Jimmy Ryan – bass (1, 10), guitar (2, 3), acoustic guitar (4, 10), lead guitar (5), electric guitar (6–9).Carly Simon – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1, 7), acoustic piano (1–4, 10), string arrangements (3), ARP synthesizer arrangements (4), acoustic guitar (5–8).It remains Simon's biggest hit and is considered her signature song.īest Engineered Recording – Non-ClassicalĬredits adapted from the album's liner notes. Ruhlmann noted that "You're So Vain", "set the album's saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle." He also stated that "now that she felt she had found true love, she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers." He concluded that " Perry paid particular attention to Simon's vocals and gave her music a new pop/rock 'buoyancy that previous albums lacked'." For example, AllMusic's William Ruhlmann gave the album four-and-a-half stars (out of five). More recent reviews have been much more positive.
Is that some kind of joke?" Stephen Holden in Rolling Stone concluded that "what finally makes No Secrets so refreshing is her singing, which conveys the finest spirit of patrician generosity." Robert Christgau, writing in Creem, said, "if a horse could sing in a monotone, the horse would sound like Carly Simon, only a horse wouldn't rhyme 'yacht', 'apricot', and 'gavotte'. Initial reviews for No Secrets were mixed to positive.
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The photograph for the cover, taken by Ed Caraeff, was shot in front of the Portobello Hotel, on Stanley Gardens in London's Notting Hill. Trident Studios had previously been the venue for the recording of notable albums including The Beatles' White Album, David Bowie's Space Oddity and Elton John's second album. Īt the invitation of producer Richard Perry, Simon recorded the album at Trident Studios in London, where Perry was keen for Simon to work with engineer Robin Cable. Carly's sister, Joanna Simon, sang background vocals for the album. didn't think Buckmaster would produce a hit record for me". Simon recalls: " Elektra rejected and.asked me to work with Richard Perry. " Angel from Montgomery" was recorded by Carly Simon in her first session for the No Secrets album which was produced by Paul Buckmaster and featured James Taylor's vocals and Danny Kortchmar on guitar. The making of the album, including commentary from many of the main musicians and production staff, was examined in the 2017 documentary Carly Simon: No Secrets, directed by Guy Evans for Eagle Rock Film Productions and broadcast on BBC Four. It was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on November 11, 2011. The album was officially certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 12, 1997. The second single, " The Right Thing to Do", reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks and the Adult Contemporary chart for two weeks. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and quickly went Gold, as did its lead single, " You're So Vain", which remained at No. Simon's major commercial breakthrough, No Secrets spent five weeks at No. Saturday Night Live used the song in a similar fashion for its mock commercial for "Swill Mineral Water.No Secrets is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records on November 28, 1972. The song was used in commercials for Heinz Ketchup through the late 1970s into the 1980s. A live version from her 1988 album Greatest Hits Live was included on Sony BMG/Legacy's 2014 compilation release Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon. It has been included on several compilations of her work, including The Best of Carly Simon (1975), Clouds in My Coffee (1995), The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better (1999), Anthology (2002), and Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004). "Anticipation" is one of Simon's biggest hits. Simon wrote the song on the guitar in 15 minutes, as she awaited Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date. 72 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972, and garnered Simon a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Female Vocalist. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. 13 on the Billboard pop singles chart and at No. "Anticipation" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon, and the lead single from her 1971 album of the same name.
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