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| Allmusic Biography : The most successful folk-rock duo of the 1960s, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel crafted a series of memorable hit albums and singles featuring their choirboy harmonies, ringing acoustic and electric guitars, and Simons acute, finely wrought songwriting. The pair always inhabited the more polished end of the folk-rock spectrum and was sometimes criticized for a certain collegiate sterility. Many also feel that Simon, as both a singer and songwriter, didnt truly blossom until he began his own hugely successful solo career in the 1970s. But the best of S&Gs work can stand among Simons best material, and the duo did progress musically over the course of their five albums, moving from basic folk-rock productions into Latin rhythms and gospel-influenced arrangements that foreshadowed Simons eclecticism on his solo albums. Simon & Garfunkels recording history actually predated their first mid-60s hit by almost a decade. Childhood friends while growing up together in Forest Hills, NY, they began making records in 1957, performing (and often writing their own material) in something of a juvenile Everly Brothers style. Calling themselves Tom & Jerry, their first single, "Hey Schoolgirl," actually made the Top 50, but a series of follow-ups went nowhere. The duo split up, and Simon continued to struggle to make it in the music business as a songwriter and occasional performer, sometimes using the names of Jerry Landis or Tico & the Triumphs. By the early 60s, both Simon and Garfunkel were coming under the influence of folk music. When they reteamed, it was as a folk duo, though Simons pop roots would serve the act well in their materials synthesis of folk and pop influences. Signing to Columbia, they recorded an initially unsuccessful acoustic debut (as Simon & Garfunkel, not Tom & Jerry) in 1964, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM They again went their separate ways, Simon moving to England, where he played the folk circuit and recorded an obscure solo album. The Simon & Garfunkel story might have ended there, except for a brainstorm of their producer, Tom Wilson (who also produced several of Bob Dylans early albums). Folk-rock was taking off in 1965, and Wilson, who had helped Dylan electrify his sound, took the strongest track from S&Gs debut, "The Sound of Silence," and embellished it with electric guitars, bass, and drums. It got to number one in early 1966, giving the duo the impetus to reunite and make a serious go at a recording career, Simon returning from the U.K. to the U.S. In 1966 and 1967, they were regular visitors to the pop charts with some of the best folk-rock of the era, including "Homeward Bound," "I Am a Rock," and "A Hazy Shade of Winter." Simon & Garfunkels early albums were erratic, but they steadily improved as Simon sharpened his songwriting, and as the duo became more comfortable and adventurous in the studio. Their execution was so clean and tasteful that it cost them some hipness points during the psychedelic era, which was a bit silly. They were far from the raunchiest thing going, but managed to pull off the nifty feat of appealing to varying segments of the pop and rock audience -- and various age groups, not just limited to adolescents -- without compromising their music. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (late 1966) was their first really consistent album; Bookends (1968), which actually blended previously released singles with some new material, reflected their growing maturity. One of its songs, "Mrs. Robinson," became one of the biggest singles of the late 60s after it was prominently featured in one of the best films of the period, The Graduate (which also had other Simon & Garfunkel songs on the soundtrack). It was unsurprising, in retrospect, that the duos partnership began to weaken in the late 60s. They had known each other most of their lives, and been performing together for over a decade. Simon began to feel constrained by the limits of working with the same collaborator; Garfunkel, who wrote virtually none of the material, felt overshadowed by the songwriting talents of Simon, though Garfunkels high tenor was crucial to their appeal. They started to record some of their contributions separately in the studio, and barely played live at all in 1969, as Garfunkel began to pursue an acting career. Their final studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, was an enormous hit, topping the charts for ten weeks, and containing four hit singles (the title track, "The Boxer," "Cecilia," and "El Condor Pasa"). It was certainly their most musically ambitious, with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" employing thundering drums and tasteful orchestration, and "Cecilia" marking one of Simons first forays into South American rhythms. It also caught the confused, reflective tenor of the times better than almost any other popular release of 1970. That would be their last album of new material. Although they didnt necessarily intend to break up at the time, the break from recording eventually became permanent; as Simon began a solo career that brought him as much success as the S&G outings, and Garfunkel pursued simultaneous acting and recording careers. They did reunite in 1975 for a Top Ten single, "My Little Town," and periodically performed together since without ever coming close to generating albums of new material. A 1981 concert in New Yorks Central Park attracted half a million fans, and was commemorated with a live album; they also toured in the early 80s, but a planned studio album was canceled due to artistic differences. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 31 Title: Sounds of Silence Released: Tracks: 14 Duration: 43:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Benedictus (02:39) 5 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 6 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 7 Sparrow (02:49) 8 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 9 Peggy‐O (02:26) 10 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 11 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 12 Cecilia (02:54) 13 The Boxer (05:10) 14 Baby Driver (03:17) |
| Sounds of Silence : Allmusic album Review : Simon & Garfunkels second album, Sounds of Silence, was recorded 18 months after their debut long-player, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM -- but even though the two albums shared one song (actually, one-and-a-half songs) in common, the sound here seemed a million miles away from the gentle harmonizing and unassuming acoustic accompaniment on the first record. In between, there had been a minor earthquake in the pop/rock world called "folk-rock," which resulted in the transformation of their acoustic rendition of "The Sound of Silence" into a classic of the new genre, complete with jangling electric guitars and an amplified beat that helped carry it to the top of the charts. The duo hastily re-formed, Paul Simon returning from an extended stay in England with a large song bag (part of which he had already committed to vinyl, on his U.K. album The Paul Simon Songbook). Simon & Garfunkel rushed into the studio in the fall of 1965 to come up with a folk-rock album in a hurry: fortunately, theyd already recorded two sides, "Somewhere They Cant Find Me" (actually, Simons rewrite of their first album‘s title track) and "Weve Got a Groovey Thing Goin," both featuring a band accompaniment. Davy Grahams bluesy "Anji," a rare instrumental outing by Simon, filled another slot, and "Richard Cory" filled another. The latter, Simons adaptation of poet Edwin Arlington Robinson‘s work, was a sincere effort at relevance -- Richard Cory has every material thing a man could want but still takes his own life, a hint at one aspect of middle-class teenaged angst of the mid-60s; high school English teachers were still using it to motivate students in the 70s. Though a rushed effort, this was a far stronger album than their debut, mostly thanks to Simons compositions; indeed, in one fell swoop, the world learned not only of the existence of a superb song-poet in Paul Simon, but, in Simons harmonizing with Art Garfunkel, the finest singing duo since the Everly Brothers. But it also had flaws, some of which only became fully apparent as their audience matured: the snide, youthful sensibilities of "I Am a Rock" and "Blessed" havent aged well. And the musical concessions, on those tracks and "Richard Cory," to folk-rock amplification have also worn poorly; even in 1966, the electric guitars, piano, organ, and drums, sounded awkward in context with the duos singing, like something grafted on, though in fairness, those sounds did sell the album. The parts that work best, "Kathys Song" and "April Come She Will," two of the most personal songs in Simons output, were similar to the stripped-down originals Simon had cut solo in England, and among the most affecting (as opposed to affected) folk-style records of their era; similarly, Simons rendition of the folk-blues instrumental "Anji" is close to composer Davy Grahams original, just recorded hotter, while "Leaves That Are Green" is pleasantly if unobtrusively ornamented with electric harpsichord, rhythm guitar, and bass. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 31 Title: America: The Simon & Garfunkel Collection Released: Tracks: 12 Duration: 38:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 The Boxer (05:10) 3 I Am a Rock (02:51) 4 America (03:35) 5 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 6 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:15) 7 At the Zoo (02:23) 8 Fakin It (03:19) 9 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 10 April Come She Will (01:50) 11 Richard Cory (02:56) 12 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) |
