Clouds In My Coffee 1966-1996

Personnel includes: Carly Simon, Frank Sinatra, Placido Domingo, James Taylor, Andreas Vollenweider (vocals); Danny Kortchmar (guitar). CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE 1965-1995 is a career retrospective that includes her greatest hits, new material, live tracks and previously unreleased recordings. Named after a key lyric in her career-defining song "You're So Vain, " the three-disc CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE offers an excellent summation of the first three decades of Carly Simon's career. Interestingly, it doesn't engage in the usual historical revisionism concerning said career, and includes a few tracksfrom her pre-Elektra early years. Foregoing chronological order, the set includes one solid greatest hits disc, another of previously unreleased tracks and rarities, and a third of key album tracks. Some of the choices are a bit odd--nothing from the fine late-'70s album PLAYING POSSUM, for example--but the sequencing does the songs justice and the remastering job is outstanding. The highlight of the new material is a heartbreaking version of John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" that's among Simon's best and most sensitive covers. Casual listeners might want to stick with one of the single-disc anthologies, but CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE is essential for fans.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 let the river run
  • 2 you belong to me
  • 3 nobody does it better
  • 4 coming around again
  • 5 jesse
  • 6 the stuff that dreams are made of
  • 7 you're so vain
  • 8 touched by the sun
  • 9 haven't got time for the pain
  • 10 better not tell her
  • 11 legend in your own time
  • 12 mockingbird
  • 13 that's the way i've always heard it shou
  • 14 all i want is you
  • 15 the right thing to do
  • 16 like a river
  • 17 anticipation
  • 18 give me all night
• Disc 2
• • 1 angel from montgomery
  • 2 raining
  • 3 i'm all it takes to make you happy
  • 4 easy on the eyes
  • 5 turn of the tide
  • 6 libby
  • 7 have you seen me lately?
  • 8 my new boyfriend
  • 9 voulez-vous danser
  • 10 the night before christmas
  • 11 halfway 'round the world
  • 12 life is eternal
  • 13 we have no secrets
  • 14 why
  • 15 take me out to the ball game
  • 16 back the way
  • 17 the itsy bitsy spider
  • 18 play with me
  • 19 my luv is like a red, red rose
• Disc 3
• • 1 it happens everyday
  • 2 boys in the trees
  • 3 julie through the glass
  • 4 orpheus
  • 5 never been gone
  • 6 happy birthday
  • 7 devoted to you
  • 8 davy
  • 9 do the walls come down
  • 10 danny boy
  • 11 dink's blues
  • 12 we're so close
  • 13 someone waits for you
  • 14 born to break my heart
  • 15 time after time
  • 16 what shall we do with the child?
  • 17 i've got a crush on you
  • 18 something wonderful
  • 19 you're the love of my life
  • 20 i get along without you very well
  • 21 by myself/i see your face before me