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Title: Unbelievably bad CD from a usually reliable artist
Review: I usually like Carly Simon - the OLD Carly Simon of "You're So Vain" and all the other hits she had right through the 1980's, but I don't like the Carly Simon who sings on this CD. It's simply awful.It almost sounds like she's forcing herself along. She seems to have no sense of the meaning behind the classic lyrics she's singing; her interpretations are uniformly flat and uninteresting, and performed without any ease. "I Only Have Eyes for You" and "In the Still of the Night" are especially, un-listenably, bad. The arrangement and vocal for "My One and Only Love" --woo, particularly awful, especially when this version is compared with the glorious, sensual Paula Jones/Chris Botti version of a few years back. Gershwin must be spinning in his grave with Ms. Simon's interpretation of "How Long Has This Been Going On". I am extremely glad I borrowed this CD from the library as a "test" before any purchase took place!
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