 | Album: 3 of 31 Title: Best Selection Released: Tracks: 18 Duration: 53:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Cecilia (02:54) 4 The Boxer (05:10) 5 Baby Driver (03:17) 6 Bye Bye Love (02:55) 7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 8 Homeward Bound (02:29) 9 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy) (01:46) 10 Song for the Asking (01:50) 11 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 12 I Am a Rock (02:51) 13 America (03:35) 14 Old Friends (02:35) 15 Bookends Theme (01:20) 16 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 17 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 18 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:14) |
 | Album: 4 of 31 Title: Simon and Garfunkel Best Released: Tracks: 16 Duration: 49:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:07) 2 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 3 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 4 April Come She Will (01:51) 5 The 59th Street Bridge Song (01:43) 6 I Am a Rock (02:51) 7 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 8 Homeward Bound (02:30) 9 America (03:35) 10 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 11 The Boxer (05:10) 12 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 13 Cecilia (02:54) 14 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 15 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:48) 16 The Sound of Silence (03:07) |
 | Album: 5 of 31 Title: Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Released: 1964-10-19 Tracks: 12 Duration: 31:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Can Tell the World (02:47) 2 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Sparrow (02:49) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 The Sound of Silence (03:08) 7 He Was My Brother (02:49) 8 Peggy‐O (02:26) 9 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 10 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 11 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 12 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) |
| Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. : Allmusic album Review : Wednesday Morning, 3 AM doesnt resemble any other Simon & Garfunkel album, mostly because their sound here was fundamentally different from that of the chart-topping duo that emerged a year later. Their first record together since their days as the teen harmony duo Tom & Jerry, the album was cut in March 1964, at a time when both Simon and Garfunkel were under the spell of folk music. As it had in 1957 with "Hey, Schoolgirl," their harmonizing here came out of the Everly Brothers playbook, but some new wrinkles had developed -- Paul Simon was just spreading his wings as a serious songwriter and shares space with other contemporary composers. The album opens with a spirited (if somewhat arch) rendition of Gibson and Camps gospel/folk piece "You Can Tell the World," on which the duos joyous harmonizing overcomes the intrinsic awkwardness of two Jewish guys from Queens, New York doing this repertory. Also present is Ian Campbells "The Sun Is Burning," a topical song about nuclear annihilation that Simon heard on his first visit to England as an itinerant folksinger the year before. But the dominant outside personality on the album is that of Bob Dylan -- his "Times They Are A-Changing" is covered, but his influence is obvious on the oldest of the Simon originals here, "He Was My Brother." Simons first serious, topical song, dealing with the death of a freedom rider -- and dedicated to Simons slain Queens College classmate Andrew Jacobs -- it was what first interested Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson in Simon & Garfunkel. By the time the album was recorded, however, Simon had evolved beyond Dylans orbit and developed a unique songwriting voice of his own, though he still had some distance to go. His other originals betray the artifice of an English major at work, sometimes for better, as on "Sparrow" and the original, all-acoustic release of "The Sound of Silence," and at times for worse, on the half-beautiful but too-precious title song (which he would re-write more successfully as "Somewhere They Cant Find Me"). There are also a pair of traditional songs, a beautifully harmonized rendition of "Peggy-O" -- which they probably picked up in Greenwich Village, or from recordings by Dylan or Joan Baez -- and "Go Tell It On the Mountain," both of which fit well into the zeitgeist of the folk revival. The record didnt sell on its original release, however, appearing too late in the folk revival to attract much attention -- Bob Dylan was already taking that audience to new places by adding electric instruments to his sound. But the seeds of the duos future success were planted when, months after the album had been given up for dead -- and the duo had split up -- the all-acoustic rendition of "The Sound of Silence" started getting radio play on its own in some key markets, which possessed to producer Wilson to try and adapt it to the new sound, overdubbing an electric band. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 31 Title: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Released: 1966-10-10 Tracks: 14 Duration: 34:12 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:14) 2 Patterns (02:49) 3 Cloudy (02:25) 4 Homeward Bound (02:32) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:51) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:58) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:41) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:22) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:08) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:12) 13 Patterns (demo) (02:55) 14 A Poem on the Underground Wall (demo) (01:50) |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme : Allmusic album Review : Simon & Garfunkels first masterpiece, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was also the first album on which the duo, in tandem with engineer Roy Halee, exerted total control from beginning to end, right down to the mixing, and it is an achievement akin to the Beatles Revolver or the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, and just as personal and pointed as either of those records at their respective bests. After the frantic rush to put together an LP in just three weeks that characterized the Sounds of Silence album early in 1966, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme came together over a longer gestation period of about three months, an uncommonly extended period of recording in those days, but it gave the duo a chance to develop and shape the songs the way they wanted them. The album opens with one of the last vestiges of Paul Simons stay in England, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" -- the latter was the duos adaptation of a centuries-old English folk song in an arrangement that Simon had learned from Martin Carthy. The two transformed the song into a daunting achievement in the studio, however, incorporating myriad vocal overdubs and utilizing a harpsichord, among other instruments, to embellish it, and also wove into its structure Simons "The Side of a Hill," a gentle antiwar song that he had previously recorded on The Paul Simon Songbook in England. The sonic results were startling on their face, a record that was every bit as challenging in its way as "Good Vibrations," but the subliminal effect was even more profound, mixing a hauntingly beautiful antique melody, and a song about love in a peaceful, domestic setting, with a message about war and death; Simon & Garfunkel were never as political as, say, Peter, Paul & Mary or Joan Baez, but on this record they did bring the Vietnam war home. The rest of the album was less imposing but just as beguiling -- audiences could revel in the play of Simons mind (and Simon & Garfunkels arranging skills) and his sense of wonder (and frustration) on "Patterns," and appreciate the sneering rock & roll-based social commentary "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine." Two of the most beautiful songs ever written about the simple joys of living, the languid "Cloudy" and bouncy "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy)," were no less seductive, and the album also included "Homeward Bound," their Top Five hit follow-up to "The Sound of Silence," which had actually been recorded at the sessions for that LP. No Simon & Garfunkel song elicits more difference of opinion than "The Dangling Conversation," making its LP debut here -- one camp regards it as hopelessly pretentious and precious in its literary name-dropping and rich string orchestra accompaniment, while another holds it as a finely articulate account of a couple grown distant and disconnected through their intellectual pretensions; emotionally, it is definitely the precursor to the more highly regarded "Overs" off the next album, and it resonated well on college campuses at the time, evoking images of graduate school couples drifting apart, but for all the beauty of the singing and the arrangement, it also seemed far removed from the experience of teenagers or any listeners not living a life surrounded by literature ("couplets out of rhyme" indeed!), and understandably only made the Top 30 on AM radio. