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Carly
Simon, Moonlight Serenade (* * *)
Simon's romance with traditional pop music began long before other baby-boomer
pop stars started jumping on the standards bandwagon. Here, the singer
lends her instantly recognizable alto to affectionate readings of pre-rock
classics such as In the Still of the Night, Where or When and I Only Have
Eyes for You. Old collaborator Richard Perry's robust but never overzealous
production adds substance in lieu of icing, setting these gems with a mix
of reverence and knowing that mirrors and enhances Simon's own approach.
USA TODAY - Elysa Gardner
Carly
Simon Brings Graceful Touch to Romantic Standards
Her first album of such fare, the masterful "Torch," was released in
1981. A follow-up arrived nearly a decade later with 1990's "My Romance."
And for the new century she's completed the trilogy with the graceful and
exquisite "Moonlight Serenade."
Four decades
into her career, her voice sounds virtually the same as ever, a dusky and
romantic blend that's perfectly suited for the torch songs she's selected
for this 11-track outing. Simon exudes sensuality, easing her way through
a mix that combines the familiar with a handful of relatively obscure cuts.
Kevin O'Hare - The Republican
Carly Simon
is no stranger to the Great American Songbook. On her fourth all-standards
project, Simon reunites with producer Richard Perry, the studio wizard
behind Simon’s hugely successful albums of the 1970s. Simon’s expressive
voice is front and center; her ability to find ageless significance in
decades-old lyrics remains as impressive as her general comfort and easeful
delivery.
William Pearl - Barnes & Noble Read
complete review
In the most
seductive cut on "Moonlight Serenade," Carly Simon's likable new collection
of popular standards, the album's brisk foxtrot rhythms are briefly interrupted
by a silky pop-samba arrangement of the Howard Dietz-Arthur Schwartz ballad
"Alone Together." Crooning against a luminescent backdrop of strings and
electric keyboard, Ms. Simon, whose voice has deepened into a weathered
contralto, invests this Depression-era vision of lovers clinging to each
other in the darkness with the forthright openheartedness that has always
been her calling card.
Ms. Simon
still possesses one of pop music's friendliest and most intelligent voices,
one that expresses a lot more feeling than the bratty tough-girl shout
that dominates female pop singing today.
Stephen Holden - New York Times
Simon is
about to release her first album-length collaboration with famed producer
Richard Perry in roughly 30 years. I just got an advanced copy of the album,
entitled "Moonlight Serenade," and let's put it this way: Rod Stewart must
wish he could sing the standards this well.
Perry and
Carly made a lot of hit singles in the '70s which endure today, such as
"Nobody Does It Better," "You're So Vain" and "Haven't Got Time For the
Pain." With "Moonlight Serenade," they've recalled the best of their work
together.
Fox News - Roger Friedman
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