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"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," the leadoff track of Carly Simon's first album and a Top Ten hit, in which the singer expresses reservations about getting married, benefited from a sense of role reversal -- it's such a guy sentiment, but sung by a woman in 1971, it came across as a feminist statement, consistent with the overall disillusionment so prevalent then. Nothing on the rest of the album was quite as pointed, though the other songs maintained the same ambivalence toward romance. The one other standout track, "Dan, My Fling," in which the singer tries to rekindle a relationship with a man she has discarded, was, like the single, co-written by Jacob Brackman (in this case, with Fred Gardner, not Simon), suggesting that the real creative talent here was him and not her (especially since the writing credits also featured another four names). And since Simon, with her plaintive, proper, and relatively inexpressive voice, was such an unremarkable performer, her debut seemed less auspicious than the attention it attracted might have implied.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Jacob Brackman, Writer - Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards, Writer - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Jacob Brackman, Writer - Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member - Fred Gardner, Writer
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, Writer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member - Bill Mernit, Writer
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Mark Klingman, Keyboards - Buzzy Linhart, Band Member, Writer - Carly Simon, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Jimmy Ryan, Guitar - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Keyboards - JEFF BAXTER, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Kramer, Producer, MixingEngineer - Dave Palmer, MixingEngineer - Tony Levin, Bass - Gerry Jemmott, Bass - David Bromberg, Guitar - Doug Rauch, Bass - Billy Mernit, Keyboards - David Givens, Bass - Ed Freeman, String Arranger, Strings - Frank Steo, Band Member - Harvey Shapiro, Cello - Jim Wilkins, Bass - John Siomos, Drums - Steve Merriman, Band Member - Tom Caulfield, Band Member
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra/Asylum
Album review
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," the leadoff track of Carly Simon's first album and a Top Ten hit, in which the singer expresses reservations about getting married, benefited from a sense of role reversal -- it's such a guy sentiment, but sung by a woman in 1971, it came across as a feminist statement, consistent with the overall disillusionment so prevalent then. Nothing on the rest of the album was quite as pointed, though the other songs maintained the same ambivalence toward romance. The one other standout track, "Dan, My Fling," in which the singer tries to rekindle a relationship with a man she has discarded, was, like the single, co-written by Jacob Brackman (in this case, with Fred Gardner, not Simon), suggesting that the real creative talent here was him and not her (especially since the writing credits also featured another four names). And since Simon, with her plaintive, proper, and relatively inexpressive voice, was such an unremarkable performer, her debut seemed less auspicious than the attention it attracted might have implied.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:00
- Main artists: Carly Simon
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment, A Warner Music Group Company.
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