Available in the U.K., through Warner special products and Global Television, The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better does indeed have budget-line roots which are apparent from just a quick glance at the packaging.
There are no liner notes, apart from the track listings (on the inside, it does include publishing information), and the same photograph is presented five times (sometimes cropped, sometimes not; sometimes color, sometimes not).
That may bother some consumers, and others may be a little ticked at the non-chronological sequencing, but this collection does have one big, big virtue -- it has Carly Simon's big hits, not just from the '70s, but such latter-day comebacks as "Coming Around Again" and "Let the River Run," on one disc.
That alone makes the slapdash package forgivable -- in fact, it makes it worth import prices for non-U.K.
residents looking for a thorough collection, since it's currently the most comprehensive on the market.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You're So VainCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Nobody Does It BetterMarvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager | Carly Simon | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | WhyBernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers | Carly Simon | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | The Right Thing to DoCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 5 | We Have No SecretsCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 6 | You Belong to MeMichael McDonald, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should BeJacob Brackman, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | MockingbirdCharlie Foxx, Inez Foxx | Carly Simon, James Taylor | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Haven't Got Time for the PainJacob Brackman, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | AnticipationCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 11 | Legend in Your Own TimeCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 12 | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made OfCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 13 | All I Want Is YouJacob Brackman, Andy Goldmark, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 14 | Give Me All NightGerard McMahon, Carly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 15 | Like a RiverCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 16 | Better Not Tell HerCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 05:14 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 17 | Angel from MontgomeryJohn Prine | Carly Simon | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 18 | Let the River RunCarly Simon | Carly Simon | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 19 | Coming Around Again | Carly Simon | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 77 mins | 177 MB | |||||
| 77 mins | 483 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Brackman | Composer |
| 2 | Bernard Edwards | Composer |
| 3 | Charlie Foxx | Composer |
| 4 | Inez Foxx | Composer |
| 5 | Andy Goldmark | Composer |
| 6 | Marvin Hamlisch | Composer |
| 7 | Russ Kunkel | Producer |
| 8 | George Massenburg | Producer |
| 9 | Michael McDonald | Composer |
| 10 | Gerard McMahon | Composer |
| 11 | William Payne | Producer |
| 12 | John Prine | Composer |
| 13 | Nile Rodgers | Composer |
| 14 | Carole Bayer Sager | Composer |
| 15 | Paul Samwell-Smith | Producer |
| 16 | Carly Simon | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 17 | James Taylor | Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |