Never Been Gone


Never Been Gone is an album by the American singer/songwriter Carly Simon, released on October 27, 2009 by Iris Records. The album features new acoustic versions of many of Simon's past hits, as well as two new songs. It is her 25th studio album.
The album peaked at No. 134 on the United States Billboard 200 album chart in 2009, and the International version peaked at No. 45 on the United Kingdom's UK Albums Chart in 2010. It was given away free with The Mail on Sunday newspaper on 28 March 2010.

Background

The album was conceived in the summer of 2008, during which time Simon was having problems promoting her previous album, This Kind of Love, which had been released through Starbucks' Hear Music label. Simon claimed the company had failed to promote it properly. Simon's son, Ben Taylor, convinced her to channel her energies into making a new album.
Never Been Gone features new acoustic versions of many of Simon's hits spanning her career, plus two previously unreleased songs — "No Freedom", a new song written years before with her son, Ben Taylor, and singer-songwriter David Saw, and "Songbird", a demo written in 1970 and finished for this album. The album was recorded at her home on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Track listing

The original version and International version contain the same track listing.
All songs written by Carly Simon unless shown otherwise.
  1. "The Right Thing to Do" – 3:46
  2. "It Happens Everyday" – 4:19
  3. "Never Been Gone" – 2:55
  4. "Boys In The Trees" – 4:26
  5. "Let the River Run" – 3:16
  6. "You're So Vain" – 5:09
  7. "You Belong to Me" – 4:14
  8. "No Freedom" – 3:39
  9. "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" – 5:19
  10. "Coming Around Again" – 4:53
  11. "Anticipation" – 4:52
  12. "Songbird" – 2:37

    Personnel

Album - Billboard
Album - International