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" was a romantic idyll that presented Art Garfunkel at his most vulnerable sounding, anticipating such solo releases of his as "All I Know," while "Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall" was Simon at his most reflectively philosophical, dealing with age and its changes much as "Patterns" dealt with the struggle to change, with a dissonant note (literally) at the end that anticipated the style of the duos next album. "A Simple Desultory Philippic," which also started life in England more than a year earlier, was the teams Dylanesque fuzz tone-laden jape at folk-rock, and a statement of who they werent, and remains, alongside Peter, Paul & Marys "I Dig Rock & Roll Music," one of the best satires of its kind. And the last of Simons English-period songs, "A Poem on the Underground Wall," seemed to sum up the tightrope walk that the duo did at almost every turn on this record at this point in their career -- built around a beautiful melody and gorgeous hooks, it was, nonetheless, a study in personal privation and desperation, the "sound of silence" heard from the inside out, a voice crying out. Brilliantly arranged in a sound that was as much rock as film music, but with the requisite acoustic guitars, and displaying a dazzling command and range of language, it could have ended the album. Instead, the duo offered "7 OClock News/Silent Night," a conceptual work that was a grim and ironic (and prophetic) comment on the state of the United States in 1966. In retrospect, it dated the album somewhat, but that final track, among the darkest album-closers of the 1960s, also proved that Simon & Garfunkel werent afraid to get downbeat as well as serious for a purpose. Overall, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was the duos album about youthful exuberance and alienation, and it proved perennially popular among older, more thoughtful high-school students and legions of college audiences across generations. [The August 2001 reissue offers not only the best sound ever heard on this album in any incarnation, but also a few bonuses -- a slightly extended mastering of "Cloudy" that gives the listener a high-harmony surprise in its fade; and, as actual bonus tracks, Simons solo demos of "Patterns" and "A Poem on the Underground Wall." Raw and personal, theyre startling in their intimacy and their directness, and offer a more intimate view of Paul Simon, the artist, than ever seen.] | ||
 | Album: 7 of 31 Title: Bookends Released: 1968-04-03 Tracks: 14 Duration: 34:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Bookends Theme (00:32) 2 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 3 America (03:35) 4 Overs (02:18) 5 Voices of Old People (02:07) 6 Old Friends (02:35) 7 Bookends Theme (01:22) 8 Fakin’ It (03:22) 9 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 10 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 11 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 12 At the Zoo (02:22) 13 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 14 Old Friends (demo) (02:11) |
| Bookends : Allmusic album Review : Simon & Garfunkel quietly slipped Bookends, their fourth album, into the bins with a whisper in March 1968. They are equal collaborators with producer/engineer Roy Halee in a multivalently layered song cycle observing the confusion of those seeking an elusive American Dream, wistfully reflecting on innocence lost forever to the cold winds of change. Bookends opens with an acoustic guitar stating a theme, slowly and plaintively. It erupts into the musical dissonance that introduces "Save the Life of My Child." Its uneasy rock & roll frames highly metaphorical and ironic lyrics and a nursery rhyme bridge. "America" is a folk song with a lilting soprano saxophone in its refrain as a small pipe organ paints acoustic guitars, framed by the ghostly traces of classic American Songbook pop structures. Two people travel the landscape by bus searching for the tracks subject, eventually discovering that everyone else on the freeway is too. Its sophisticated harmonic invention is toppled by its message; "America" becomes an ellipsis, a cipher, an unanswerable question. "Overs," a study about the end of a relationship, contains Halees ingenious use of sound: lighting a cigarette and inhaling and exhaling its smoke underscore the story told by the melody and lyrics. In a two-minute field recording of the voices of old people collected from nursing homes by Garfunkel, disembodied voices reveal entire lifetimes in a few seconds. "Old Friends" carries the message deeper. Simons image of two old men sitting on a park bench sharing memories and their fears of the changes surrounding them is indelible. A horn section threatens to interrupt their reverie, reflecting the chaos they perceive, but is warded off as the gentle melody returns and fades into the albums opening theme. In "Fakin It," Simon reveals the falsity inherent in modern life -- its better to appear to have it together than reflect the struggle of not being able to: "This feeling of fakin it/I still havent shaken it/I know Im fakin it/Im not really makin it." The albums final three tracks, "Mrs. Robinson" (the iconic theme song from the film The Graduate), "A Hazy Shade of Winter," and the albums concluding track, "At the Zoo," offer a tremblingly bleak vision of the future rooted in the lives of everyday people who "fake it," living an illusory dream publicly while trembling with confusion and fear in private (no matter ones generation), subverting the Madison Avenue notion of the "generation gap" simply and honestly. Bookends problematic, disillusioned themes, sometimes disguised in wry humor, striking arrangements, and augmented orchestral instrumentation, portray the sounds of people in an American life that they no longer understand, or understands them. Simon & Garfunkel never overstate; instead they observe, almost journalistically, enormous life and cultural questions in the process of them being asked. In just over 29 minutes, Bookends is stunning in its vision of a bewildered America in search of itself. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 31 Title: Bridge Over Troubled Water Released: 1970-01-26 Tracks: 11 Duration: 37:17 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Cecilia (02:54) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 6 The Boxer (05:10) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:55) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water : Allmusic album Review : Bridge Over Troubled Water was one of the biggest-selling albums of its decade, and it hasnt fallen too far down on the list in years since. Apart from the gospel-flavored title track, which took some evolution to get to what it finally became, however, much of Bridge Over Troubled Water also constitutes a stepping back from the music that Simon & Garfunkel had made on Bookends -- this was mostly because the creative partnership that had formed the body and the motivation for the duos four prior albums literally consumed itself in the making of Bridge Over Troubled Water. The overall effect was perhaps the most delicately textured album to close out the 1960s from any major rock act. Bridge Over Troubled Water, at its most ambitious and bold, on its title track, was a quietly reassuring album; at other times, it was personal yet soothing; and at other times, it was just plain fun. The public in 1970 -- a very unsettled time politically, socially, and culturally -- embraced it; and whatever mood they captured, the songs matched the standard of craftsmanship that had been established on the duos two prior albums. Between the records overall quality and its four hits, the album held the number one position for two and a half months and spent years on the charts, racking up sales in excess of five million copies. The irony was that for all of the records and the musics appeal, the duos partnership ended in the course of creating and completing the album. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 31 Title: Simon and Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits Released: 1972-06-14 Tracks: 14 Duration: 44:35 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 2 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:26) 3 The Boxer (05:10) 4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:52) 5 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 6 I Am a Rock (02:51) 7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 8 Homeward Bound (02:44) 9 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 10 America (03:35) 11 Kathy’s Song (03:23) 12 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 13 Bookends (01:22) 14 Cecilia (02:54) |
