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Song of the Day #5,500: ‘Coming Around Again’ – Carly Simon

The final performer inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2022 is the great songwriter and performer Carly Simon. Simon has been eligible for Hall inclusion since 1997 but was nominated for the first time last year.

Simon made it into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, and is certainly among the best of her generation in that regard, but she is equally deserving of recognition as a performer. She has released dozens of albums, several going platinum, and has nine top 20 hits under her belt. Her sole #1 release, ‘You’re So Vain,’ is among the most iconic American pop songs.

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Song of the Day #3,330: ‘Anticipation’ – Carly Simon

While we wait for the tallying of the Montauk Madenss Final Four votes, I’m going to acknowledge a few acts I wish I’d included in the lineup.

As I’ve mentioned, I regret splitting out the solo careers of several artists from their work with bands. Specifically, I should have combined Paul Simon with Simon & Garfunkel, Morrissey with The Smiths, Ben Folds with Ben Folds Five, and David Byrne with Talking Heads. Not only would that have made the voting more straight-forward, it would have opened up four slots.

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Song of the Day #2,519: ‘We Have No Secrets’ – Carly Simon

no_secretsMy third favorite album of 1972 (my birth year) is a record I consider among the most quintessentially 70s albums I own — Carly Simon’s No Secrets.

I’ve written about this on the blog before so I won’t dwell on it again here, but this record is forever cemented in my memory as one of those adult artifacts my parents shared with my sister and me, either directly or inadvertently.

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Song of the Day #2,488: ‘The Right Thing To Do’ – Carly Simon

no_secretsI could wax poetic about the greatness of Carly Simon’s No Secrets, one of the best albums of my birth year, 1972.

But I just had the great idea to do a top five or top ten of the best albums from that year (that I know) followed by a list of albums from that year that I don’t know but should. I can sing Simon’s praises then.

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Song of the Day #1,420: ‘His Friends are More than Fond of Robin’ – Carly Simon

Best Albums of the 70s – #11
No Secrets – Carly Simon (1972)

Here’s an album I’ve been listening to, quite literally, since I was born.

Carly Simon’s No Secrets was released in the fall of 1972, a few months before I entered the world. And while I’m not sure my parents were the sort to buy a record on or around its release date, I’m not going to nitpick.

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