Editing Carly Simon (section)

===2000–2002: ''The Bedroom Tapes'', departure from Arista, and Christmas album===
On May 16, 2000, Simon released her 18th studio album, ''[[The Bedroom Tapes]]''. Largely written and recorded at home in her bedroom while she was recuperating from her health problems of the previous couple of years, it was Simon's first album of original songs since ''[[Letters Never Sent]]'', nearly six years earlier. ''The Bedroom Tapes'' peaked at only No. 90 on the ''Billboard'' 200, but received widespread critical acclaim. AllMusic wrote that Simon was "as raw as she was on 1975's ''[[Playing Possum]]'', and just as sweet as 1987's ''[[Coming Around Again (album)|Coming Around Again]]'', but Simon is fresh. Although in her mid-fifties, she is still a charmer."<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |title=Carly Simon – The Bedroom Tapes |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bedroom-tapes-mw0000061788 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112155059/https://www.allmusic.com/album/bedroom-tapes-mw0000061788 |url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''Billboard'', Steve Baltin called the album "A feast for fans of intelligent, richly crafted pop music",<ref>{{cite news |last=Baltin |first=Steve |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=carly+simon+the+bedroom+tapes+billboard+review&pg=PA27 |title=Reviews & Previews |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 3, 2000 |accessdate=May 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426173944/https://books.google.com/books?id=mQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=carly+simon+the+bedroom+tapes+billboard+review&pg=PA27#v=snippet&q=carly%20simon%20the%20bedroom%20tapes%20billboard%20review&f=false |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> while ''People'' wrote that the album "unfolds like a one-woman show", calling it a "Boffo performance."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20062415,00.html |title=The Bedroom Tapes review |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 12, 2000 |access-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303072709/http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-the-bedroom-tapes-vol-53-no-23/ |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The opening track, "Our Affair", was remixed by [[Richard Perry]] and featured on the soundtrack album of the 2000 film ''[[Bounce (film)|Bounce]]'', starring [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and [[Ben Affleck]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=https://www.carlysimon.com/music/Bounce.html |title=Bounce (Soundtrack) |access-date=April 23, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706081653/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Bounce.html |archive-date=July 6, 2014}}</ref>

In 2001, Simon performed on "[[Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)|Son of a Gun]]" with [[Janet Jackson]] on Jackson's album ''[[All for You (Janet Jackson album)|All for You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen |title=Janet Jackson – All for You |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-for-you-mw0000017729 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419070219/http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-for-you-mw0000017729 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Jackson, she phoned Simon to ask for permission to use [[Sampling (music)|samples]] of "You're So Vain", but Simon wanted to re-record her vocals. She agreed, with Simon wanting to write new lines. Jackson's producer [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|Jimmy Jam]] sent her the tracks they were already working on, and she went into a studio on [[Martha's Vineyard]] to record some material. She [[rap]]ped, initially thinking that Jackson and the producers would not use it, but they decided to marry both tracks, as the singers thought it "worked perfectly", and it became a duet. Simon expressed that Jackson "could not have been sweeter or more appreciative."<ref name="YM">{{cite web |url=https://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12057156 |title=Janet Jackson On Teaming Up With Carly Simon |access-date=March 19, 2008 |first=Jason |last=Gelman |date=April 25, 2001 |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115055851/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12057156 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The song was released as a single and peaked at No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Simon also contributed backup vocals on two songs, "Don't Turn Away" and "East of Eden", for Mindy Jostyn's 2001 album ''[[Blue Stories]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mindyjostyn.com/about_blue_stories.shtml |title=Blue Stories |access-date=July 17, 2014 |website=Mindyjostyn.com |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416195011/http://mindyjostyn.com/about_blue_stories.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2001, Simon's Oscar-winning song "[[Let the River Run]]" was used in a [[public service ad]] for the [[United States Postal Service]]. Titled "Pride", it was produced to boost public confidence and postal worker morale in the wake of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, attacks]] and the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/tv-commercials/postal-services-pride-3686455/ |title=United States Postal Service: 'PRIDE' TV Commercial by Grey New York, Elma Garcia Films |website=Coloribus.com |access-date=July 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210145635/https://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/tv-commercials/postal-services-pride-3686455/ |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2002, Simon recorded a Christmas album, ''[[Christmas Is Almost Here]]'', while she was in Los Angeles to lend support to her son Ben Taylor and his band. It was released by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] that October.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Christmas_Is_Almost_Here.html#liner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012020421/http://www.carlysimon.com/music/Christmas_Is_Almost_Here.html#liner |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |title=Christmas Is Almost Here |access-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, Simon personally chose all of the songs for a new two-disc anthology album, simply titled ''[[Anthology (Carly Simon album)|Anthology]]''. This release represented every one of her studio albums (up until that point) with at least one song, digitally remastered, and also released on Rhino Records.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=http://carlysimon.com/music/Anthology.html |title=Anthology |access-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203051415/http://carlysimon.com/music/Anthology.html |archivedate=February 3, 2007}}</ref> The following year saw a re-release of her Christmas album with two extra tracks: "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" (with [[Burt Bacharach]]) and "Forgive" (with Andreas Vollenweider). These two tracks were also released together as a CD single.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carly Simon – White Christmas/Forgive |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/white-christmas-forgive-mw0000694848 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 31, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924012014/http://www.allmusic.com/album/white-christmas-forgive-mw0000694848 |url-status=live}}</ref> She also performed two concerts during the 2004 holiday season at [[Harlem]]'s [[Apollo Theater]], along with [[BeBe Winans]], [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]], son Ben and daughter Sally, [[Livingston Taylor]], Mindy Jostyn and [[Kate Taylor]], along with other members of the Taylor and Simon family.<ref>{{cite web |website=Carlysimon.com |url=https://www.carlysimon.com/apollo/Tickets.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204135738/http://www.carlysimon.com/apollo/Tickets.shtml |archive-date=December 4, 2004 |title=Miracle on 125th Street Concert |access-date=June 26, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>