 | Album: 10 of 31 Title: The Simon and Garfunkel Collection Released: 1981 Tracks: 17 Duration: 51:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 I Am a Rock (02:51) 2 Homeward Bound (02:29) 3 America (03:28) 4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 5 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 6 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 7 At the Zoo (02:18) 8 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 9 The Boxer (05:10) 10 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 11 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 12 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 13 Song for the Asking (01:42) 14 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 15 Cecilia (02:54) 16 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:56) 17 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) |
 | Album: 11 of 31 Title: Collected Works Released: 1990 Tracks: 58 Duration: 2:36:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Can Tell the World (02:47) 2 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Sparrow (02:49) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 7 He Was My Brother (02:49) 8 Peggy‐O (02:26) 9 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 10 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 11 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 12 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 13 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 14 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 15 Blessed (03:16) 16 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 17 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 18 Anji (02:17) 19 Richard Cory (02:57) 20 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 21 April Come She Will (01:51) 22 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 23 I Am a Rock (02:51) 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 2 Patterns (02:45) 3 Cloudy (02:15) 4 Homeward Bound (02:29) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:44) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:12) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 13 Bookends Theme (00:32) 14 Save the Life of My Child (02:58) 15 America (03:35) 16 Overs (02:18) 17 Voices of Old People (02:07) 18 Old Friends (02:35) 19 Bookends Theme (01:22) 20 Fakin’ It (03:19) 21 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 22 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 23 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 24 At the Zoo (02:22) 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Cecilia (02:54) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 6 The Boxer (05:10) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:55) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) |
| Collected Works : Allmusic album Review : The three-disc box set Collected Works contains all of Simon & Garfunkels studio albums, from Wednesday Morning, 3 AM to Bridge Over Troubled Water. Though this is too much material for casual fans, any serious fan of Simon & Garfunkel or folk-rock will need to acquire the set, simply because it presents the albums in their best-ever sound. The duo did record a handful of tracks that didnt make the set -- and if Columbia were assembling a true "collected works" compilation, they would have to be included -- but the genuinely essential material is present, making it a good buy for the budget conscious. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 31 Title: More Great Songs Released: 1990 Tracks: 16 Duration: 38:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 2 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 3 Cloudy (02:15) 4 Patterns (02:43) 5 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 6 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 7 Anji (02:14) 8 Bleecker Street (02:44) 9 Sparrow (02:49) 10 Peggy‐O (02:26) 11 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:44) 12 Benedictus (02:39) 13 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 14 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:09) 15 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:57) 16 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamarad Into Submission) (02:12) |
 | Album: 13 of 31 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 59:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 I Am a Rock (02:51) 2 Homeward Bound (02:29) 3 America (03:26) 4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (01:42) 5 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:12) 6 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 7 At the Zoo (02:17) 8 Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 9 The Boxer (05:10) 10 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 11 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:26) 12 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 13 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 14 Weve Got a Groovey Thing Goin (01:58) 15 Song for the Asking (01:41) 16 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 17 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:54) 18 Cecilia (02:54) 19 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 20 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) |
 | Album: 14 of 31 Title: 20 Greatest Hits Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 58:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Homeward Bound (02:29) 3 I Am a Rock (02:51) 4 America (03:28) 5 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 6 Cloudy (02:11) 7 At the Zoo (02:18) 8 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 9 Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 Cecilia (02:54) 12 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 13 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 14 The Boxer (05:10) 15 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 16 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 17 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:56) 18 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 19 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 20 Song for the Asking (01:42) |
 | Album: 15 of 31 Title: 20 Golden Hits Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 50:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 America (03:28) 3 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Homeward Bound (02:29) 6 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:06) 7 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 8 I Am a Rock (02:51) 9 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:12) 10 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 11 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 12 At the Zoo (02:18) 13 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 14 April Come She Will (01:51) 15 Sparrow (02:49) 16 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 17 Cloudly (02:11) 18 Leaves That Are Green (02:23) 19 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 20 Bleecker Street (02:44) |
 | Album: 16 of 31 Title: The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel Released: 1991-08-18 Tracks: 19 Duration: 57:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:11) 2 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 3 Homeward Bound (02:26) 4 Kathys Song (03:23) 5 I Am a Rock (02:51) 6 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:14) 7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 8 The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy) (01:38) 9 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 10 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 11 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 12 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 13 America (03:35) 14 At the Zoo (02:21) 15 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:57) 16 Cecilia (02:54) 17 The Boxer (05:10) 18 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 19 Song for the Asking (01:49) |
 | Album: 17 of 31 Title: Early Simon & Garfunkel Released: 1993 Tracks: 27 Duration: 1:00:29 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Hey Schoolgirl (02:17) 2 Dancin Wild (02:21) 3 True or False (02:13) 4 Teenage Fool (02:50) 5 Our Song (02:28) 6 Two Teenagers (02:24) 7 (Pretty Baby) Dont Say Goodbye (02:02) 8 Thats My Story (02:32) 9 Baby Talk (02:08) 10 Anna Belle (02:01) 11 Ask Me Why (01:55) 12 Im Lonely (02:16) 13 I Wish I Werent Love (02:02) 14 Motorcycle (02:07) 15 I Dont Believe Them (02:05) 16 Wildflower (02:34) 17 Express Train (02:16) 18 Get Up & Do the Wobble (02:28) 19 Cry, Little Boy, Cry (02:36) 20 The Lone Teen Ranger (02:19) 21 Lisa (02:04) 22 Noise (02:02) 23 Cards of Love (02:16) 24 Fightin Mad (02:06) 25 Surrender, Please Surrender (02:08) 26 Looking at You (01:58) 27 Im Lonesome (02:01) |
