Letters Never Sent

Letters Never Sent
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1994
Recorded1994
StudioRight Track Recording, The Hit Factory, Edison Studios and Sound On Sound (New York City); Cadiloon Sound (Pawling, New York); Room with a View Studio (Hamburg, Germany)
GenreRock
Length52:07
LabelArista
ProducerFrank Filipetti and Carly Simon
Carly Simon chronology
Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
(1993)
Letters Never Sent
(1994)
Clouds in My Coffee
(1995)

Letters Never Sent is the 16th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on November 1, 1994.

Simon has stated the inspiration for the album came when she found an old box of letters that she'd written, but never mailed.[1] She wrote "Like a River" in honor of her mother, Andrea Simon, and "Touched by the Sun" for her dear friend, Jackie Onassis, both of whom died from cancer in 1994.[2]

The album features backing vocals by Marc Cohn and Simon's son Ben Taylor (who also appears as vocalist on "Time Works on All the Wild Young Men", the bridge song between the fourth and sixth tracks).[1] Andreas Vollenweider plays the harp on the track "Davy".[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Letters Never Sent". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Timeline 90's". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2015.