Carly Simon - Film Noir (1997)

Carly Simon - Film Noir (1997)
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Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz, Standarts | Label: Arista | # 07822-18984-2 | 00:42:48

For Carly Simon, Film Noir is a way to explore traditional pop classics. Using smoky saloon songs like "Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye" as a blueprint, Simon and producer Jimmy Webb create a seductive, intimate atmosphere. Simon's vocals aren't naturally suited to this material, but she acquits herself well, and the two duets - one with Webb and one with John Travolta ("Two Sleepy People") - are charming additions to an ingratiating album.

Her third project of standards is also her strongest and most appealing. Focusing on songs from the classic "film noir" era of movies, Carly knows just when to make a song her own statement and when to play it straight. The dramatic "You Won't Forget Me" is given a traditional arrangement, but she takes Cole Porter's chestnut "Every Time We Say Goodbye," almost always performed as a ballad, and turns it into a 50's reminiscent, horn-laden gem with an insistent midtempo beat. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," a duet with Jimmy Webb, is given a jolt to its piano and vocal arrangement with a surprising electric guitar solo. "Last Night When We Were Young" offers a perfect dose of sweet nostalgia, and Carly ingeniously weaves elements of her moody ballad "Haunting" (from her 1978 album "Boys in the Trees") into the intro for the ultimate mood piece, Johnny Mercer's "Laura." The project even inspired Carly to write her own classic song, the brilliant title track that gives new meaning to the escapism of the movies. In the wake of so many pop trends and gimmicks, it's refreshing to not only hear someone remember these classic songs, but to breath new and inventive artistic life into them as well.

Tracklist:

01. You Won't Forget Me (2:53)
02. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (4:36)
03. Lili Marlene (3:42)
04. Last Night When We Were Young (4:43)
05. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (3:36) with Jimmy Webb
06. Film Noir (3:36)
07. Laura (4:47)
08. I'm A Fool To Want You (3:34)
09. Fools Coda (1:14)
10. Two Sleepy People (3:39) with John Travolta
11. Don't Smoke In Bed (2:57)
12. Somewhere In The Night (3:30)
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