He keeps things a little subdued - his schtick is that he's sensitive, feeling everything a little bit too deeply, even the death of Paul Walker, as he did on the Fast and Furious hit "See You Again," where he tackled the weepier elements Wiz Khalifa dared not touch. If the latter doesn't surface as often as the former, it nevertheless rules the roost on Nine Track Mind because in the bottom of his heart, Puth is a music theater kid chomping at the bit to put on a snazzy show. For all this bluster, Charlie Puth essentially has two modes on his 2016 debut: balladeer and song-and-dance man. The title suggests our singer/songwriter can't be confined to any one lane - that his mind moves so fast, it doesn't run on one track but nine. The album's lead single, "Marvin Gaye", featuring Meghan Trainor, peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Europe, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK. Nine Track Mind is the debut studio album by American Pop and R&B singer Charlie Puth. And Perry paid particular attention to Simon's vocals in a way that made her more engaging (or at least less grating) to listen to.Ġ4 - His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin But it wasn't only Simon's forthrightness that made the album work it was also Richard Perry's simple, elegant pop/rock production, which gave Simon's music a buoyancy it previously lacked.
But Simon's honesty meant that her lyrical knife was double-edged now that she felt she had found true love ("The Right Thing to Do," another Top Ten hit, was her celebration of her relationship with James Taylor), she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers. The platinum selling album topped the Billboard charts, yielded the #1 single "You're So Vain" and the top 10 single "The Right Thing to Do." The album also features an all-star set of cameos, including appearances by James Taylor, Paul and Linda McCartney, and Mick Jagger.Ĭarly Simon's best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, "You're So Vain." That song set the album's saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography ("You had me several years ago/When I was still quite nave") and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. Carly Simon's 1972 album No Secrets remains a benchmark of the era's singer-songwriter releases, both commercially and artistically.
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