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Sunday, June 02, 2019
Carly Simon: We Have No Secrets
On Twitter yesterday I listed the five albums I have played more than any other. Not my choice of the best or my current favourites, but the five I have played the most.
No Secrets by Carly Simon made the list.
I suppose if there were an event for albums by females singer-songwriters released in 1971, Carly Simon would win bronze while Joni Mitchell and Carole King disputed gold and silver for Blue and Tapestry respectively.
These days I play Blue more than No Secrets, but I doubt it has made up the gap yet. No Secrets reminds me of the summer that I bought a house and won a council seat, when I played it endlessly.
You're So Vain was played to death decades ago, and the album has a couple of up-tempo numbers, influenced by James Taylor, that do not show Carly Simon to best advantage.
But it also includes some gems, and the title track is one of them.
To me, there are Judy Collins and Sandy Denny. Nowt like nostalgia for the 70's!!
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