| Early Simon & Garfunkel : Allmusic album Review : This is an early compilation of sides by the youthful Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel, working together as Tom & Jerry and augmented with numerous early Paul Simon solo sides, cut under such aliases as Jerry Landis, Tico, and Tico & The Triumphs. There are 27 songs in all that, at their best, display a mastery of the best elements of the pop-rock of the time, especially those components of the Everly Brothers and (to a much lesser degree) Elvis Presleys sounds that the two musicians could most easily emulate. The music is pleasing and accessible rockabilly-inspired rock n roll, closely following the work of the Everly Brothers (with a nod to Jan & Dean with a cover of "Baby Talk"). Simons early efforts as Jerry Landis made him sound like some mid-teens rockabilly wildman who might have fit very nicely into the line-up of the Sparkletones, even imitating a southern accent very well on "Anna Belle," while "Im Lonely" sounds uncannily like one of the Beatles early ballads, and "I Wish I Werent In Love" somewhat recalls both Dion and Ricky Nelson. Simons doo-wop based work as Tico & The Triumphs is more derivative and generic, though it is great fun and certainly respectable for an 18-year-old simply trying to get a foothold on the charts -- "Wild Flower" and "Get Up & Do The Wobble" are more enduring than "The Lone Teen Ranger" (a Jerry Landis cut), but none of this would get yanked from most listeners turntables. As Dee Jay Records is a legitimate German label, responsible for reissuing a huge body of late 1950s rock n roll, doo-wop, and rockabilly, this release also has the edge over many other Simon & Garfunkel apocrypha by having above average sound quality and a pretty fair essay (printed way too small) in its booklet. | ||
 | Album: 18 of 31 Title: Bridge Over Troubled Water / Sounds of Silence Released: 1993 Tracks: 23 Duration: 1:08:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El condor pasa (03:06) 3 Cecilia (02:55) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:34) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:41) 6 The Boxer (05:08) 7 Baby Driver (03:15) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (03:57) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:53) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) 1 The Sounds of Silence (03:05) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 3 Blessed (03:15) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:35) 6 Anji (02:15) 7 Homeward Bound (live version) (02:43) 8 Richard Cory (02:56) 9 A Most Peculiar Man (02:31) 10 April Come She Will (01:50) 11 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:58) 12 I Am a Rock (02:52) |
 | Album: 19 of 31 Title: Gold Released: 1997 Tracks: 16 Duration: 50:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 3 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 4 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 5 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 6 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 7 The Boxer (05:10) 8 Song for the Asking (01:50) 9 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 10 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 11 Cecilia (02:54) 12 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 13 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 14 Anji (02:17) 15 I Am a Rock (02:51) 16 Bleeker Street (02:44) |
 | Album: 20 of 31 Title: Old Friends Released: 1997-08-28 Tracks: 59 Duration: 2:47:53 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Bleecker Street (02:44) 2 The Sound of Silence (03:08) 3 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 4 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 5 He Was My Brother (02:49) 6 Sparrow (02:49) 7 Peggy‐O (02:26) 8 Benedictus (02:39) 9 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 12 Richard Cory (02:57) 13 I Am a Rock (02:51) 14 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 15 Homeward Bound (02:29) 16 Blues Run the Game (02:55) 17 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 18 April Come She Will (01:51) 19 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 1 Patterns (02:45) 2 Cloudy (02:23) 3 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 4 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 5 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 6 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 7 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 8 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 9 At the Zoo (02:22) 10 A Poem on the Underground Wall (04:30) 11 Red Rubber Ball (02:28) 12 Blessed (03:39) 13 Anji (02:29) 14 A Church Is Burning (03:29) 15 Fakin’ It (03:19) 16 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 17 America (03:35) 18 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 19 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 20 Comfort and Joy (01:51) 21 Star Carol (01:46) 1 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 2 Old Friends / Bookends (03:57) 3 Overs (03:05) 4 A Most Peculiar Man (02:35) 5 Bye, Bye Love (02:45) 6 The Boxer (05:10) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 9 Feuilles-O (01:42) 10 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 11 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 12 Song for the Asking (01:50) 13 Cecilia (02:54) 14 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 15 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 16 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 17 Hey, Schoolgirl / Black Slacks (01:32) 18 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (03:28) 19 My Little Town (03:51) |
| Old Friends : Allmusic album Review : The Collected Works was a triple-disc box set that included all of the duos albums, but no rarities. For average fans -- even fairly dedicated ones -- that set contained most everything they would need, even if the sound quality was a little below average. Old Friends is a three-disc box set that was designed to replace The Collected Works, but it fails to achieve its goals despite its improved remastered sound. Part of the reason is the content itself -- all five albums plus the rarities on this set could have fit on three discs, offering a real complete recorded studio works, but the compilers decided to truncate the albums and toss on a handful of rarities. The result certainly isnt bad -- after all, it features all of the hits, most of the major album tracks, the 1975 reunion "My Little Town," and a couple of good rarities like "Blues Run the Game" -- but it isnt all it could have been. If you already own The Collected Works, Old Friends serves little purpose unless youre a collector or audiophile, and if youre a neophyte, youre better off obtaining the original albums, not this well-intentioned and enjoyable but ultimately unsuccessful compilation. | ||
 | Album: 21 of 31 Title: Mrs. Robinson Released: 1999 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:00:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:56) 2 I Am a Rock (02:54) 3 Cecilia (02:58) 4 Mrs Robinson (04:06) 5 America (03:37) 6 Kathy’s Song (03:22) 7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:13) 8 The Boxer (05:12) 9 El condor pasa (03:10) 10 The Sound of Silence (03:09) 11 Homeward Bound (02:33) 12 For Emily Whenever I May Find Her (02:07) 13 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 14 Fakin It (03:21) 15 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:21) 16 At the Zoo (02:26) 17 Old Friends (02:33) 18 Bookends Theme (01:25) 19 The 59th Street Bridge Sond (Feelin Groovy) (02:08) 20 Wake Up Little Susie (02:19) |
 | Album: 22 of 31 Title: Tales From New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel Released: 1999 Tracks: 40 Duration: 1:55:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:07) 2 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 3 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 4 Peggy‐O (02:26) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 He Was My Brother (02:49) 7 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 8 Homeward Bound (02:29) 9 I Am a Rock (02:51) 10 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 11 April Come She Will (01:51) 12 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 13 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 14 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 15 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 16 Patterns (02:45) 17 Cloudy (02:23) 18 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 19 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 20 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 1 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 2 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 3 At the Zoo (02:22) 4 Fakin’ It (03:19) 5 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 6 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 7 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 8 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:57) 9 The Boxer (05:10) 10 Baby Driver (03:17) 11 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 12 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 13 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 14 Cecilia (02:54) 15 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 16 Bye Bye Love (02:52) 17 Song for the Asking (01:50) 18 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 19 America (03:35) 20 My Little Town (03:51) |
