Spoiled Girl [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Carly Simon

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony Special Product
• ASIN: B00005CEPG
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,232 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. My New Boyfriend

2. Come Back Home

3. Tonight and Forever

4. Spoiled Girl

5. Tired of Being Blonde

6. Wives Are in Connecticut

7. Anyone But Me

8. Interview

9. Make Me Feel Something

10. Can't Give It Up

11. Black Honeymoon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A different Carly, May 23, 2002

By	Travis - See all my reviews

"Spoiled Girl" is one of Carly Simon's most disliked album of her career. Many people have complained that it sounds too much like Madonna. But Carly isn't trying to be Madonna...throughout the album, she maintains her maturity and acts her age. (Not that Madonna doesn't.)
Not all the songs on this album are great, but some are the best in her career, in my opinion. "Tired Of Being Blonde", a top 100 single in 1985, has a danceable beat with good lyrics about getting back to "roots" that were once covered with fakeness. "Interview" is one of the best dance tracks I've ever heard, with neat chord changes and great (synthesized) percussion, which makes up for the lackluster lyrics. "Black Honeymoon" is a dark and brooding song about love gone cold, and the arrangement is sparse, adding a good effect. "Anyone But Me" is a dark song about jealousy, and expresses everything that jealous people (my self included) feel. The playful "The Wives Are In Connecticut", Journey-ish "Come Back Home", addictive-sounding "Can't Give It Up", and bratty "Spoiled Girl" are good too. The real clunker of the album is "My New Boyfriend", an empty tune that clashes in its style. (A Gospel opening followed by an edgy dance mix just don't go together in my opinion.)
"Spoiled Girl" is not Carly's worst album. It's a record that probably only her die-hard fans would like. If you were raised on "You're So Vain", skip this one. If not, give this one a try.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cary's Best Album!, June 28, 2007

By	DefiledHorror (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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It has always amazed me how "Spoiled Girl" has gotten a bad rap over the years. I own around 3000 cds, and this is one of the very few I own, where every track on this album could have been released as a single and had great success. I'm not sure if it was Epic, Carly, or what, but "Spoiled Girl" is a perfect Pop album. I know in 1985 this album peaked at #88 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, and "Tired of Being Blonde" peaked at #70 on Billboard's Hot 100. Now if you are looking at chart success...she has had two albums since that fell below "Spoiled Girl's" position ("The Bedroom Tapes" #90 and "Letters Never Sent" #129). So "Spoiled Girl" is not the biggest flop in her career huh..

Seriously though, I can't name the best tracks on the album because all of them are top-notch. It is nice to read on here also that Carly has changed her opinion of the album somewhat since she "revisited" it. I'm glad she has, and it is very nice to see as well how the album was re-released in 1999. Maybe given more time people will realize what a gem "Spoiled Girl" really is.

To anyone out there... go ahead and pick up "Spoiled Girl." It's at a nice price, and you will discover a classic that no one truly appreciated over 20 years ago.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars After 16years,"Spoiled Girl" is not that Spoiled., May 12, 2001

By	Bob Waskiewicz (Wintersville, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Carly Simon said in a recent interview that "Spoiled Girl" was not a good record .I agree with her on some of the cuts,but there's alot of great music on the CD."Anyone but me" is my favorite,with Russ Kunkel on drums. I believe this song was the blueprint for Simon's huge hit the following year,"Coming around again."I've never heard Carly sing so deep,and the high's are fantastic.Carly played Synthesizer,and did all the vocals.If this number was released first,it would have made the top 10.Another favorite,"Can't give it up," with Luther Vandross on background vocals,would have also been a good single."The Wives are in Connecticut," is the fun song,with Carly's wonderfull humor about affairs in Connecticut.My 16 year old cousin,Joanie,loved this album,and Billboard Spotlighted"Spoiled Girl," predicting it to hit the top half of the charts.I'm glad this CD was re- released.I hope Carly's 1983 record, "Hello big Man," is next.