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Customer Reviews
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This Kind Of Love...Breaks my heart
Well, I am sorry to say that unlike those who would give Carly 5 stars simply for releasing a CD I must be honest and say that this album is a major disappointment. There are only two songs on this entire CD that I find bearable. I wish that she would quit trying to be so clever in her phrasing. It really borders on cacophony at times. Carly is in her mid sixties now, but that is really no excuse for the feeble vocals throughout this CD. She told Regis Philbin that she's been taking voice lessons for the first time in her life. Well, Carly, as Simon Cowell might say to you, fire that voice teacher. Carly needs to quit trying to sing in that childish/whispery sounding high register, her mid-range to lower octave register is her strength and is most appealing. I have been a huge fan since 1972's No Secrets and have pretty much loved everything she's done up to Coming Around Again. She's just released too many self indulgent pet projects. It isn't fair to the fans. One positive about This Kind Of Love is that THANKFULLY it isn't another standards album!Carly, I appeal to you, get out of your house, off the island, lose the crutches you surround yourself with and go back into a real recording studio. Let Richard Perry produce (A REAL POP/ROCK ALBUM PLEASE!), have Paul Buckmaster arrange and bring in your old friends (Carole, Mick, Paul etc.) to contribute again.
Carly does still have it in the looks department though. She is blazing hot! As for this CD, if you are considering buying it, save yourself a few bucks and buy one of the dirt cheap used copies. I am sure the cult Carly fans out there will be quick to rate this review as being of no help. Those are the people who would give Carly five stars even if she screeched like Yoko Ono for a entire album.
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kimba1959
As always, good music from Carly. A couple of cuts I could do without, but a very good mix.
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Oldie and Goodie
This Kind of Love
Some old, some newer. I haven't listened to Carly in a long time and it was very enjoyable to listen to.
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Carly Simon's Journey
The last track on this cd is one of the most beautiful, moving pieces of song I have ever experienced. Simon's
goodbye to her friend, Art Buchwald, "Too Soon To Say Goodbye" is extraordinary. I hadn't read the liner notes when I first heard it. I was doing yoga stretches. So I wasn't reading the lyrics either, and I froze as I listened. It is so simple; so hauntingly sad, and so undisguisedly difficult to sing without crying. To me, it is a marvel of generosity...the generosity of Simon's spirit...that she and Jimmy Webb, producer of this cd, didn't try to "tidy it up" for the public. My heart aches, melts, and is comforted each time I listen. My second favorite cut is Jimmy Webb's "The Last Samba". I love to watch the people I originally admired way back when as they take their journeys and make their choices. I don't have to adore everything they do; I treasure their explorations. This album continues to grow on me. She kind of had to reel me in slowly. I love the Brazilian flavor (one of my own musical personal faves), and the individual cuts grab me, each in their own time. The musicianship is glorious, as are the background vocals. I realize at this point that I will be living with all the tracks for a long time to come.
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Enjoyable
but not her best. I found myself skipping through more of the songs than I enjoyed listening to!
