Paul Simon (View Discography)

Release Info

The title makes plain the intention of Paul Simon on this double-disc set: the focus is not on the hits but the songs, to the extent that his most famous song is not performed either by him solo or with Art Garfunkel, it is sung by Aretha Franklin, a selection that suggests this compilation will be more idiosyncratic than it is. Many of the songs that are Simon’s solo staples are here, enough to almost camouflage the big songs that are missing in action. All these are casualties of a concept that allows for Simon to spend the entirety of the second disc on albums released since 1990, a move that is sure to disgruntle listeners who only want the songs they know by heart. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracks

1. The Sound of Silence
2. The Boxer
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Franklin, Aretha
4. Mother and Child Reunion
5. Tenderness
6. Peace Like a River
7. American Tune
8. Kodachrome
9. Something So Right
10. Late in the Evening
11. Train in the Distance
12. Hearts and Bones
13. Still Crazy After All These Years
14. René and Georgette Magritte with their Dog After the War
15. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
16. The Boy In The Bubble
17. Graceland

1. Obvious Child
2. Further To Fly
3. The Cool, Cool River
4. Spirit Voices
5. Born In Puerto Rico
6. Quality
7. Darling Lorraine
8. Look At That
9. Señorita with a Necklace of Tears
10. That's Me
11. Another Galaxy
12. Father and Daughter
13. Rewrite
14. Love and Hard Times
15. So Beautiful or So What