Letters Never Sent is singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Carly Simon

Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...

's 20th album

Album

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, and 18th studio album, released in 1994

1994 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....

. Carly wrote "Like A River" in honour of her mother, Andrea Simon, and "Touched By The Sun" for her dear friend, Jackie Onassis, both of whom died in 1994. The album features backing vocals by Marc Cohn and Ben Taylor (who also appears as vocalist on "Time Works On All The Wild Young Men": the bridge song between the 4th and 6th tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carly Simon; except where indicated

1. "Intro" — :18
2. "Letters Never Sent" (Simon, Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman
   Jacob Brackman is an American journalist, writer, and musical lyricist.After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker...
   
   ) — 4:45
3. "Lost In Your Love" — 4:52
4. "Like A River" — 6:03
5. "Time Works On All The Wild Young Men" (Simon, Ben Taylor
   Ben Taylor (musician)
   Benjamin Taylor is a musician and actor. He is the son of folk rock artists James Taylor and Carly Simon. His sister, Sally Taylor, is also a musician. Ben Taylor bears a striking resemblance to his famous father and has a singing voice akin to him as well...
   
   ) — :44
6. "Touched By The Sun" — 5:28
7. "Davy" — 3:41
8. "Halfway 'Round The World" — 4:33
9. "What About A Holiday" — :32
10. "The Reason" (Simon, Danny Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar
    Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
    
    ) — 5:29
11. "Private" — 4:37
12. "Catch It Like A Fever" — :23
13. "Born To Break My Heart" — 5:00
14. "I'd Rather It Was You" — 5:42