Carly Simon

The cover of Carly Simon's enjoyable new album is an indication of its best songs, which
celebrate the body at play. Playing Possum represents a breakthrough of sorts for Simon.
Earlier albums, through Hotcakes, depicted adolescent and postadolescent growing pains,
family relationships and especially an aching romantic ardor. Simon's new, bolder stance
was probably inevitable -- it's certainly welcome -- since her previous four albu... More >