Playing Possum

Performer Notes:

• From the see-through skirt on the cover photo of 1971's ANTICIPATION onwards, Carly Simon has never minded showing off her body. However, the cover shot for 1975's PLAYING POSSUM--a photo to which the only possible response is "yowza"--is so provocative that in many folks' minds, it's eclipsed the album itself. This seems to have happened even to Simon--her three-disc career compilation CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE includes nothing from this hit album.
• Simon's last album to be produced by mid-'70s hitmaker Richard Perry, PLAYING POSSUM does show why she chose to go into a new, more sonically adventurous direction with her next album, ANOTHER PASSENGER. It's not that PLAYING POSSUM is dull--the single "Attitude Dancing" is a minor gem, slight but awfully fun, as is "Are You Ticklish?"--just that Simon occasionally sounds as if she feels somewhat hemmed-in by Perry's arrangements. Regardless, this is terrific, underrated '70s pop.

Format: CD (1 Disc)

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: James Taylor; Dr. John; Ringo Starr; Rita Coolidge; Carole King; Andrew Gold

Release Date: 7 July, 2017

Label: Warner

Dimensions: 14.1 x 1.2 x 12.5 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: James Taylor; Dr. John; Ringo Starr; Rita Coolidge; Carole King; Andrew Gold

Label: Warner

Dimensions: 14.1 x 1.2 x 12.5 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Writer: SIMON,CARLY