 | Album: 23 of 31 Title: The Best of Simon & Garfunkel Released: 1999-11-16 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:03:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Homeward Bound (02:29) 3 I Am a Rock (02:51) 4 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 5 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 7 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 8 At the Zoo (02:24) 9 Fakin’ It (03:12) 10 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 11 Old Friends / Bookends (03:57) 12 The Boxer (05:10) 13 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 14 Cecilia (02:54) 15 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 16 Song for the Asking (01:50) 17 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 18 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:26) 19 America (03:35) 20 My Little Town (03:51) |
| The Best of Simon & Garfunkel : Allmusic album Review : The Best of Simon & Garfunkel supersedes Greatest Hits as the best compilation of the duo, with more tracks (20 compared to Greatest Hits 14). Among the new additions are some notable hits: "Hazy Shade of Winter," "At the Zoo," "Fakin It" (in its "Mono Single Version," for what thats worth), "The Dangling Conversation," and the 1975 reunion "My Little Town." Includes the A-sides of all 16 S&G singles to make the Billboard charts, as well as three B-sides and one album cut. The only number lost from the Greatest Hits set is "Kathys Song." | ||
 | Album: 24 of 31 Title: Silent Voices Released: 2000 Tracks: 18 Duration: 46:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 I Am a Rock (02:51) 2 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 3 Homeward Bound (02:29) 4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 5 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 6 Richard Cory (02:52) 7 Weve Got a Groovey Thing Goin (01:58) 8 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 9 Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 10 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 11 Somewhere They Cant Find Me (02:34) 12 America (03:28) 13 At the Zoo (02:18) 14 Peggy‐O (02:26) 15 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 16 April Come She Will (01:51) 17 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 18 Blessed (03:14) |
 | Album: 25 of 31 Title: Two Can Dream Alone Released: 2000-10-02 Tracks: 21 Duration: 49:12 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Dream Alone (02:21) 2 Beat Love (02:09) 3 Beat Love (with harmony) (02:10) 4 I Love You (Oh Yes I Do) (02:30) 5 Just a Boy (02:11) 6 Play Me a Sad Song (02:19) 7 It Means a Lot to Them (02:09) 8 Flame (02:22) 9 Shy (02:30) 10 A Soldier & A Song (Light Your Way) (02:42) 11 The Lone Teen Ranger (02:21) 12 Hey Schoolgirl (02:17) 13 Our Song (01:57) 14 Thats My Story (02:30) 15 Teenage Fool (02:47) 16 Tia-Juana Blues (02:30) 17 Dancin Wild (02:21) 18 Dont Say Goodbye (02:03) 19 Two Teenagers (02:23) 20 True or False (02:12) 21 Simon Says (02:28) |
| Two Can Dream Alone : Allmusic album Review : As a duo and as solo singers, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel released more than a dozen singles under various pseudonyms between the fall of 1957, when the two 16-year-olds made their recording debut as Tom & Jerry with the chart entry "Hey, Schoolgirl," and the release of their major label debut as Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., seven years later. At 21 tracks, this British compilation presents the most complete collection of that material yet released legitimately, though songs from eight singles are missing, not to mention the work Simon did in groups like Tico & the Triumphs. Due to legal complications, a "comprehensive round-up of early Paul Simon miscellany would be impossible," writes annotator Sean Egan. Indeed, given Simons tendency to suppress parts of his career he prefers not to remember, from the 1965 solo album The Paul Simon Songbook to the 1998 original Broadway cast album for The Capeman, its amazing that Two Can Dream Alone exists at all. The first thing to note about it, of course, is that the music bears little resemblance to Simon & Garfunkels folk-rock recordings of 1964-1970. "Hey, Schoolgirl," originally released on Big Records, is in an Everly Brothers/Buddy Holly mold, and the duos unsuccessful follow-ups, "Our Song" and "Thats My Story," are in that style, too, while Simons first solo single, "True or False," released under the name True Taylor, finds him aping the hiccupping rockabilly sound of Holly and Elvis Presley. The failure of the later Tom & Jerry singles led the two to split up, with Simon retaining the name Jerry Landis and Garfunkel recording as Artie Garr. By the end of the 50s, both had moved toward a soft rock/teen pop style, in keeping with the softening of rock & roll in the era. On songs like "Shy" and "Just a Boy," released on either side of a Warwick Records single in 1960, Simon clearly was aspiring to be another Frankie Avalon, and listeners are fortunate that he didnt make it. In keeping with the more gimmicky sound of the early 60s, he moved on to up-tempo novelties like "The Lone Teen Ranger," which actually made the charts in early 1963. But then Simon discovered the folk boom, and his writing and performing style changed drastically. The material on this album is likely to fascinate as well as flabbergast fans of Simon & Garfunkels later recordings. No small part of the fascination will be that Garfunkel wrote a lot of this material as well as singing it, since he dropped out of songwriting later on. It should be noted, too, that some of this material is of questionable origin. "I Love You (Oh Yes I Do)" and "A Soldier & a Song," neither of which seem to have been released before, dont sound like Garfunkel, though he is credited as the singer. And there are two instrumentals, "Tia-Juana Blues" and the jazzy "Simon Says," that first appeared on records released in 1966 in the wake of Simon & Garfunkels commercial breakthrough and are probably more the work of Simons father, Louis Simon, than the duo. It would be nice to have a complete collection of Simon & Garfunkels juvenilia sequenced in chronological order, but this partial selection may be the best to be expected, and the duos fans may enjoy hearing their youthful efforts, as long as they dont buy it expecting work of the caliber of "The Sound of Silence." | ||
 | Album: 26 of 31 Title: The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964–1970 Released: 2001-08-21 Tracks: 71 Duration: 3:12:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Can Tell the World (02:47) 2 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Sparrow (02:49) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 The Sound of Silence (03:08) 7 He Was My Brother (02:49) 8 Peggy‐O (02:26) 9 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 10 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 11 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 12 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:14) 13 Bleecker Street (demo) (02:42) 14 He Was My Brother (alternate take 1) (02:48) 15 The Sun Is Burning (alternate take 2) (02:46) 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 3 Blessed (03:16) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 6 Anji (02:17) 7 Richard Cory (02:57) 8 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 9 April Come She Will (01:51) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 I Am a Rock (02:51) 12 Blues Run the Game (02:55) 13 Barbriallen (demo) (04:06) 14 Rose of Aberdeen (demo) (02:02) 15 Roving Gambler (demo) (03:03) 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 2 Patterns (02:45) 3 Cloudy (02:23) 4 Homeward Bound (02:29) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:51) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:22) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:08) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 13 Patterns (demo) (02:55) 14 A Poem on the Underground Wall (demo) (01:50) 1 Bookends Theme (00:32) 2 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 3 America (03:35) 4 Overs (02:18) 5 Voices of Old People (02:07) 6 Old Friends (02:35) 7 Bookends Theme (01:22) 8 Fakin’ It (03:22) 9 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 10 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 11 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 12 At the Zoo (02:22) 13 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 14 Old Friends (demo) (02:11) 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Cecilia (02:54) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 6 The Boxer (05:10) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:52) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) 12 Feuilles‐O (demo) (01:45) 13 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:46) |
