Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits
05/04/2004 | Arista
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All Music Guide Review
In 1995, Arista released the first multi-label Carly Simon retrospective, the triple-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, and seven years later, Rhino delivered the second, the double-disc Anthology. Two years after that, Arista finally delivered the first single-disc multi-label retrospective, Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits. Spanning nearly 30 years and featuring 20 songs, the collection has all of the big hits, from such '70s standards as "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Anticipation," "The Right Thing to Do," "You're So Vain," "Haven't Got Time for the Pain," and "Nobody Does it Better" to the late-'80s comeback hit "Let the River Run." Certainly, there are some listeners who are looking for a concise career-spanning disc, and for them, this suits the bill very well. The problem is, Simon's late-'80s and '90s work isn't as strong as her '70s recordings, and it accounts for half of this disc; Anthology had a similar situation, with the classic period ending at the conclusion of the first disc, but that division worked better, since it left the listener with one solid disc of '70s material. Here, the two eras are contained on one disc, so the dip in quality is more noticeable, which may make this of less interest to those who only want Simon's best work. Even so, Reflections does what it sets out to do quite well, providing a single-disc overview of Simon's entire career, both for better and worse. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Track Listing
Credits of Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits
- Bruce Lynch
- Bass
- Mike Mainieri
- Producer
- Arif Mardin
- Conductor, Producer, String Arrangements, Horn Arrangements
- Rick Marotta
- Drums
- Harry Maslin
- Engineer
- George Massenburg
- Producer
- Hugh McCracken
- Guitar
- Charles McCracken
- Cello
- John McCurry
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Sid McGinnis
- Vocals (Background), Slide Guitar
- Bill Miranda
- Engineer
- Del Newman
- String Arrangements
- Andy Newmark
- Percussion, Drums, Conga
- Brian Odgers
- Bass
- Pino Palladino
- Bass
- Bill Payne
- Keyboards, Producer
- Richard Perry
- Percussion, Producer
- Chris Rae
- Guitar (Electric)
- Paul Samwell-Smith
- Vocals (Background), Producer
- Bill Schnee
- Engineer
- Frank Simms
- Vocals (Background)
- Lucy Simon
- Vocals (Background)
- Liza Strike
- Vocals (Background)
- Hugh Taylor
- Vocals (Background)
- Sally Taylor
- Vocals
- Richard Tee
- Piano (Electric)
- Peter-John Vettese
- Keyboards
- Klaus Voormann
- Bass
- Bobby Warner
- Engineer
- Don Was
- Bass, Engineer, Producer
- Kurt Yahjian
- Vocals (Background)
- Jimmy Johnson, Jr.
- Drums
- James P. Nichols
- Engineer
- Gary Pacheco
- A&R
- Stephen Allen Davis
- Liner Notes
- Erwin Gorostiza
- Art Direction
- Greg Gorman
- Photography
- Bob Gothard
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Robin Gould
- Drums
- Jay Militscher
- Engineer
- Peter Simon
- Photography
- Dirk Ziff
- Guitar
- Frank Floyd
- Vocals (Background)
- Joseph DiMuro
- Executive Producer
- Adam Olmsted
- Mixing Assistant
- Matthew Stringer
- Project Director
- Jim Parr
- Engineer, Synthesizer Drums
- Kiku Yamaguchi
- Design
- Gary Chester
- Engineer
- Jimmy Ryan
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Guitar, Bass (Electric), Ukulele, Guitar (Electric), Bass
- Mick Rossi
- Piano
- Victoria Sarro
- Project Director
- M.J. Delekta
- Photography
- Eddie Palmer
- Engineer
- Jay Berliner
- Spanish Guitar
- Ralph MacDonald
- Percussion
- Jimmy Maelen
- Percussion
- Alex Taylor
- Vocals (Background)
- Vaneese Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Jim Keltner
- Drums
- Andy Goldmark
- Keyboards, Drum Programming
- Laurence Juber
- Guitar (Electric)
- Jack Robinson
- Photography
- Jim Gordon
- Drums
- Gordon Grody
- Vocals (Background)
- Tasha Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Chris Lord-Alge
- Engineer, Mixing
- Tom Lord-Alge
- Mixing
- Mark Berry
- Engineer
- Mike Bobak
- Engineer
- Gail Boggs
- Vocals (Background)
- John Boylan
- Producer
- Jimmy Bralower
- Percussion, Drum Programming
- Vicki Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Paul Buckmaster
- Conductor, String Arrangements, Woodwind Arrangement, Orchestration
- Robin Geoffrey Cable
- Engineer
- Peter Calo
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Ed Caraeff
- Photography
- Ed Cherney
- Mixing
- Vivian Cherry
- Vocals (Background)
- Kacey Cisyk
- Vocals (Background)
- Ray Cooper
- Conga
- Mickey Curry
- Drums
- Clive Davis
- Executive Producer
- Barry DeSouza
- Drums
- Cornell Dupree
- Guitar (Electric)
- Gordon Edwards
- Bass
- Mike Egan
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Frank Filipetti
- Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing, Associate Producer, Engineer
- Ed Freeman
- String Arrangements
- Steve Gadd
- Drums
- Eric Gale
- Guitar (Electric)
- Paul Glanz
- Piano
- Teese Gohl
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, String Arrangements, Orchestral Arrangements, Piano, Conductor
- Paul Griffin
- Piano
- Lani Groves
- Vocals (Background)
- Jamey Haddad
- Percussion
- Lewis Hahn
- Engineer, Mixing
- Carl Hall
- Vocals (Background)
- Barry Hammond
- Editing
- Dan Hersch
- Remastering
- Pete Hewlett
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
- Richard Hewson
- Conductor, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
- Jac Holzman
- Production Supervisor
- Keith Holzman
- Production Supervisor
- Terri Homberg
- Vocals (Background)
- Bill Inglot
- Remastering
- Gregory Jones
- Bass
- Mindy Jostyn
- Violin
- Bobby Keys
- Sax (Baritone)
- Robbie Kilgore
- Keyboards, Synthesizer Bass
- Stuart Kimball
- Guitar
- Eddie Kramer
- Producer, Engineer
- Russ Kunkel
- Drums, Drum Programming, Producer
- Chris Lannon
- Engineer
- Will Lee
- Bass, Vocals (Background)
- Tim Leitner
- Engineer
- Tony Levin
- Bass
- Scott Litt
- Engineer, Mixing
- Marc Cohn
- Vocals (Background)
- Dr. John
- Organ, Piano
- Roberta Flack
- Vocals (Background)
- Robbie Robertson
- Guitar (Electric)
- Carly Simon
- Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Whistle (Human), Producer, Associate Producer, String Arrangements, Drum Programming, Compilation Producer
- Michael Brecker
- Sax (Tenor)
- Don Grolnick
- Piano
- Rob Mounsey
- Piano, Conductor, Producer, String Arrangements, Keyboard Bass
- David Sanborn
- Sax (Alto)
















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