Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon

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Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
Recorded1985–2000
Genre Pop, rock, adult contemporary
Length58:25
Label Legacy, Arista, Sony
Carly Simon chronology
Original Album Series
(2011)
Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon
(2014)
Songs From The Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)
(2015)

Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon is the fifth greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released on October 27, 2014.

Contents

A part of Sony BMG's Playlist compilation albums series, it contains selected tracks from the albums Spoiled Girl (1985), Coming Around Again (1987), Working Girl: Original Soundtrack Album (1989), Have You Seen Me Lately (1990), and The Bedroom Tapes (2000). All live recordings are from Simon's 1988 live album Greatest Hits Live , with the exception of "Touched By The Sun", which is from 1995's Live at Grand Central . [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic, commenting that the collection "focuses on the pop legend's mid-to late-period output", wrote "Simon fans looking for music from this specific period will find much to love here, while listeners looking for something a little more comprehensive would be better off with something like 1998's career spanning The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better , or 2004's like-minded Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits ." [2]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Coming Around Again" Carly Simon Coming Around Again (1987)3:42
2."Give Me All Night"Coming Around Again (1987)4:23
3."All I Want Is You"
Coming Around Again (1987)3:58
4."Nobody Does It Better" Greatest Hits Live (1987)3:44
5."You Belong to Me"Greatest Hits Live (1987)3:37
6."My New Boyfriend"Simon Spoiled Girl (1985)4:22
7."Let the River Run"Simon Working Girl (soundtrack) (1989)3:42
8."The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"SimonComing Around Again (1987)4:57
9."Better Not Tell Her"Simon Have You Seen Me Lately (1990)5:21
10."You're So Vain"SimonGreatest Hits Live (1987)4:46
11."Touched By The Sun"Simon Live at Grand Central (1995)5:43
12."Anticipation"SimonGreatest Hits Live (1987)3:18
13."Never Been Gone"
  • Simon
  • Brackman
Greatest Hits Live (1987)3:36
14."Our Affair"Simon The Bedroom Tapes (2000)4:15
Total length:58:25

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References

  1. "Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Monger, James Christopher. "Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon (booklet). Carly Simon. Sony. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)