| The Columbia Studio Recordings 1964–1970 : Allmusic album Review : This box set containing the remastered, expanded editions of all five of Simon & Garfunkels original LPs on five CDs just -- but only just -- misses a top rating, by virtue of its packaging. The sound is, as with the individual editions of each title, a significant improvement over any prior releases of this material and proves to be utterly impeccable, and the annotated booklet, containing the original credits and notes off the albums as well as the lyrics and all of the new annotation for each individual album by Bud Scoppa, is fairly handy. The problem is the packaging of the individual discs in miniature recreations of the original LP jackets, which are somewhat awkwardly stowed in one side of the box interior -- unless theyre lined up perfectly, however, they will come out of that receptacle; additionally, as there are no inner sleeves for the CDs in their miniature jackets (a necessity and a courtesy provided by the Japanese when they issue CDs in miniature LP sleeves), its easy for them to slide out of their jackets and get scratched and dinged even prior to purchase and opening. Its a shame that Columbia went to this kind of trouble in remastering and preparing this edition without seeing to such obvious details, and the result is a 50 dollar box set that is more inconvenient than it needed to have been. | ||
 | Album: 27 of 31 Title: Tom & Jerry Released: 2002 Tracks: 19 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Dream Alone (?) 2 Beat Love (?) 3 Beat Love (with harmony) (?) 4 Just a Boy (?) 5 Play Me a Sad Song (?) 6 It Means a Lot to Them (?) 7 Flame (?) 8 Shy (?) 9 The Lone Teen Ranger (?) 10 Hey Schoolgirl (?) 11 Our Song (?) 12 That’s My Story (?) 13 Teenage Fool (?) 14 Tia‐Juana Blues (?) 15 Dancin’ Wild (?) 16 Don’t Say Goodbye (?) 17 Two Teenagers (?) 18 True or False (?) 19 Simon Says (?) |
| Tom & Jerry : Allmusic album Review : Superiors 2002 release Tom & Jerry is an abridged reissue of the 2000 album Two Can Dream Alone released by Burning Airlines, containing early recordings by Paul Simon and/or Art Garfunkel. It omits two tracks, "I Love You (Oh Yes I Do)" and "Soldier and a Song (Light Your Way)," which probably were included erroneously, since they did not sound like Garfunkel, to whom they were credited. The music bears little resemblance to Simon & Garfunkels folk-rock recordings of 1964-1970. "Hey, Schoolgirl," originally released on Big Records, is in an Everly Brothers/Buddy Holly mold, and the duos unsuccessful follow-ups, "Our Song" and "Thats My Story," are in that style, too, while Simons first solo single, "True or False," released under the name True Taylor, finds him aping the hiccupping rockabilly sound of Holly and Elvis Presley. On songs like "Shy" and "Just a Boy," released on either side of a Warwick Records single in 1960, Simon clearly was aspiring to be another Frankie Avalon. In keeping with the more gimmicky sound of the early 60s, he moved on to up-tempo novelties like "The Lone Teen Ranger," which actually made the charts in early 1963. The material on this album is likely to fascinate as well as flabbergast fans of Simon & Garfunkels later recordings. No small part of the fascination will be that Garfunkel wrote a lot of this material as well as singing it, since he dropped out of songwriting later on. It would be nice to have a complete collection of Simon & Garfunkels juvenilia sequenced in chronological order, but this partial selection may be the best to be expected, and the duos fans may enjoy hearing their youthful efforts, as long as they dont buy it expecting work of the caliber of "The Sound of Silence." | ||
 | Album: 28 of 31 Title: The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Released: 2003-10-14 Tracks: 40 Duration: 1:58:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (live) (02:44) 3 Bye Bye Love (02:52) 4 Bleecker Street (02:44) 5 I Am a Rock (02:51) 6 A Most Peculiar Man (live) (02:33) 7 Richard Cory (02:57) 8 Kathy’s Song (03:23) 9 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 10 Homeward Bound (02:29) 11 Sparrow (live) (03:03) 12 Leaves That Are Green (live) (02:30) 13 He Was My Brother (02:49) 14 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 15 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 16 A Poem on the Underground Wall (live) (02:06) 17 Blessed (live) (03:43) 18 Cloudy (02:23) 19 Blues Run the Game (02:55) 20 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 1 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 2 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 3 At the Zoo (02:22) 4 Fakin’ It (03:19) 5 Old Friends (02:35) 6 Bookends Theme (01:22) 7 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 8 Overs (live) (02:25) 9 A Church Is Burning (live) (03:22) 10 America (03:35) 11 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 12 Cecilia (02:54) 13 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 14 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 15 The Boxer (05:10) 16 Baby Driver (03:17) 17 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 18 Song for the Asking (01:50) 19 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:26) 20 My Little Town (03:51) |
| The Essential Simon & Garfunkel : Allmusic album Review : Released to coincide with the duos 2003 reunion tour, this two-disc anthology is no less than the fifth multi-disc compilation of the duo to appear in the CD era. Viewed coldly, its a mercenary exercise, squeezing yet more juice out of one of the most valuable catalogs in the business. If you happen to be starting from square one, though, its an excellent package, with all 16 of their singles to reach the Top 100 (including the 1975 reunion hit, "My Little Town"). The other 17 tracks include some of their most beloved non-hits ("Richard Cory," "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "The Only Living Boy in New York") and eight live 1967-1969 performances, none of them found in studio counterparts on this compilation, though all are drawn from previously released albums or anthologies. Some listeners might find some of their secondary Simon & Garfunkel favorites missing; "Anji," "April Come She Will," "Patterns," and "Punkys Dilemma" are absent, for example. But its a good option for that niche audience looking for something between a single-disc greatest-hits collection and a box set. | ||
 | Album: 29 of 31 Title: The Collection Released: 2008-11-24 Tracks: 71 Duration: 3:12:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 You Can Tell the World (02:47) 2 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Sparrow (02:49) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 7 He Was My Brother (02:49) 8 Peggy‐O (02:26) 9 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 10 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 11 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 12 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:14) 13 Bleecker Street (demo) (02:42) 14 He Was My Brother (alternate take 1) (02:48) 15 The Sun Is Burning (alternate take 2) (02:46) 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 3 Blessed (03:16) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 6 Anji (02:17) 7 Richard Cory (02:57) 8 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 9 April Come She Will (01:51) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 I Am a Rock (02:51) 12 Blues Run the Game (02:55) 13 Barbriallen (demo) (04:06) 14 Rose of Aberdeen (demo) (02:02) 15 Roving Gambler (demo) (03:03) 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 2 Patterns (02:45) 3 Cloudy (02:23) 4 Homeward Bound (02:29) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:51) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:22) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:08) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 13 Patterns (demo) (02:55) 14 A Poem on the Underground Wall (demo) (01:50) 1 Bookends Theme (00:32) 2 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 3 America (03:35) 4 Overs (02:18) 5 Voices of Old People (02:07) 6 Old Friends (02:35) 7 Bookends Theme (01:22) 8 Fakin’ It (03:22) 9 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 10 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 11 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 12 At the Zoo (02:22) 13 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 14 Old Friends (demo) (02:11) 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 2 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 3 Cecilia (02:54) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 6 The Boxer (05:10) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:52) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) 12 Feuilles‐O (demo) (01:45) 13 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:46) |
