Frank Filipetti, Jill Dell'Abate, Margaret Bell, Sally Taylor (background vocals).
DJ: Benjamin Taylor.
Audio Mixers: Frank Filipetti; Carly Simon.
Arrangers: David Saw; Benjamin Taylor; Peter Calo; Teese Gohl; Larry Ciancia; Carly Simon.
After the 2008 commercial disaster that was Carly Simon's THIS KIND OF LOVE, issued on the now-defunct Starbucks' Hear Music imprint, this collection of rearranged and re-recorded versions of her hits seems like a logical step backward in order to move forwards. Released on the Iris imprint and produced by "Paphiopedillium" (a group effort comprised of Simon, her son Benjamin Taylor, and others), Simon's on acoustic guitar with her voice right up front. The arrangements are considerably starker than their original versions and her voice is considerably lower, dictating that she transpose keys on many of these selections. That said, hearing songs such as "Boys in the Trees," with its faux-Brazilian rhythms and her ever-so-slightly more raspy delivery, is in some ways preferable to its original single version, simply because it is more believable.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Rock
- Released: 2009-10-26