Anthology is singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...

's 26th album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, and first anthology album, released in November 2002. It is a two-disc set with all the songs personally picked by Simon. Over the course of the two discs, every one her studio albums (up until that point) is represented with at least one song (not including her 1993 opera, Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera

Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera

Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 19th album, and 17th studio album, released in 1993. The singing on this album however is done by a cast of five...

, on which Carly Simon only actually performs on one track).

Disc one

1. "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (Simon, Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist.After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker...
   
   ) – 4:17
2. "One More Time" – 3:35
3. "Anticipation" – 3:22
4. "Legend In Your Own Time" – 3:45
5. "Julie Through The Glass" – 3:25
6. "You're So Vain
   You're So Vain
   "You're So Vain" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and released in December 1972. The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover; Simon asserts "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you." The subject's identity has been the matter of speculation, fueled by...
   
   " – 4:19
7. "We Have No Secrets" – 3:58
8. "The Right Thing To Do" – 2:59
9. "Mockingbird" (Inez and Charlie Foxx
   Inez and Charlie Foxx
   Charlie Foxx and his sister Inez Foxx were an African-American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang back-up and played guitar.Their most successful record was with their novelty composition, "Mockingbird"...
   
   ; additional lyrics by James Taylor
   James Taylor
   James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
   
   ) – 4:12
10. "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:55
11. "Older Sister" – 3:08
12. "Waterfall" – 3:32
13. "Attitude Dancing" (Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:56
14. "In Times When My Head" – 3:30
15. "Nobody Does It Better
    Nobody Does It Better
    "Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film, although...
    
    " (Carole Bayer Sager
    Carole Bayer Sager
    Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...
    
    , Marvin Hamlisch
    Marvin Hamlisch
    Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer. He is one of only thirteen people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony . He is also one of only two people to EGOT and also win a Pulitzer Prize...
    
    ) – 3:44
16. "You Belong To Me" (Simon, Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald (singer)
    Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
    
    ) – 3:53
17. "Devoted To You
    Devoted to You (song)
    "Devoted to You" is a song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.The best-known version was recorded by The Everly Brothers, and released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of "Bird Dog," but reached the charts on its own, at #10 on the United...
    
    " (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:31
18. "Boys In The Trees" – 3:15
19. "Vengeance" – 4:13
20. "Come Upstairs" (Simon, Mike Mainieri
    Mike Mainieri
    Michael T. Mainieri, Jr. is a vibraphonist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead....
    
    ) – 4:20
21. "Jesse" (Simon, Mike Mainieri) – 4:18

Disc two

1. "Not A Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show "Merrily We Roll Along
   Merrily We Roll Along (musical)
   Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart....
   
   ") (Stephen Sondheim
   Stephen Sondheim
   Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
   
   ) – 2:43
2. "Why" (Bernard Edwards
   Bernard Edwards
   Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
   
   , Nile Rodgers
   Nile Rodgers
   Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 4:05
3. "It Happens Everyday" – 2:47
4. "Orpheus" – 3:53
5. "Come Back Home" (Simon, Jacob Brackman, Aaron Zigman, Jason Scheff
   Jason Scheff
   Jason Randolph Scheff is an American bassist, singer and songwriter. Since 1985 he has been the bassist and singer for the veteran pop-rock band Chicago. He is the oldest son of well-known session bassist Jerry Scheff, who toured for several years with Elvis Presley...
   
   , Guy Thomas) – 4:24
6. "Coming Around Again" – 3:42
7. "Give Me All Night" (Single Version) (Simon, Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon
   Gerard McMahon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV...
   
   ) – 4:04
8. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" – 4:57
9. "All I Want Is You" (Andy Goldmark, Simon, Jacob Brackman) – 3:59
10. "Let the River Run
    Let the River Run
    "Let the River Run" is a song first featured in the 1988 film Working Girl, with music and lyrics by Carly Simon. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989...
    
    " – 3:42
11. "My Romance
    My Romance (song)
    "My Romance" is a popular song, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, written for Billy Rose's musical, Jumbo . In the 1962 movie version of Jumbo, Doris Day performed the song....
    
    " (Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers
    Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
    
    , Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz Hart
    Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
    
    ) – 2:35
12. "Better Not Tell Her" – 5:13
13. "Love Of My Life" – 3:34
14. "Like A River" (Single Version) – 4:47
15. "Two Little Sisters (Theme From Marvin's Room)" – 3:24
16. "Film Noir" (Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...
    
    , Simon) – 3:38
17. "Scar" – 5:34
18. "Actress" – 4:51
19. "Touched By The Sun (Live From Grand Central, 1995)" – 5:38