 | Album: 30 of 31 Title: 3 Original Album Classics Released: 2010 Tracks: 43 Duration: 1:49:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 3 Blessed (03:16) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 6 Anji (02:17) 7 Richard Cory (02:57) 8 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 9 April Come She Will (01:51) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 I Am a Rock (02:51) 12 Blues Run the Game (02:55) 13 Barbriallen (demo) (04:06) 14 Rose of Aberdeen (demo) (02:02) 15 Roving Gambler (demo) (03:03) 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 2 Patterns (02:45) 3 Cloudy (02:23) 4 Homeward Bound (02:29) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:51) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:55) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:22) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:08) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 13 Patterns (demo) (02:55) 14 A Poem on the Underground Wall (demo) (01:50) 1 Bookends Theme (00:32) 2 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 3 America (03:35) 4 Overs (02:18) 5 Voices of Old People (02:07) 6 Old Friends (02:35) 7 Bookends Theme (01:22) 8 Fakin’ It (03:22) 9 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 10 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 11 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 12 At the Zoo (02:22) 13 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:19) 14 Old Friends (demo) (02:11) |
 | Album: 31 of 31 Title: The Complete Albums Collection Released: 2014-11-24 Tracks: 166 Duration: 8:46:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 You Can Tell the World (02:47) 2 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (02:11) 3 Bleecker Street (02:44) 4 Sparrow (02:49) 5 Benedictus (02:39) 6 The Sound of Silence (03:08) 7 He Was My Brother (02:49) 8 Peggy‐O (02:26) 9 Go Tell It on the Mountain (02:06) 10 The Sun Is Burning (02:49) 11 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (02:52) 12 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (02:13) 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:22) 3 Blessed (03:16) 4 Kathy’s Song (03:19) 5 Somewhere They Can’t Find Me (02:37) 6 Anji (02:17) 7 Richard Cory (02:57) 8 A Most Peculiar Man (02:32) 9 April Come She Will (01:51) 10 We’ve Got a Groovey Thing Goin’ (01:59) 11 I Am a Rock (02:51) 1 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:11) 2 Patterns (02:45) 3 Cloudy (02:15) 4 Homeward Bound (02:29) 5 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (02:44) 6 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:42) 7 The Dangling Conversation (02:40) 8 Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall (02:13) 9 A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) (02:12) 10 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:04) 11 A Poem on the Underground Wall (01:56) 12 7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (02:00) 1 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 2 The Singleman Party Foxtrot (02:52) 3 Mrs. Robinson (01:14) 4 Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha (02:53) 5 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (Interlude) (01:41) 6 On the Strip (02:00) 7 April Come She Will (01:51) 8 The Folks (02:27) 9 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (06:22) 10 A Great Effect (04:06) 11 The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine (01:46) 12 Whew (02:11) 13 Mrs. Robinson (01:12) 14 The Sound of Silence (03:08) 1 Bookends Theme (00:32) 2 Save the Life of My Child (02:48) 3 America (03:35) 4 Overs (02:18) 5 Voices of Old People (02:07) 6 Old Friends (02:35) 7 Bookends Theme (01:23) 8 Fakin’ It (03:19) 9 Punky’s Dilemma (02:17) 10 Mrs. Robinson (04:05) 11 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:17) 12 At the Zoo (02:22) 1 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:55) 2 El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) (03:09) 3 Cecilia (02:55) 4 Keep the Customer Satisfied (02:37) 5 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:45) 6 The Boxer (05:12) 7 Baby Driver (03:17) 8 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:00) 9 Why Don’t You Write Me (02:46) 10 Bye Bye Love (02:55) 11 Song for the Asking (01:50) 1 Mrs. Robinson (03:55) 2 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:26) 3 The Boxer (05:10) 4 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:52) 5 The Sound of Silence (03:06) 6 I Am a Rock (02:51) 7 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:10) 8 Homeward Bound (02:44) 9 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:52) 10 America (03:35) 11 Kathy’s Song (03:23) 12 El cóndor pasa (If I Could) (03:08) 13 Bookends Theme (01:22) 14 Cecilia (02:54) 1 Mrs. Robinson (04:03) 2 Homeward Bound (04:21) 3 America (04:47) 4 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (03:42) 5 Scarborough Fair (03:50) 6 April Come She Will (02:24) 7 Wake Up Little Susie (02:18) 8 Still Crazy After All These Years (03:49) 9 American Tune (04:34) 10 Late in the Evening (04:08) 11 Slip Slidin’ Away (04:53) 12 A Heart in New York (02:42) 13 Kodachrome / Maybellene (05:50) 14 Bridge Over Troubled Water (04:42) 15 Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover (04:40) 16 The Boxer (05:18) 17 Old Friends (02:56) 18 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (02:37) 19 The Sound of Silence (03:58) 1 Old Friends / Bookends (03:33) 2 A Hazy Shade of Winter (03:33) 3 I Am a Rock (04:23) 4 America (04:53) 5 At the Zoo (01:33) 6 Baby Driver (02:58) 7 Kathys Song (03:58) 8 Tom and Jerry Story (02:14) 9 Hey, Schoolgirl (00:45) 10 The Everly Brothers Intro (01:42) 11 Bye Bye Love (03:00) 12 Scarborough Fair (03:50) 13 Homeward Bound (05:41) 14 The Sound of Silence (05:02) 1 Mrs. Robinson (04:32) 2 Slip Slidin Away (04:59) 3 El Condor Pasa (03:34) 4 The Only Living Boy in New York (04:03) 5 American Tune (04:40) 6 My Little Town (04:35) 7 Bridge Over Troubled Water (06:11) 8 Cecilia (04:25) 9 The Boxer (05:07) 10 Leaves That Are Green (03:22) 11 Citizen of the Planet (03:14) 1 He Was My Brother (03:21) 2 Leaves That Are Green (02:57) 3 Sparrow (03:06) 4 Homeward Bound (02:39) 5 You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies (02:07) 6 A Most Peculiar Man (02:59) 7 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) (01:49) 8 The Dangling Conversation (03:01) 9 Richard Cory (03:23) 10 A Hazy Shade of Winter (02:37) 11 Benedictus (02:55) 12 Blessed (03:45) 13 A Poem on the Underground Wall (04:45) 14 Anji (02:28) 15 I Am a Rock (02:57) 16 The Sound of Silence (03:25) 17 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:40) 18 A Church Is Burning (03:43) 19 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (03:35) 1 Homeward Bound (03:04) 2 At the Zoo (02:07) 3 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy) (01:56) 4 Song for the Asking (02:28) 5 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (02:37) 6 Scarborough Fair / Canticle (03:56) 7 Mrs. Robinson (04:44) 8 The Boxer (04:46) 9 Why Dont You Write Me (02:56) 10 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (03:55) 11 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (03:11) 12 Bridge Over Troubled Water (05:25) 13 The Sound of Silence (03:52) 14 I Am a Rock (03:36) 15 Old Friends / Bookends Theme (03:22) 16 Leaves That Are Green (03:23) 17 Kathys Song (03:53) |
| The Complete Albums Collection : Allmusic album Review : Simon & Garfunkels complete recorded works have been boxed before -- many times, in fact. It all started with Collected Works, a nondescript vinyl set from 1981 that was ported over to CDs in the digital age, but the big overhaul came 20 years later with The Columbia Studio Recordings, 1964-1970, a five-disc set containing new remasters and selected bonus tracks; this was later repurposed in the U.K. as a box called The Collection, which added a DVD of 1981s Concert in Central Park for good measure. Arriving in 2014 in the middle of a rush of affordable complete album box sets, The Complete Albums Collection both expands and contracts the scope of the 2001 box set, cutting away the bonus tracks from 2001 -- a regrettable but not tragic loss, as only Bookends had a major addition in the form of "You Dont Know Where Your Interest Lies" -- while adding a whopping six albums not on any previous Simon & Garfunkel box set. One of these is the soundtrack to The Graduate, a pivotal record in the duos success but one not often included in their regular discographies due to its recycling of album material (plus half of it is devoted to Dave Grusin incidental music), another is 1972s Simon & Garfunkels Greatest Hits, which is by some margin the groups most popular record but feels redundant in this setting. This leaves four live albums, two of which are archival titles released after 2001 -- Live from New York City, 1967 and Live 1969 -- and two documenting reunion shows: 1981s celebrated one-off The Concert in Central Park and 2004s Old Friends: Live on Stage, a double-disc set of highlights from a new millennial reunion tour. Taken together, these live recordings amount to an ongoing emotional history of Simon & Garfunkel and their audience, tracing the duo from their earnest folkie beginnings (Live from New York City), through their majestic peak (Live 1969), to a temporary tentative détente where Simon had a clear upper hand (Central Park), culminating in the warmer nostalgia of Old Friends. Throughout the records, the canon sounds subtly different in new settings and there are unexpected through lines, like the constant presence of "Leaves That Are Green" and Everly Brothers covers in every concert. Yes, the five studio albums remain the core of Simon & Garfunkels legacy but these live albums arent just nice extras, they show how that body of work lived, breathed, and changed over the decades, which is why this box has a slight edge over its predecessors in terms of value. | ||