No Secrets

NPR ranked the record as the #124 greatest album made by a female artist, saying:

In 2013, Taylor Swift asked a sold-out stadium crowd in Foxborough, Massachusetts: ‘Before I bring out my special guest, I have this question that I’ve always always had. Who is the song “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon written about?’ Then, Simon joined Swift onstage to perform the former’s hit, which they did with the joyful abandon of pre-teens singing into hair dryer microphones while dancing around their bedrooms. That one of the biggest pop stars in the world today would be fixated on a who’s-dating-who tabloid story from 1972, and that tens of thousands of her young female fans would sing along to every word of a tune that came out forty years prior, makes no sense. Except that it does when you consider Carly Simon as one of the most influential artists of her generation, and one who essentially templated the break-up song that’s since become ubiquitous. ‘You’re So Vain’ alone is not what makes Simon’s breakthrough 1972 album No Secrets significant, but it does point to Simon’s gift for getting at universal and eternal truths through personal confessions — a gift that’s exemplified in simple and profound lyrics like, ‘Often I wish that I never knew some of those secrets of yours.’ Simon’s deft storytelling, coupled with her stunningly precise vocal performance, made this album feel automatically nostalgic upon its release and absolutely timeless today.

Yes, Apple Music features an animated artwork for this release.