Rating  - No Friends
I was so excited to see this album, that I purchased it on the spot...full price! I quickly popped it into my car and couldn't believe my ears. Her voice is gone...shot. It's not just the title song, it is every song. Poor breath management, poor intonation. I was so embarrassed for her. I can't imagine why she would have released such a poor representation of her once HUGE talent. I didn't like the lyrics, or the music. The entire thing was a disappointment. Once I arrived at a friend's house to pick her up, I said, "listen to this". I started the album again and handed her the jewel case. She looked at me in shock and said, "Poor thing must have no friends, or they would have told her not to release this album." It is THAT bad. I wish I could have gotten my money back.
Rating  - Wonderfully Intimate, Subtle Lyrics and Satisfyingly Musical Album
This is a really nice comeback. The Latin rhythms and textures are inspired and Carly weaves them beautifully
with her own signature style. You can read in the other reviews on this site about specific songs....
But I'll say here that the lyrics are better than ever: heart-breaking, slice-of-life and more of an open window
into her life and feelings. The musical feeling, itself, seems unusually profound, for any singer-songwriter.
I bought it months ago and still enjoy listening to various selections from the album as they come up on my morning walk.
I constantly find new meaning in the humorous and witty lyrics; and rich emotion in the sound.
Rating - Carly's the best!
I grew up with the beautiful voice of Carly Simon. Her songs, when I hear them again, take me back to different times of my life. Over the years she had done nothing but get better.
I think it's wonderful that she made this CD her own effort by doing most of the writing herself and incorporating the talents of her children. The result of her brilliance is one of her best albums in terms of music and lyrics ever!
Rating - Disappointing
I have to agree with DK Baker from back in July. I was/am a fan of Carly Simon's music and had a number of albums from the very earliest through to the nineties. I did not much enjoy her take on standards, as I did not think her voice suited many of them. I managed to get this album way below list price and I am very glad I did not pay many pennies for it. The songs are very weak compared with her early stuff, and as Mr Baker says, the phrasing is 'strange'. I thought she was sometimes trying too hard to get too many words into a sentence, just to make it rhyme. I like to think that I am impartial in my criticism, especially of artists I particularly like, and I hope this is the case here. The arrangements are good, the overall 'sound' is great, but the songs and the singing really let it down and for me it is a great disappointment. Perhaps Carly just doesn't have it any more but I would like to see her attack an album of songs of the quality of No Secrets or Tranquillo to see if I am right
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